A light bit of “trousers off” humour for you: Danish golfer Andreas Harto removed his shoes and trousers to hit a ball from the waters edge at the Trophee Hassan II European Tour...
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You’ve probably already heard this story 4 or 5 times already, but in case you missed it, here are the bones, it’s very simple: A BLOKE FROM BUENOS AIRES THOUGHT HE WAS BUYING...
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So, there’s no real theme to this article I’m afraid, I basically did a Google image search for portraits of the 17th Century and these are the ones that took my eye. I’d...
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The internet is the home of truly free speech. It doesn’t matter how bonkers, barmy or banal your opinion, on the www you can nestle it next to the rest of the herd’s...
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Here’s installment number three in my labour of love: the slow and steady trawl through the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by the prolific Captain Grose. Grose was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer and authored...
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The noctilucent cloud is a rare beast, only occurring well after sunset during the summer months. It’s the highest of the visible cloud types, hovering around 80km up, in the mesosphere and it is still...
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The Octobass is a massive musical instrument that you certainly couldn’t fit in a mini. It’s shaped like a cello but it’s almost twice the size and, consequently the tone is twice as...
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Yes. A fish with a transparent head. Brilliant. It’s called the pacific barreleye. What a funny looking little bugger. The dark blobs at the front of his greenhouse of a head are actually...
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Here is Georges D’Aoust a 75 year old Canadian business chap who made a butt load of cash in finance and construction in the northern parts of Canada. His millions have allowed him...
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All this fuss about the ‘wrong meat‘ being in things has kept me really entertained. I understand that supermarkets and meat producers shouldn’t be able to get away with lying to make a...
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