tenthofjune

If you’re still unsure as to whether the PC Brigade have finally lost the plot, then read this article in the Telegraph - I thought it was a joke, but April Fool was 3 months ago.

Britax have been making child car seats for as long as I can remember, and I have always pronounced it “Brit-axe” as in British. After all, didn’t they used to have a Union Flag as part of their logo?
According to the Dictionary of Trade Name Origins, the name does in fact come from a contraction […]

We’ve all had the usual email from the likes of Amazon, getting you to buy some associated kit, but I recently got this one after buying some Canon printer paper. It proudly starts with “We hope you’ve been enjoying your recent purchase, and thought you might like to see a few accessories and service plans […]

More crazy nanny labelling. Here is a box of eggs from Asda, remember eggs, got that? It is an egg box after all, so what else would you expect it to contain?

Inside is the obligatory nutritional information, including some less than useful allergy advice:

Look closely - Yes, you read that correctly, it says “Contains egg”.

Kind […]

According to the Register and the BBC itself, BBC Radio 1 has taken on itself to partially censor the Christmas classic “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl.
The line is question is “You scumbag, you maggot you cheap lousy faggot, Happy Christmas your arse I pray God It’s our last”. […]

No doubt most people are aware of the current story regarding John Darwin faking his own death in a canoe in the North Sea five years ago, and his wife moving to Panama on the proceeds of the life insurance.
Now if only he’d tried faking his death on a canal boat, he would have been […]

You may recognise the picture on the right. It is called a ‘cross dowel’ and is used together with a screw to fasten furniture panels together.
B&Q stock these, however, they want £4.08 for a bag of five. That’s just over 81p each. That may not seem a lot until you compare that to Screwfix who […]

According to the Bolton News, Officers from TV Licensing have chosen the 31st October (Halloween) to target the homes of people who have failed to pay up.
I don’t know what kind of twisted logic they have used to come up with that idea. Of all the days in the year, I would say that Halloween […]

Well surprise, surprise, Sat Nav is once more being blamed for the idiocy of a driver who blindly follows it into a dangerous situation. This 20 year old student narrowly avoided being nominated for the Darwin Awards.
Sat Nav is no different to a road atlas, both have map errors, but no-one hears of them being […]

Google Analytics have come up with a flash new interface, but have made one glaring error - They have lumped the ex-Soviet Union into Europe, not Asia. Click on the thumbnail below to see.