It would perhaps be unfair to assume that someone who decides to rob a bank may not be the most intelligent of persons. However, taking such a huge risk, endangering your own and possibly other peoples lives, coupled with the threat of prolonged incarceration is not usually the activity of the well educated. They tend [...]

It is a sad indictment of British society that we cannot import a traditional overseas dish and preserve it in it’s original format. Are we such a bunch of philistines that we have to simplify everything so it sounds and taste “British”? That appears to have happened with the news that Supermarkets have now started [...]

This could quite possibly be the most powerful torch ever created. Not only does it set stuff on fire, it can apparently fry an egg. I couldn’t find a video of that though, so you are going to have to satisfy yourselves with burning stuff. Enjoy! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsV3-IvS8UA] Via Engadget.

Whilst surfing one my favorite sites, i couldnt help but take notice of what looked like a seriously ugly puppet lemur. It was only when looking closly that it was infact a real life lemur. Now im all for giving people a break, but when it comes to animals, well i have to say it [...]

Well known for having nine lives, this poor feline seems to be well and truly buggered, for it has five legs. But alas, not for long for it will have an operation soon to remove the extra leg and the other crippled leg. This of course will leave it with three legs, but its quality [...]

One of the things that I struggle with on a daily basis is deciding which is coolest out of: Pirates Robots Ninjas They all have their pros and cons, and there is nothing that stands out about one that the others can’t counter in other ways. So I have decided to create a list of [...]

There once was a man called Jake Who ate lots and lots of cake He fell off his bed And hit his fat head And now has a giant stomach ache. There once was a cow called fee Who did a very big wee It went every where But she had not a care And [...]

Apparently according Reuters, a mouse’s head has been found in a hospital meal in Finland. Now having not been into hospital for many years I cannot comment on the standard of the food, but from all accounts and knowing how everything is the UK seems to be substandard, I can imagine it’s pretty atrocious.  I [...]

So I had the joy of seing this film at the weekend.  The only good things about it were in no particular order: The annoying cute kid dies in the first 10 minutes The caring dad dies in the first hour. The bad things were: The aliens weren’t scary. The predator was a bit rubbish [...]

This is one of those things that you always hear talk of in pubs frequented by the natural waster, the student.  Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit? Due to some some odd bureaucracy, in the UK no VAT is charged on biscuits and cakes.  However, VAT is charged on chocolate covered biscuits, [...]