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    OMG! Who throws a unclean duck in their fridge!!!?? Grose! Luck little buggar.
 

Jan 28
2007

Posted by richard

I was reading CNN last week and read about a duck that had been shot. The hunter had taken the duck home, put it into the refridgerator and that was that. Right. His wife opened it up two days later and there was the wounded duck alive and well. Quacking at her, probably saying, WTF?!

Anyway, today I see the same duck, having been taken to the veterinarians, now survived the doc’s table, after stopping breathing. That is one plucky, lucky duck.

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Jan 28
2007

Posted by richard

We’ve all seen the extremes that muslims have gone to over the past decade. Suicide bombers using young men/women (almost ‘children’) to kill people the world over, using car bombs to kill as many other muslims (in Iraq) as possible, rallies in the UK with muslims urging others to kill americans etc.,

The , events, Madrid, and so on, don’t exactly make the ‘infidel’ masses (that’s the rest of us, by the way) feel comfortable or give us that warm happy feeling.

The reports this however, about Dr Abdul Majid Katme:

A muslim doctors’ leader has provoked an outcry by urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella because it is “un-Islamic”.

That’s REALLY intelligent Dr Abdul Majid Katme, let your fellow muslims become sick. Then maybe you won’t be permitted under Islam to provide them with our western medicines to cure them when they do become sick. I wonder if then, you’ll be so rigid in your adherence to Islamic laws.

Further on in the article there is this:

In Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India, Muslims have refused to be immunised against polio after being told that the vaccines contain products that the West has deliberately added to make the recipients infertile.

It seems like Dr Katme is just trying to trick muslims in the UK using the same superstitious mumbo-jumbo that duped others in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

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Jan 28
2007

Posted by richard

I wrote about the three recycling bins the other day, which now stand in my small front garden.

But after a chat with a friend about what goes in where, and then going shopping, I had an idea. The UK government are the ones behind this of course, pushing us to recycle to meet recycling goals the EU has set. So, if they’re responsible for getting this done, why not pass laws making all consumer goods carry a symbol telling us what bin the wrapping or material goes into?

With all the nonsense they put on packaging nowadays anyway, with the carbohydrates, the fats, etc., what is another small symbol – a green, grey, or black bin?

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Jan 27
2007

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The state of our justice system here in the UK is in turmoil. In fact, I’d say it’s the biggest cock-up for the past century. The Home Secretary is telling the Judges that they shouldn’t lock people up unless they’re really ‘dangerous’ because we don’t have the prison places for them.

But that’s not the real story as far as I’m concerned. Last night I saw something that literally made me sick, I couldn’t believe I was hearing it. If you remember, there was a paper (News of the World) editor, Clive Goodman I believe, who had been eavesdropping on the Princes’ cellphone calls. The editor in charge of the royal section was taken to court, found pleaded guilty, and yesterday he was sentenced to four months in prison. Four months. For cellphone tapping. And oh yeah, his boss Andy Coulson resigned too.

In a news article not five minutes later they were telling us how a paedophile was given a suspended sentence and told to stay in his house from 8am until 5pm!

Now take those two stories together, with the knowledge that the Judges were told to only lock up the ‘dangerous’ people. How is a newspaper editor more dangerous than a paedophile? It appears that I’m not the only one that thinks this either: Capella, Pilton, to name a few.

And Mr Blair has apparently lost his patience, proferring his ‘complete confidence‘ in the Home Secretary (the kiss of death). Mr Reid will be consigned to the back benches in no time, we can suppose.

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Jan 26
2007

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I came back to the computer tonight to see Paddy sending me a link to a video on google. It’s called ‘Girl in human sling shot‘, and I think that this, if anything, really outdoes a bungee. I mean, just take a look, see what you think. If you’re an adrenaline junkie then this is the ultimate toy for you.

Looks like hell of a ride…

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    HA! That show should be inspiring to them. It shows how to co-exist in a small home with dozens of ...
 

Jan 23
2007

Posted by richard

In a startlinglu pleasant turn of events, the Chinese censors proved that their system DOES have some merits after all. They banned Big Brother.

Clever buggers. Let us come up with the crappy TV, see how it affects us, then don’t buy it or permit their citizens to watch it. Like Baldrick says, it’s a cunning plan…

As the article says:

It said the country’s satellite television stations should show only “ethically inspiring series” that reflect China in a positive way.

Hehe, that leaves maybe a century or two a few thousands years ago?

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    As odd as this may sound. It needs to warm up first before it will snow. If the temperature is ...
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    Yay! we had snow last night, and a big snowstorm this morning, even though it lasted only 15 minutes. It's bloody ...
 

Jan 22
2007

Posted by richard

I was almost disappointed this morning when I woke up and found no snow :( The weathergirl said there was a good chance of a frost or snow! There was even that little weather symbol over Lincolnshire!

Tonight is another good night, and tonight we apparently dip down into the -3C range! And in a day or two, some easterlies coming in, that might bring some snow.

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Jan 22
2007

Posted by richard

How ridiculous is that? I mean seriously, there isn’t room to put ANYTHING in there! £170,000 for a 6ft x 12ft ‘flat’.

What I saw on the TV report was insane, there is a bed, there is a small sink, there is a bathroom. How on earth you’re supposed to survive in there mind you, with no way to cook anything, is beyond me. And of course, at £2,000 per square foot, it’s a tad on the rich side for my blood.

This, well, ‘flat’, at 18 Cadogan Place, is not what you’d call homely either. So after you’ve shelled out £170,000 you’ll be spending a few thousand more sprucing the cell place up. And remember something, like the article says, the minimum amount of space recommended for a prison cell is 60 sq ft.

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Jan 20
2007

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My brother and his lovely wife have three children, a girl 3 or so, and twins – a boy and a girl whose birthday is umm, well today since I’m writing this at 12:20am (January 21st) – they’re 1. I spent the afternoon with them today, walked around Hubbards Hills and had a laugh at a friend’s house.

Talk about a pair, these two are hilarious and they have some real character. Lisa asked me if they’d changed since Christmas and to be honest, it’s only been a month but I’d have to say yes. The girl, Evie, has such a wicked smile and you can tell she’s going to have a great sense of humour. The boy, Harry, is a bit of a tantrum expert and when he wants something he’s going to go for it – he really wanted the Play Doh on the table.

Anyway, time well spent I’d say, because I think all of us at some point in every day wish we were as carefree and rambunctious as they are. And of course, who wouldn’t want to poop in their pants and smile like they’d won the lottery? ;)

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Jan 20
2007

Posted by richard

Ok so it won’t mean much if you don’t live in England, as some people I know don’t. But, we now have three separate bins here in the UK. All in the name of recycling of course. We lag far behind other European nations such as Germany, who have been doing this for some time now.

Like I said anyway, the 3 bin system. One for recycling, one for green waste and one for domestic waste.

Bear in mind though, I don’t have a back garden to speak of, just a bit of a patio. So the council put my bins in the front garden, which is basically a gravel strip. Not done much for the pleasant view mind you, so I think I might see about using bin bags instead (you can talk to the local council about this apparently).

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