Possibly of scottish interest
- Joke sent to me by a friend (from Paris of all places):
Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous.
At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."
A voice with a broad Scottish accent from the front of the crowd pierced the quiet...
"Well, foockin stop doin it then, ya evil basturd!"
- World's End case collapses: Thirty years ago two girls were found dead near Gullane beach east of Edinburgh. They were last seen talking to some guys at the World's End, a pub on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on Saturday, 15 October, 1977. The crime remained unsolved until several years later, when with the advent of DNA technology the police matched DNA taken from the victims to that of a convicted murderer serving time in prison.
When a person is arrested in the UK, a DNA sample is taken and kept in a DNA database comprising millions of DNA records. The database itself is controversial, as it contains data from anyone arrested, regardless of whether the arrest leads to a conviction. The police use it as a search tool for suspects even for old, unsolved crimes such as the World's End case. In Scotland alone about ten murders were solved years later thanks to the database. The World's End case remains officially unsolved because the guy whose DNA matched that found on the dead girls admitted having had consensual sex with them, and blamed their murders on his now dead pal.
The World's End, by the way, is a lovely pub with decent scottish food and pleasant atmosphere. In fact, if you ever visited with me in Edinburgh, chances are that that's where I took you for haggis and scottish beer.
Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous.
At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."
A voice with a broad Scottish accent from the front of the crowd pierced the quiet...
"Well, foockin stop doin it then, ya evil basturd!"
- World's End case collapses: Thirty years ago two girls were found dead near Gullane beach east of Edinburgh. They were last seen talking to some guys at the World's End, a pub on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on Saturday, 15 October, 1977. The crime remained unsolved until several years later, when with the advent of DNA technology the police matched DNA taken from the victims to that of a convicted murderer serving time in prison.
When a person is arrested in the UK, a DNA sample is taken and kept in a DNA database comprising millions of DNA records. The database itself is controversial, as it contains data from anyone arrested, regardless of whether the arrest leads to a conviction. The police use it as a search tool for suspects even for old, unsolved crimes such as the World's End case. In Scotland alone about ten murders were solved years later thanks to the database. The World's End case remains officially unsolved because the guy whose DNA matched that found on the dead girls admitted having had consensual sex with them, and blamed their murders on his now dead pal.
The World's End, by the way, is a lovely pub with decent scottish food and pleasant atmosphere. In fact, if you ever visited with me in Edinburgh, chances are that that's where I took you for haggis and scottish beer.