I just found this excellent video from Penn Jillette, the talky half of Penn and Teller. I would imagine regulars to this blog are familer with their series Bullshit! those that aren’t check out that link for the website or you can watch full episodes here (works from the UK). This is Penn’s take on [...]

Yesterday I came across an article in the Daily Mail which highlighted a new campaign from Debenhams; “Debenhams bans the airbrush from swimwear ad campaign – and lays bare all the sneaky tricks of the trade.” A quick Google search showed this story also featured in the Evening Standard, Marie Claire, The Telegraph as well [...]

Over the weekend I went to a local café and ordered a chicken panini, after ordering I was told that they could not toast my panini because they were not allowed to reheat chicken due to health and safety. My word, I thought, you couldn’t make it up! Except you could or rather they could; [...]

The World Cup is due to start in a few hours and since it hasn’t quite started yet I can remain objective about England’s chances, for the next few hours at least. Once it starts that all goes out of the window and I become as deluded as the next person. Seriously ask me Saturday [...]

by @roachmeister The British public’s decision to award only six points to Denmark in last month’s Eurovision Song Contest was revenge for the Viking Sacking of Lindisfarne in 793 A.D., some nutter in Suffolk has claimed. Former BBC Royal Correspondent Michael Cole, 82, said “Most right-minded people would think that it was simply a reaction [...]

So we recently got some kittens, Taz and Pixel are their names, there’s a blog so if you like cute furry things go visit and leave some comments, Susie will be delighted. Although my family has had cats for years it is always exciting getting your own pet for the first time. We have been [...]

I’m delighted to finally bring you a blog post from @roachmeister who I have been bugging for ages to blog on here. Well it was well worth the wait and I hope this is the first of many.    On my morning commute to work, I normally pick up a copy of the Metro from the station. [...]