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The BBC is honestly the best use of taxpayer’s money I’ve ever seen in any country. Who else would catalog all the classic opening titles of their cheesiest stuff?
Seriously, what a great idea. Not entirely sure what countries this will work in, but the UK & Ireland can get it anyway.
Whoa, really, it’s been so long since my last post, that I had to start the day with a series of system upgrades. Plus I had to try and remember how to access my admin page. But here I am and it’s all good.
So, I’m going to make a concerted effort to start posting again. A couple of topics I’ll get around to before the end of the week -
Ok, they should ease me back in over the next few days..
See ya on the interwebs..
Via Politico.com - A recent study at NYU has shown that a majority of students there would be willing to sell their vote at the next US Presidential election.
Prices for a vote included
Some polled even offered to give their right to vote entirely in exchange for $1M (fools, should have asked for €1M).
Oddly enough, whilst happy to sell their votes, most of the students asked were quite clear on the importance of voting.
In a country where a few thousand votes can swing the course of world history (literally, I mean look at the last 7 years) I have to admit, it’s a disturbing study.
I wonder how transferable these results would be? Would your average UCD or TCD head be willing to change their vote for an iPod? Or a full grant?
This is truly the most ludicrous thing I have ever seen.
via El Reg
Published Thursday 8th November 2007 15:32 GMT
A Nottinghamshire lad had a “birthday to remember” after a stripper turned up at his school, burst into his drama class and proceeded to flaunt herself like a two-buck hussy as shocked teacher and students looked on.
According to the Telegraph, the clothes-shedding strumpet was dispatched to Nottingham’s Arnold Hill School and Technology College at the behest of the boy’s mum, who also asked his teacher to film the event.
The stripper entered the classroom halfway through the lesson, and then, as a fellow pupil recounted to the Daily Mail: “She asked the lad to stand up, which he did, and told him he had been a very naughty boy because he hadn’t been doing his homework. Then she put on some Britney Spears music and got out a collar and lead from her bag and told him to put them on.
“No one could believe it. Next she ordered him to get on all fours, led him around the classroom and hit him 16 times - once for each year - on the bottom with her whip. Then she took off some clothes until she was down to her bra and pants, pulled out some cream, put it on her buttocks and told him to rub it in.
“To be fair to the teacher, you could tell she was just stunned - and when the cream came out she told the stripper ‘That’s it. That’s enough’.”
It apparently was enough for the honoured guest of this show, since he “ran out of the classroom while the stripper calmly packed her bag and left”.
A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire County Council said no one had been suspended and the police were not involved. She added: “We and the school are investigating into the situation.”
And in case you’re wondering what kind of parent would subject their offspring to this kind of humiliation, the mother in question told the school she’d actually ordered a gorilla “through an agency”, but got the cream-loving dog-handler instead. ®
iPhone finger condoms!
Engadget is plugging this as an actual product, but it doesn’t really explain the bizarre video.
As TUAW are saying “it goes from Love Actually to CSI”
So, the DB errors were caused by a plugin of mine (Google Sitemaps) that hadn’t updated for compatibility with WP 2.3, so only had to deactivate it. After a bit of trial and error of course 
Blogging should now resume to it’s usual levels!
Now, to find a topic……..
Howdy all,
Bit of housekeeping. Was in the middle of a long overdue post and started getting a load of Database errors. Until I get it nailed down, I won’t be posting. Let’s say by the 19th of October I’ll be back?
Thanks!
Colm
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been thinking of getting an iPod Touch.
It officially hits the shelves this weekend, but I was in Dundrum picking up my copy of Halo 3 yesterday and I stopped into the O2 store to see if they had gotten them in yet.
They had, but only the 16GB model. So I figured, if I’m forking out €299 for an iPod, why not future-proof myself size wise. A weak excuse I know, but it helps me sleep etc.
Clearly, I snapped like a dry twig. And it’s everything I expected. My singular criticism is the lack of an external speaker. I honestly think that would have made all the difference. As for further, more detailed thoughts, I’ll report back when I’ve had a week to play with it..
Let me get something straight from the outset. Robert Mugabe is an evil dictator who deserves to be ousted. A literal headcase who managed to get his grubby little hands on a country. Literally.
But, given his lunacy, he is in a mildly unique position. His country, being outside “the gang”, is totally independent of the USA. Not like us. The Taoiseach is so far up GW Bush’s arse that he could massage his tonsils and probably would if Georgie asked nicely.
In a way you can’t blame Ahern, as a nation we’re pretty reliant on US business interests and if that means letting a pile of Marines and Navy SEALs through Shannon, then so be it. I don’t agree, but I can at least see the thinking behind it.
But as I said, Mugabe is under no such restriction, so it was nice to see him use this unique position by essentially telling George Bush to shut the fuck up.
In case you don’t know the background, the other day a few of the world’s leaders gave speeches to the UN General Assembly. I honestly don’t know what the reason was, but it happened all the same. When it came time for Georgie boy to give his, he neatly skirted the two failed wars he has started in the last 8 years (one without UN approval). He did however harp on about how Mugabe is a nutjob who should be stopped, citing his Human Rights record as one reason for what a shit he is.
Now, as I said, Bush is not wrong in this regard, but seriously, it’s like a 40 a day smoker giving out to someone who only smokes when they drink.
