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Some Posts On This Site Now Recognised By The EU

But only the really cheesy ones. Hmm. That doesn’t really narrow it down does it? How about the really cheesy (i.e. all) ones that were written whilst I was in Staffordshire? Yes, that will do it, as the EU now recognises Staffordshire cheese “due to the distinctive nature of the cows diet” amongst other things. […]

Wild Speculation And Prudent Measures

In a story which the mainstream media seems to have missed entirely, Mr. Nosemonkey speculated that there might be a snap general election.
Nonsense! I said to no one in particular. However, this morning I received this (opens in new window): a letter asking me if I was available on Thursdays during November - bearing […]

Dritter Oktober

Yes, the 3rd of October is a great day in German history, so much so that it’s a public holiday.
On this day in 1942 Germany launched the first man-made object into space: A V2-A4 Rocket from Peenemünde. And it didn’t even fall back onto London or Antwerp.

Translation isn’t everything…..

I did this weeks ago and didn’t actually blog about it because I was too busy.
“Too busy?” These people are busy trying not to get killed after having, holes drilled into various parts of their bodies with, well, drills. The boy Worstall (who has a new domain, by the way, change your blogrolls, people) mentions […]

May Contain Nuts #173

You’re all incredibly intelligent and well-read people of the world. I’m sure you’re aware of the (possibly apocryphal) story of the little packets of peanuts on American planes bearing the legend “May contain nuts”…. I don’t know for sure - I spent my flight to Duluth worrying how on earth I was going to manage […]