Click to view

Today on the BBC News webpage I came across this gem. It's a list of silly laws and I would like to point out foreign law number 4

In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm

Seems sensible to me...

Well it's official. Switzerland has now also boarded the rolling bandwagon. Apparently Switzerland doesn't want to be a smoking island within Europe. You what?

I am so sad.

Call it an obsession or annoying or whatever else you like but here is the information you never asked for. It leaves me chuckling and a little bit scared...

50 years ago The New Scientist published an article on the correlation of putting on weight and giving up smoking. Basically they report an experiment which provides a clear cut proof that ( Read more... )

Nothing really to report apart from that I am feeling rather strange these days. Have come back from holidays feeling worse than before I left which is never a good sign ( Read more... )

So it's OK then to rape children if they are 16 or older?

The NSPCC added: "There is no excuse for having sex with a 10-year-old, no matter how she dresses." I would like to add: "There is no excuse for raping a woman regardless of her age and how she dresses." Jesus!

When you are a smoker you get a lot of the spiel about how bad smoking is for you, how bad it is for everyone around you, how it is the single best thing you can do for your health etc etc, basically what it boils down to is a lot of contempt for being a moronic twat, for having no self control and, oh, for being a selfish cunt of course. However ( Read more... )

I realised with not being a smoker (anymore) and all that I shouldn't care but it turns out I just do!

So there's talk of banning smoking while driving in the UK. Apparently smoking is a dangerous distraction which leads to the increase of accidents. I wonder, however, if this is to do with the general scapegoat-ing of smokers. Isn't this ( Read more... )

I have just been directed here . It's an internet radio that lets you generate your own station playing only music you like starting with your favorite artist. B-r-i-l-l-i-a-n-t!

I've got tagged by zappafloozie and as always I cannot possibly resist a meme like this - or any meme for that matter.

"RULES: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. ( Read more... )