Too Hot To Handle

In 2016, Wayne Algenio a 34 year old who may need his head testing, decided to eat the worlds hottest chilli pepper, with the intention of breaking the world record for number/weight eaten ...

The Carolina Reaper Even Looks Evil .....

.... the chilli, which is nicknamed the Carolina Reaper, is so strong that it has its own Wikipedia page.  

The Crazy World Of Naramalli Sivaprasad

Naramalli Sivaprasad in an Indian MP for the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of the state of Andhra Pradesh, who like to use costumes to highlight his various concerns.

Naramalli Sivaprasad And His Many Costumes

He has in the past turned up at Parliament as mythological characters, Hindu gods, a spiritual guru and even a woman.

Bad Break Behaviour

British girls risky behaviour on holiday breaks abroad ...

Drunken Fun Often Misinterpreted By Locals ...... As Availability.

..... with the mix of skimpy sunshine clothes, sex and alcohol are well known.

PC Manchester Policing

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that self distancing rules were being broken in large numbers in Greater Manchester, northern England ....

Self Distancing Rules Breaking Down In Greater Manchester

I also considered that the policing of these criminal acts had been remarkably soft (but didn't include it in the article), as only one person had been fined (and then only after three police visits to the party she was holding). All this had been nothing more than a side observation in a larger piece.

Another Myth Shattered

Everyone knows that only 10 per cent of US citizens have passports, right?

US Passports - More Of These About Than Ever Before

..... Wrong!!

Perfidious Cats

Anyone who has had a cat as a pet knows that they can be very perfidious .....

Perfidious Bubbles ..... Like Many A Cat.

.... so the tale of Bubbles shouldn't be too much of a surprise.

Cod God And Other Fishy Facts

Finally they have found some practical use for Cod Liver Oil.

The Cod Liver Queue Was A Place Of Horrors For Some .......

When I was a little one, I just missed out on a daily spoonful of the vile stuff, before being given our free little bottle of milk.

Timeless

Despite our wristwatches, and near universal mobile phone ownership .....

Clock Towers Always Useful When You Need The Time ....

...... old cultural habits die hard.

Jinxed Julia

Julia Monaco from Melbourne Australia decided to take a once in a life time holiday to Europe.

Julia Monaco - Aussie Adventurer

While in London, she was put in lock down on the 3rd of June 2017, on the underground because the London Bridge Islamic terror attack was under way.

Generation Z For Stupid

In a confirmation of everything that I have said about talentless celebrity in the UK ...

Being Talentless Doesn't Stop People Trying .....

.... a recent poll of 1,000 members of generation Z (young people between the ages of 15 and 24 year olds), by Acuvue came up with exactly the results you might expect.

The Baton Is Passing Nowhere

  Having just re-read an older post again

The Pax Britannia Ended Before Suez, But We Didn't Realise Until 1956 

.... its funny how just eight years can alter the picture.

A Sense Of Proportion

I was recently called a 'pandemic denier' .... or at least of downplaying the crisis ...

Even The God Pan Was Spooked By The Pandemic .......

.... both charges I strongly denied.

Scary Threesome

A lot of people like being scared by the monsters from the horror movies ....

Bela Lugosi as Dracula

.... In a more simple time, this might be Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula.

Blind Woman With A Chip Pan

In the 1980's there was a movie called 'Blind Fury', which starred the late great Dutch actor Rutger Hauer as the blind hero (He was also the star of the memorably named 'Hobo with a Shotgun'), who could wield a sword like a Ninja, and didn't appear blind to onlookers.

Rutger Hauer In Blind Fury .... The Villains Didn't Know What They Were Taking On .....

I was reminded of this film when reading about Zena Cooper of Ammanford South Wales who kept a great secret for decades.

Breaking Cover

So I had to finally break cover  .....

If There Was Any Justice, All Hoarders Would Get Coronavirus .....

and go shopping after a weeks isolation ....

Lessons Not Learnt

In view of the fact that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first emerged in China, in an outbreak between November 2002 and July 2003, and that this was later traced back to transmission from cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Yunnan province .....

Don't Blame the Bats ....
Blame Those Who Eat Them.

.... then the Chinese government have long been aware of this virus transmission route, being a serious risk to its population.