5th October 2013
That a mini-CD is required for fitting instructions for a gum shield rather than a slip of paper says much about the price of disc media—or the value of a link to a site. :) #WingChun
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Share this story1st October 2013
It was recently estimated the welfare state costs the UK approx. £200 billion a year. The United Nations recently estimated the illicit drug trade is worth at least £217 billion every year. If only we could tax it, some of those bankers with whopping weekly cocaine habits could put something other more than condescension back into the pot.
1st October 2013
“Work for your dole” plan wins support (news.uk.msn.com, Link dead).
More than 1,700 people apply for just EIGHT jobs at Costa Coffee shop (independent.co.uk).
Perhaps they could create paid jobs to do said community service if the intention was not to pander to potential UKIP-leaning voters by demeaning and stigmatising the unemployable. *GASP* Could it really be the case that in our population-exploding country/world there are just more people than there are jobs? Or does idea fall foul of the Lump of labour fallacy? (Wikipedia). Or is it just that while employers would rather pay whoever is prepared to work for lowest wage and look on “immigrants” as a profit windfall the Department of Work and Pensions perhaps see’s a populist way of getting what used to employ people at councils for done even cheaper?
27th September 2013
Adam Levine continues Twitter fight with Lady Gaga (uk.eonline.com).
“If you recall, the Maroon 5 frontman seemed to take a dig at Mother Monster last Friday when he tweeted, ‘Ugh..recycling old art for a younger generation doesn’t make you an artist. It makes you an art teacher,’ … He then added, ‘while we’re at it we should call the grammar police,’ apparently a reference to the fact that Gaga used the word ‘is’ and not ‘are’ in her tweet on Saturday regarding ‘the art police.’”
Grammar police? Adam himself could do with capitalising those pronoun “i”s before they arrive. ;)
“…three days later, Levine has piped in again, tweeting this morning, ‘by the way, im NOT an artist. i sing in a band and i make music with my friends.’”
24th September 2013
Fire brigade called to Barbecoa, Jamie Oliver’s “cathedral to fire and food” barbecue restaurant (food.uk.msn.com, dead link).
Where’s a “British wet whingeing worker” when you need one to turn on the waterworks?