Monthly Archives: December 2011
End of World as we know it
http://www.nydailynews.com/2.1353/mayan-calendar-spurs-big-boom-end-of-world-business-article-1.999260?localLinksEnabled=false apprently there is a very distinct sound to the end of the world. Ka-Ching ! Yup its all the end of the world memorabilia. Not sure what you do with it at the end of the world. So here’s … Continue reading
They call her ‘Sweetie’
apparently the BBC put a Panda called “sweetie” on the top face of women for 2011 list. This offended a few people ! The BBC’s inclusion of a panda as one of the 12 “Faces of the year 2011 – the … Continue reading
Samoa drops Friday
Is this case of removing the day “friday” cos no one gets any work done, or dropping “man friday” the ubquetous desert island version of the “pool boy” ? http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/28/9772352-samoa-drops-friday-from-calendar no, Samoa is dropping the day friday in its attempt … Continue reading
Incase you couldn’t find what you wanted at the Shelter
Consider a nice big buffalo as a pet 🙂 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8878687/Pictures-of-the-day-9-November-2011.html?image=1 Brings new meaning to the old phrase “you are blocking my view of the T.V” I assume its a ground floor living room, 1820 lbs of pure buffalo. I love … Continue reading
All I want for Xmas is ….Lego
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/12/24/the-large-hadron-collider-recreated-with-legos/ a professor apparently spent 80 hours and a couple of grand to build a lego replica of the large hadron collider at CERN. Cool.
Someone up there must have a sense of humour…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8970170/Pictures-of-the-day-21-December-2011.html?image=1 apparently someone has built a toaster that burns the icon of Jesus on a piece of toast. As toasters go, I think its a novel idea, but I’d prefer the icon of Mary instead…:-) Does this mean the price … Continue reading
Science Fiction gets closer to reality..
http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/16/9503070-neti-pots-linked-to-brain-eating-amoeba-deaths Yup folks, apparently those of you who have been using tap water with your neti pots (shoving a tea pot up your nose to irrigate your sinuses for those who’ve not tried it). Anyway apparently there is a type … Continue reading
Requisite Level of School Maam
Maam as in Marm. It must be one of those days, this had me rolling about laughing. Trying to teach everyone the difference between “UK” and “Great Britain”, she has the requisite level of “you just dont get it!!” in … Continue reading
Random Musings 