Humour

Lovely article in BBC News yesterday: Doctor slang is a dying art. So says a doctor who has spent four years charting more than 200 colourful examples. Medicine is a profession already overflowing with acronyms and technical terms, and doctors over the years have invented plenty of their own.  However,

A verdict of accidental death was pronounced today, following an inquiry into events of yesterday afternoon.  Glory, a purple betta fish, had been promoted to department mascot after only a week with the company, but was reportedly unhappy with his duties.  He had been suffering severe depression after leaving his

Bristow has written of the beast Tudamhott, still stalking the UK. And it came to pass, that in the kingdom of Bristovia, the people were sorely oppressed by the great beast Tudamhott. Such was their fear of the beast, that they sweated, and laid low, and took a lot of

Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed up as a candidate for the position of Governor of California, along with about a hundred others.  It occurs to me that America is missing one very important political party, one with a long and respected tradition in the UK: The Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

There is a sharp shooter taking out rabbits at Miami International Airport.  Apparently the bunnies are a danger to planes, because of the turkey vultures that their corpses attract.  I'm pretty sure the link refers to the right incident.  The shooter taking the bunnies out is the uncle

A while back, I wrote about the Feline Alarm Unit.  Someone made my day by writing to complain about his feline alarm not operating as advertised.  Read and enjoy!

The BOFH is one of my favourite geek creations.  He is the B*****d Operator From Hell who rules the network with an iron hand, several hundred volts of electricity, and the Halon fire prevention system. I downloaded a whole pile of BOFH excuses for why the computer/network/system/

Emily E sent this to me a while back (it seems a homegroup at my church is not complete without at least one Emily.  I did go to a group with two in, happily they both left to start another group, and Emily E started coming.) A Visitor's

Thank you for purchasing a Feline alarm unit, the natural way to wake up.  You will enjoy years of service from your unit.  Please note that feline alarms are designed to be used in the home, they are not recommended for use on trains, buses or airplanes. Contents: One (1)