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No vigilantism plea as Ed Balls found safe in wheelie bin

Labour Leadership,unstupidity 24 August 2010 2 Comments

The wife of Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls has asked the public not to take matters into their own hands after the hapless politician was found in a wheelie bin outside his own house

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Apple Announces iPhone 4S

gadgets,technology,unstupidity 7 July 2010 0 Comments

Apple Announces iPhone 4S CUPERTINO, California—July 7, 2010—Apple® today introduced the all-new iPhone ® 4S , the world’s most desirable mobile telephone, capable of making telephone calls and accessing the internet while held in the left hand.  The revolutionary new ‘TalkTime’ feature enables iPhone 4S to transfer speech and data through a 3G connection.  The [...]

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In memory of Mr Bennett – Magister praeclarus. Nyaw.

unstupidity 28 March 2010 0 Comments

Mr Bennett was a great teacher who inspired us to want to learn Latin. For that he surely deserves to be remembered. His infectious enthusiasm for his teaching, his love of distance running and his dedication to charity work established him as a teacher pupils in the school wanted to be taught by. He was [...]

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What to do if Gordon Brown visits your constituency: Protect and Survive

Hoons,the interwebs,unstupidity 5 February 2010 0 Comments

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Cowen 'hasn't given up' on finding a buyer

Hoons,politics,unstupidity 16 July 2009 0 Comments

Brian Cowen, Ireland’s Prime Minister, has ‘not given up hope’ on finding a buyer for the beleaguered nation, as evidenced in photos on the website of the Roinn an Taoisigh.

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The bare essentials of inflight safety from Air New Zealand

commerce and trade,unstupidity 11 July 2009 0 Comments

Little to say about this wonderful new take on the inflight safety video, except the obvious comment that, if it makes people look at the video and stop irritatingly talking through the safety announcements, flights will be more beautiful things.  Pity one can’t see anything though!  Air New Zealand for the win!

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Dublin Pride

unstupidity 27 June 2009 0 Comments

As a straight man, I love Dublin Pride as a spectacle above all. A festival of bright colour, an astoundingly optimistic and positive oasis in a year where all news seems to be bad. Today was great fun, and took place in sweltering, vicious sun. These photos, all taken with the camera on the iPhone [...]

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A cautionary tale about election day

politics,stupidity,unstupidity 4 June 2009 0 Comments

I am moved by the lovely and fragrant @sharonashambles on twitter to tell a story about people advising others on how to vote.

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Susan Boyle to be installed on Trafalgar Square empty plinth

unstupidity 1 June 2009 0 Comments

Susan Boyle, runner up in Britain’s Got Talent 2009, will be installed on the empty fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square, according to a press release issued by 10 Downing Street this morning. The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has been concerned that the singer, praised for her astounding voice during auditions for the talent show, has [...]

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An MP's right to expenses

politics,unstupidity 13 May 2009 0 Comments

Cecil Troughson, Labour MP for Lower Grifting South and Much Moaning, guest blogs today on the expenses furore engulfing the Westminster village. Back in the eighties, when the Trades Unions were able to afford much more worthwhile expenses accounts, it was a point of honour that all Labour MPs took from the Fees Office was [...]

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