In today’s information-based economy, intellectual property rights are important. Not only that, trademarks, logos and the like are valuable commodities that should be guarded fiercly. People don’t come back from holiday in Thailand loaded down with small pellets of compressed cement, talcum powder and blue colouring. Okay, they do, it’s just that they’ve been stamped […]
Admittedly there are some minor downsides to terrorism, but what with passenger numbers down after the recent “everyday household items” scare, I’ve even seen a Heathrow-JFK return flight for £149 including all taxes and charges. Ideally, some kind of fatwa about increasing legroom would be just perfect. If you could oblige, Osama.
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Dear Amazon.co.uk Customer,
We’ve noticed that customers who whinge about their health all the time have also ordered Remembrance of Things Past: v. 1 (World Literature S.) by Marcel Proust - he was a hypochondriac too, you know. For this reason, you might like to know that this book will be released on 10 September […]
As part of its “4×4 Debate: Enemy of the people”, Subheading: “Gas-guzzling, road-hogging, air-polluting… and now even doctors have joined the outcry over 4×4 cars”, (so obviously a debate that’s going to be looked at impartially from both sides), The Independent prints this wonderful, wonderful piece on how to use statistical “analysis”…
Previous studies have shown […]
Is From Spiegel Online (in German). It tells of two England football fans who drove to Cologne and then went for a bit of a look around the town.
At the end of their wander they couldn’t actually find the street in which they’d parked their car. However, these two individuals were intelligent, well-prepared, and […]
I’m still learning the words required for life in 21st century Britain. Latest one that caused me to do a double-take was learning that the guy behind the counter at Subway is a “sandwich artist”. Now, I’ve only eaten at Subway once (and call me picky about food, but it’s only ever going to be […]
