Today's Metro paper had one of those classic puff pieces for selling you things that they've been bribed to promote by various PRs. The subject? "Greet the coming of spring by turning over a new leaf by cycling to work on one of these splendid contraptions." So what did they pick? I'd have gone for a tourer or hybrid. Maybe they'll put a folder ( Read more... )

Spotted this headline board for todays London Evening Standard:

"John Leslie Rape Quiz"

Makes a change from sudoku or the crossword I suppose.

The correct way to read a newspaper was, of course, to read it from the back towards the front. That way you'd quickly skip past the sport section, take a little longer on the finance/business section, before spending most of your time on the comment/analysis section and the international news. The home news, and Westminster pages in particular, ( Read more... )

Do you live in or visit Cardiff? Are you:

A Teenager?
A Mum?
A 36 Cans of Lager A Day Man?
A Child?
A Widow?
An OAP?
A Dad?
A Gran?
A Man?

If so, then Be Very Afraid Indeed (via Chris Lightfoot).

According to the newspapers according to Matt Turner, if you're blonde, female and pretty then you have a 80% chance of having 5 A-grade A-Levels, an 80% chance of being stuck at an airport due to a Spanish airtraffic controllers strike and an 80% chance of playing in a fountain during hot weather while you should be at work ( Read more... )