As I was cracking open an egg to make today’s bacon and egg brunch, I couldn’t help but wonder: who was the first person to look a feathery wee chook and think “I’m going to eat the next thing that…
What sick bugger took that first step
Five rules to live by
It’s important to have a code to help you live your life to the fullest. Money cannot buy happiness but it’s more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle. Forgive your enemy but remember the bastard’s name. Help someone when they are in trouble and they will remember you when they’re in trouble again. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk.
Reason to smile
Where do penguins go when they die?
Have you ever wondered why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica? Where do they go? Wonder no more! It is a known fact that the penguin is a ritualistic bird, which lives an extremely ordered and…
Video: Four legs and two wheels
I have a four-legged Norman. She’s a cat, not a dog. And a she, not a he. And I very much doubt I could train her to ride a bike. She has staff for that sort of thing.
Winner winner chicken dinner
It’s easy to dismiss the lifestyles of celebrity offspring as nothing more than nepo babies showing off their wealth and privilege. And it’s true that some of them really are just overindulged wee brats. But sometimes it feels like the…
Still paying the price for fraudulent report
Twenty-five years ago, a report written by a now-discredited academic and former physician was published, and we are still paying the price for his fraudulent claims. Sadly, even though Andrew Wakefield later admitted his claim that the measles, mumps and…
A cow, and ant and an old fart …
Once upon a time, there was a cow, an ant and an old fart. The three of them are sitting around one day, debating which of them is the greatest. The cow says: “I give 50 litres of milk every…
They are catching up at last
United States head honcho Joe Biden signed legislation making gay marriage legal this week, which is as much a cause for celebration as for sadness. It’s great that this has finally happened. But sad that it has taken so long.…