The Inseminator

In Australia, men are men, and women are tougher than the men ......

Women In The Animal Insemination Business

... so perhaps it comes as no real surprise that a young lady named only as Maxine was employed as an animal artificial inseminator.

Music Legends Die As Well

I watched and enjoyed Dolly Parton's set at Glastonbury 2014 ...... 

Dolly Parton 1977

 ..... on BBC recently, shortly after her sad death.

Soviet Style Secrecy

The recent Russian Plague story, where all the hallmarks of a major panic developed rather quickly ....

The Soviets Emphasised Secrecy

 .... particularly amongst the neighbouring states of Russia, are all because of Soviet/Communist secrecy. 

P*ss Taking Punks

In Australia the punk scene is apparently still in swing, 40 years after it died in the UK (believe it or not, this blogger was heavily into the punk scene in the early to mid 1970's haha) ..... 

Private Function Album 370HSSV 0773H ('Gold' Edition)

..... or perhaps its only just arrived there?

Cardboard Criminals

 Some crimes are almost certain to go viral ....

Cardboard Criminal1

 ... so when a man (later identified as Claude Vincent Griffin Jr), robbed a phone shop by wearing a cardboard box on his head, it ws inevitable that the CCTV footage would hit the Internet. 

Plague Stalks The World Again?

Is there a threat that the scourge of the plague, is about to reappear? ....

Plague Stalking Again?

.... I ask because news reports initiated in the US, said that a Russian laboratory technician was killed by an “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” possibly accidentally released from the Anti-plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk, just north of the Mongolian border.

Sticky Situation

 Pittakionophobia ....  

Anna Smith-Higgs Disabled Burlesque Dancer

...... not a word I ever thought I would write, and certainly not one I knew the meaning of!

Teddy Killer

A strange incident happened on September the 14th 2023, in San Bernardino, California ......

Teddy Bear Killer

 ...... a white male drove into a parking lot of a Dollar King business (Like Poundland UK) in a white SUV.

Drugs In Thailand

Is Thailand developing a Florida culture?

'Heads In Chicken Coops Are Normally Chickens'

 .... I have had a number of bizarre stories from that country.

Who Needs Spies?

Military Intelligence can be something of a misnomer .....

Old Fashioned Spying

  ..... what else can we deduce from the news reports that US Intelligence staff at the Pentagon, were sending emails in error to a foreign state that not only wasn't an ally, but actively antagonistic to the USA?

Gods Commands

Some People commit crimes in the name of god ....

Stephen Luke

.... noticeably Islamic extremists/terrorist, but few say that god actually commanded them to do so.

Criminality (UK and USA) By Statistics

In the UK ....

Ethnicity Proportions UK Adults Prison 2020

.... there are over 11 million people with a criminal record, and 1 in 3 men have a criminal record, which is fairly shocking. But the ethnicity of crime is rarely discussed (its a non subject because the liberals fear the conclusions would be uncomfortable reading).

The G.O.A.T

In one of those polls so beloved of the tabloid newspapers .....

The Mona Lisa

 .... the Monsa Lisa by Leonardo DaVinci, was voted the greatest artwork of all time (as voted for by British people).

Krispy Kremes Walkabout

A Krispy-Kreme delivery van containing 10,000 of the delicious doughnuts (to man and beast) was left unattended at a service station, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia ....

Krispy Kreme Thief

..... This was about 4am, when you would expect it to be reasonably safe for 10 minutes while the driver took care of business and put some fuel in.

Trumps Alternate World

 There's the real world, the one that you and I live in ..... 

Absolem Had Heard It All Before

.... and there's Donald J Trump's world.

No Jokers

In another of those 'lets be funny by assaulting strangers' and filming it events ....

Omelette Gang

..... in August 2023 pedestrians and cyclists in the Paris suburb of Saint-Maur-des-Fosses were being terrorised by youths driving in a speeding beige Citroen, who were throwing eggs or large potatoes at those they pass.

Trump Dividend - Free Money?

The Donald is at it again ...  

Trump Dividend - Free Money

He's blatantly offering, what's appears to be in all but name a bribe, to get US citizens to vote Republican in the mid terms. 

National Debt Trickery

 Recently the US national debt passed $40 trillion .....

US National Debt

..... an eye watering figure, that would have seemed inconceivable even a decade ago.

No Honour Amongst Them

Commerce City Colorado is seemingly a lawless place ......

The Planned Getaway

 .... where even thieves aren't safe.

Is Literacy In English Declining?

Is Literacy In English Declining?

Literacy Rate Declining In USA?

I ask this because I read an article, ironically written by a US man of South Asian descent ...

Make Sure Your Own House Is In Order

US President Trump and Vice President Vance have made a number of remarks about ....

Asylum Seekers Storm Spanish Enclave Of Cueta

  ... Western Europe losing its culture and identity, as mass immigration from another culture takes place.  Now this is somewhat ironic, considering that they are both married to immigrant, or first generation immigrant family wives themselves.

Should Have Been A Florida Story

Yes, this really should have been a Florida girl story ...... 

Electronic Don't Drink & Drive Sign

.... The Police in Palm Springs, California were starting a campaign targeting drunk drivers, by putting up a roadside display hoarding.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

 In December 2023, a 57 year old but unnamed Wisconsin woman went for an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan (the clue is in the word magnetic) ......

Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
The Clue Is In The Word Magnetic.

  .... She was told to take all metal objects (apart from solid gold objects - I've had several MRI's and you can leave only gold items on), off.

Whatever Happened To Japan?

When we at PC Tower were much younger ....

Many Books Predicted Japan Overtaking The USA

.... all the talk was of Japan overtaking the USA as number one economy. 

Doggone Paddy

Men who are forced to separate from their wives or partners, via court protection orders ....

Pets Are Often Caught In The Middle Of Divorces

 .... because of their violence, will often either breach the order, or try others methods to contact their ex-partner. because its all about control.

Guns And Murders

Gun supporters in those countries where general private gun own ownership is allowed, or even a constitutional right ... 

UN World Wide Murder Counts Per Region

... often argue that it deters crime, and allows citizens to defend themselves from criminals.

Wimmin Winning

In a western world, where unofficial quotas are all the rage (in certain woke agencies, such as universities), and equal outcomes by gender, race and religion are now a requirement, regardless of any reference to common sense (as opposed to the meritocracy we used to live in) ......

Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy
(Ingrid Pitt) From Countess Dracula

 .... it should perhaps be no surprise that the University of California, turned its woke eye to film industry (where outcomes should be guided by audiences, not by woke political correctness, but we know that is not the case any more).

Welsh Gnomes

 In a land steeped in Celtic legends of fairies and gnomes  .....

Christmas Gnomes Left In Flintshire Gardens

 .... it should come as no surprise that a story emerged in September 2023 of Gnomes, bothering the residents of Broughton, North Wales.

Nut Cases

Who would have thought it .......

USA Is Nuts About Nuts

 ..... nuts are big business in the crime world.

Justice Finally Served?

A saying states that justice delayed is justice denied ...

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

 ... and this can certainly be affirmed by the relatives of the murdered victims, of men sentenced to death for the crimes in the USA.

Sting In The Tail

'If it happens in Vegas, it stays in Vegas' (or the various variations) .....

Michael Farchi - It Didn't Stay In Vegas

..... an expression that is meant to indicate that we don't talk about our misdemeanour's while away from home.

Guns, Mass Shootings, And Apathy.

After yet another US mass shooting, at around 2 a.m. near Empire Pizza at East Congress Street and Sixth Avenue, in Tucson, Arizona in July 2026 (and there have been a lot of mass shootings in America in 2026, usually ethnic gang related, but otherwise alcohol and drugs, or family disputes are the main apparent drivers) ... 

Twin Falls - In N Out Fatal Mall Shooting 

... one local resident, Anais Camacho,described the incident thus:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Since March 2026 Donald Trump has claimed a peace deal with Iran (on the US's terms of course) was imminent .....

Trump Has Claimed That Iran's 
"Begging To Make A Deal" Many Times.

 .... even in this week's news ... on a large number of occasions.

Crucified Mayor

Being a Mayor in France can be tough .....

Bernard Denis, Ex-Mayor of Saint-Come-du-Mont

.... trying to satisfy everyone can make it an impossible job, and lead you to make some strange decisions.

Just A Russian Scandal

Russians Tatyana Bakalchuk, and her husband Vladislav Bakalchuk, are the founders in 2004 of the website Wildberries .....

Wildberries

 ... it wasn't exactly an innovative site, but rather a Russian copy of Amazon, a bit like the Chinese Taobao (eBay lookalike) or Alibaba (Amazon lookalike), but it made her a billionairess worth £6.1 billion.

The Man In The Hooded Mask

When I was younger, I was much troubled after seeing a version of the The Man In The Iron Mask ...

The Man In The Iron Mask

.... in which there was a scene when the iron mask, still hot, was forced over the head of the prisoner.

Stunted Development

 Humanity can be a strange breed ......

Ron Should Have Googled Loch Ness

 .... We often get  the urge to do and think strange things, and disconnect our cognitive processes and reasoning abilities.

Taxing The Walking Dead

The UK is fast heading towards taxing the state Retirement Pension ....

Robbed By Labour For Not Working Anymore

 .... how disgraceful is that for any society, let alone a Western democracy?

Frittering Away The Family Fortune

Inheriting great wealth can prove to be more than a mixed blessing as we have seen before .....

Henry Cyril Paget, Fifth Marquis of Anglesey

For instance at just aged 23, Henry Cyril Paget (1875-1905) - nicknamed 'Toppy', became Fifth Marquis of Anglesey, and inherited an estate providing an annual income of £110,000 (equivalent to £13 million per year in 2023). The estate of about 30,000 acres, may have been worth £200 million at today's values.

Old Lemon

An old 19th century chest was scheduled for sale at auction in Newport, Shropshire, England in late 2023 ......

Old Lemon Sold By Auction

 ..... so to that end, the chest was being photographed.

The Weeping Woman Weeps No More

In Mexican folklore La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) .....

Practical Joke Goes Bad

...... is a ghost of a young woman who weeps for her two children who she drowned in revenge after her husband was seen with another young woman. 

Innocents Abroad

President Trump appointed two real estate developers, Steve Witkoff and Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner to handle his Middle East negotiating .....

Innocents Abroad -  Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner

...... firstly between Hamas and Isreal in Gaza, and then to negotiate with Iran.

Silence Is Golden

The UK produces its fair share of eccentrics and oddballs .....

Known As The Silent Man - David Hampson

 .... not least the men who insist on being naked, but there are others just as odd in other ways.

High On The Hog And Other Tales

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly of Law and Order: 

First the Bad Boys: In 2019 the Italian Police were trailing a drug gang, comprised of Albanians and Italians ......

Porky Was In Hog Heaven

..... and had bugged one of the criminals phones.

Pig Headed

In 2019 Steven Evans was a 56 year old former soldier (Royal Corps of Signals), who lived in town of Malvern in Worcestershire, England. 

Strange Behaviour

He also started acting rather strangely with respect to a local school. 

They Need A Good Lickin

In July 2019, police in Lufkin Texas, were reported to be trying to identify and find a woman .....

Unnamed Ice Cream Licker

 ..... who was seen on CCTV opening a tub of Bluebell ice cream, licking the contents, then replacing the lid and returning the tub to the freezer.

Looking To The Healthy Future

An new test using retinal scans has shown great promise in spotting warning signs that a patient may be developing Alzheimers Disease. 

People with thinning retinas were found to often have dangerous levels of the two rogue enzymes associated with the plaques amyloid beta and tau, that are part of the frightening disease (which remains incurable).

God By Another Name?

Science, Scientists and God have a mixed relationship .....

Homer Simpson And The God Particle

.... after all, often their work seems to prove that no divine order is in place, but rather that a natural order exists with empirical evidence.

A Wasted Trip

Football (soccer) fans will often travel tremendous distances to see their team play .....

Match Abandoned -Wasted Trip

 ..... this is illustrated by Andy Bebbington, who had worked as an English Language teacher in Suzhou, China for about five years.

Monster Under The Bed

 I doubt that there is anyone alive today .....

Monsters Under The Bed Can Be Real

who hasn't as a child imagined a monster under the bed or in the wardrobe or cupboard.