Humour

Inspired by Fred.  After this post asking for titles, Fred challenged me to come up with something involving rubber chickens and toilet plungers.  This was the result. (Note: what follows is a big fat lie, I made it all up.  No chickens were harmed in the making of this post.

Wonderful paper in the Canadian Medical Association Journal: Head injuries in nursery rhymes: evidence of a dangerous subtext in children's literature. In the case of Humpty Dumpty, we question whether "all the king's horses and all the king's men" were capable of

The Plain English Campaign hands out Foot in Mouth awards to public figures.  This year, Donald Rumsfeld got the prize. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won a "Foot in Mouth" award for one of his now legendary bizarre remarks.  Mr Rumsfeld won the prize for comments made

Heard a radio ad today for a new range of lavender stuff called calm to your sensesTM from Origins.  Normally I wouldn't pay much attention, I can't stand the smell of lavender, but the ad was focussed on Josephine, wife of Napoleon, and mentioned the year

Found this on Hubby's blog: What warning label are you?  In the interests of public safety... what warning label are you? But I wanted the biohazard one!

It really does exist: BS 6008:1980, ISO 3103: Method for preparation of a liquor of tea for use in sensory tests.  It's current, and active, five thousand words on how make a proper cup of tea.  You can get it from the British Standards Institute for ï¿

Red Dwarf season five, episode "Quarantine,"  all about being trapped in a quarantine room for seven weeks by your worst enemy. Lister: Guys!  Just take it easy! Cat: If he tells me to "take it easy" one more time, I swear I'm gonna turn

Heard a great joke from Susan at work today: Two piccolos were in tune. Music geek humour, wonderful!