Friday, 27 September 2019

Windy Matters

Lilian Achieng Gogo a Kenyan MP for Rangwe constituency in western Kenya is demanding a new law come in to force to stop people letting rip on passenger planes.

Lilian Achieng Gogo - Anti-Wind Campaigner
Lilian Achieng Gogo - Anti-Wind Campaigner

She claims that people farting can cause "discomfort and insecurity" among passengers and needs to be stopped.

The Fastest Milk Cart In The West

James Cooper is man with need for speed ......

Fastest Milk Cart In The West
Which Would You Steal?

whilst drunk he decided to steal a vehicle in Manchester in which to joyride .....

No Integration Even In Death

Solihull Council in the West Midlands have been considering whether to create a 5,000 plot cemetery for 'Muslims only', in the village of Catherine-de-Barnes.

More Muslim Cemetery's Needed?
More Muslim Cemetery's Needed?

The proposed cemetery will have 63 parking spaces, and comply fully with Sharia law, which states Muslims are buried in their own section of land. The village is not happy with the plans.

Porky Pies

The outbreak of African Swine fever in Asia hasn't really made the news much in UK ....

African Swine Fever Outbreak In Asia
African Swine Fever Outbreak In Asia

..... but for a sizeable portion of the worlds population, this is an ever growing food disaster.

Friday, 20 September 2019

More Icy Glares

What is it about mobile Ice Cream vendors?
 
Ice Cream Wars ..... Cut Up Rough
Ice Cream Wars ..... Cut Up Rough

Their willingness to resort to violence to defend their turf is becoming almost legendary.

Area 51 Uncovered?

Social media has opened many strange doors, and some are entirely creations of the current world ....

Facebook Advertised House Parties End In These Sorts Of Scenes
Facebook Advertised House Parties End In These Sorts Of Scenes ......

..... from the naive mistake of the teenager, who advertises a party on their Facebook page when their parents are on holiday, who is then totally shocked and surprised, when hundreds of strangers turn up, and wreck the family home.

Innocents Abroad

Jolie King and Mark Firkin from Australia, were backpacking and were blogging their travels in Asia and the Middle East.

Jolie King and Mark Firkin from Australia
Backpacking For Beginners .....

They had started travelling in 2017, and they were documenting their adventures on Instagram and Youtube as Vloggers (video bloggers), where they reportedly have more than 20,000 followers.

Mexican Tragedy

The news from Mexico doesn't get better ....

Migrant 'Caravan' Stopped In Mexico
Migrant 'Caravan' Stopped In Mexico

I am not referring to the spat with the US over the immigrant trails running north to the US border.

Friday, 13 September 2019

Owlman Not Mothman

Now many of us have heard of the 'Mothman' of West Virginia USA ....

The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies

.... they even made a book, and later a movie of it.

Spend Spend Spend

What would you do if the bank gave you $100k in error?

Robert and Tiffany Williams Spent The Money
They Made The Wrong Choices ......

Panic and ring the bank?

Unlikely Hero?

Steven Sandison was convicted and imprisoned, for the first-degree murder of his girlfriend Linda Maclean in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Michigan in October 1991.

Steven Sandison - Unlikely Hero To Some?
Steven Sandison - Unlikely Hero To Some?

Mr Sandison is serving a life sentence without parole for that murder after his initial claim that his strangulation of her was an assisted suicide, before changing his plea to avoid the death penalty in 1991, and thus not spend years isolated on death row.

Rare Earth Issues

A study has estimated that as many as 40 million unused gadgets are languishing in UK homes ...

We All Have E-Clutter
We All Have E-Clutter ......

.... Guilty as charged

Friday, 6 September 2019

Head Banging Knitters

Strangest event of 2019, outside of Britain's 'Brexit' debacle?

Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship - Finland
Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship - Finland.

Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in eastern Finland .... yes you heard me right ..... Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship!!!!

Don't Bogart My Beer

You can enjoy a beer way too much ....

Tony Tovar Unfazed By A Gunman
Tony Tovar Unfazed By A Gunman Appearing .....

Tony Tovar, a St. Louis bar customer is the living proof of this.

Little White Lies

What is a lie, and when is someone lying?

Some People Are Obvious Liars Like Pinnochio
Some People Are Obvious Liars ......

They are questions that we all assume we know the answers to and that are in fact universal truths.

Uncharitable Thoughts

I have written once before about the invasion of 'charity' shop's helping to kill off shops in the local high street ....

National Press Have Raised Concerns About High Street
The National Press Such As The Daily Mail Have Raised This Issue On Occasion .....

The situation has only worsened since then, provoking some press comment.