2014 Ig Nobel prizes

by wee_pad | Sep 3, 2014 | Slider, Things that made me smile

The 2014 awards ceremony takes place on 18 September. I can’t wait! More details here

For my safety and security? How?

by wee_pad | Sep 3, 2014 | Slider, Things that make me cross

I came across this in my local supermarket. It’s not a sign you see everywhere in the store. For instance there’s no such sign on the crisps shelves. But on the alcohol shelves it is apparently essential to have CCTV to protect me. From what? Are the...

Really?

by wee_pad | Aug 27, 2014 | Slider, Things that make me cross

I don’t like guns. The only place for them, in my opinion, is in a video game. People these days are too quick to resort to violence. When I was a lad (old fart comment coming right up) a fight would result in a black eye or something similar. Honour could be...

Lego

by wee_pad | Mar 6, 2010 | Slider, Things that made me think

Apparently (and I say that because I have no way of checking it out) there are 62 lego bricks for every single human being on this planet. Gosh!

I worry about my son …..

by wee_pad | Feb 20, 2009 | Slider, Things that made me smile

It’s a bit of a concern when one hears one’s son start a sentence “There’s not many people on whom I’d wish a traffic accident but …… What have I unleashed on the world?