Bums Gold

Now I have heard of  fools gold ....

Golden Backsides Don't Guarantee Bums Gold

But not bums gold!

Life On The Streets

China is a land of endless mystery and subtly but it's also a land, in which like the literary city of Ankh-Morpork, and little Italy in 1950's New York, private life is often led on the streets.

Life In The Streets In Turn Of The Century Mulberry Street, New York City (Little Italy)

Events in Yulin City lived up to this when a man, his wife and his lover enacted an eternal scene in front of dozens of bystanders. However there was a twist as it was the wife and the lover who were partnered against the man. The fight which apparently started indoors, spilled on to street as the two vengeful vixens punched and kicked the errant husband. He was naked apart from his underpants and his face and back were bloodied as the assaults continued.

Ankh-Lesspork

The USA was apparently aghast when in one of those 'Fake News' stories (Or is it an alternative truth), that have suddenly come to haunt us out of the blue (who had even heard of the idea of fake news before this year?), reported that there was a national shortage of bacon in the USA!

Pork Belly Futures - Always Big In The USA and China

Well to be precise (and you learn something new every day), belly pork supplies (from which bacon is cut), were at an all time low. The national pork belly reserves had hit a low of about 8.2 million kg in December 2016, according to the government figures, compared with about 22.7 million kg a year earlier. The reasons given for this were many and varied. All day breakfasts at Wendy's and McDonald's being one of them.

Discworld Death

Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE, to give him his full moniker, is sadly no longer with us, but true to his life, he went out in a stylish way.

Terry Pratchett Wrote His Own Ending

 
 .... Terry will be missed by millions worldwide.

'Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors
 and on to the black desert under the endless night'.

Where There's Muck There's Brass

There is a saying in the north of England "Where there's muck there's brass", meaning where there are dirty jobs to be done there is money to be made.

 

"All That Glitters" Isn't The Only Gold 

 

Well there's nothing more mucky than dog poo, but even in that unlikely object there's apparently money to be made, well in Taiwan at least.