Interesting Links for 07-08-2013

[andrewducker]

• Divorce rate rises for over-60s but falls for rest of population
  (tags: age divorce relationships )
• What do people in the UK think of the cuts?
  (tags: politics uk poll money )
• The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip. PANIC IN THE STREETS!
  (tags: magnets TheSun astronomy )
• Turns out messy desks are better unless you'er a very boring person.
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Comments

[philmophlegm]

Is "Scotland Man" a new superhero? Kind of like a Scottish version of Captain America?

I'm imagining a big bloke with a kilt and a string vest, red hair, a comedy tam o'shanter (see 'international football supporters, Scottish') and an open bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine in one hand and a Tunnock's Caramel Wafer in the other.

"Normally, Hamish MacWhisky is a mild-mannered reporter, but when he eats a deep-fried Mars Bar, he becomes...SCOTLAND MAN!"

His arch-enemy would be the evil Sir Tarquin English-Bastard and he'd have a sidekick called "Wee Man".

[a_pawson]

For me it's conjured up an image of a kilt-clad Alex Salmond in a lycra outfit with a giant "S" in the middle wielding a claymore. I hate my brain sometimes.

[alitheapipkin]

And we all hate your brain too for inflicting that on us ;)

[philmophlegm]

Yeah, that works too!

[gonzo21]

Good god, so the fracking company took legal action against two children because they were saying bad things about fracking?

Bloody hell. Talk about something to hide about the environmental impact of fracking if that's the case.

[bart_calendar]

Can they still watch BSG?

[gonzo21]

And will they have teams of trained attack lawyers following them around 24/7 to make sure they don't?

[a_pawson]

No just a pair of drones equipped with microphones.

[nancylebov]

I'm not surprised that there's a 10% variation in the length of normal pregnancies. I'm a little surprised that the variation is that small.

[momentsmusicaux]

You know, I thought the article about the sun was saying, using metaphor, that the Sun newspaper was about to change its party support.

Probably was the use of capitals...

[a_pawson]

The Sun will always support whichever party is most likely to win the next election.

[octopoid_horror]

POV porn is already a thing that exists and is pretty popular...