Category: Tim

Go and read it, you won’t believe me if I tell you about it. What can I say, West Yorkshire police appear to be even more dangerously incompetent than the Met.

I posted about Gordon Brown’s plan for a motto for Britain. The title is my favourite so far from the huge number of suggestions I have seen.

“…anyone doubting the power of haggling should take inspiration from the story of Mohammed Shafiq, an Asian off-licence owner, who, when faced a couple of years ago with a raider wielding a 12in knife and a demand for £500, remarked: “I can’t afford that; how about £10 and a drink?” According to reports, the disoriented…

Article at The Register about the Metropolitan Police’s disorganisation, mismanagement and incompetence.

I think we are going to buy Big and Small lifetime subscriptions.

Joan Ruddock “minister for climate change and biodiversity” says “invasive non-native species pose a very serious threat to our native plants, animals and the local environment they live in, costing the British economy around £2 billion a year.” The Government is introducing new measures to hopefully protect England from foreign invaders. More than 70 species…

“Hi, I’m sorry. Technically, I did not kill Heather Chandler, but hey who am I trying to kid, right? I just want my high school to be a nicer place. Amen. Did that sounded bitchy?” Winona Ryder is Spock’s mum. Allegedly. You know, I always thought there was something odd about that Charlotte Flax.

From the BBC’s East Coast flood gallery.

Fascinating presentation about life expectancy, demographics, West and the Third World. Invest twenty minutes, discard your preconceptions. As seen down at the deep end. Original at http://www.ted.com/