Month October 2014
[David Attenborough] Yes, come here, don’t be afraid little one. We’re going to be watching you closely as you grow up.
[Meerkat Mother] >brrr< >brrr< … >brrr< >brrr< … Hello? Is that the meerkat police? It’s that Attenborough man again… yes, the blue shirt… yes, same as before, hanging around the school and talking to the kids as they come out. You’ll send a rhino? Wonderful. >click<
[Tea Shop Menu] Queen Mother’s Blend (Ceylon and Assam)
[WTF] … no Bombay Sapphire?
[Guide] Shiva is the main God, the creator and destroyer. Creation comes from destruction and destruction from creation.
[WTF] And rumoured to manifest as a Bangladeshi buildings standards officer.
[BBC] Nigeria and Boko Haram agree ceasefire
[WTF] At last some good news! I’ve felt guilty playing “A Whiter Shade of Pale” all this year.
[WTF] If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.
[WTF] Scary thought of the day: Dwayne Dibley and Lorraine Pascale. Siblings? Has anyone ever seen them in the same room?
[Book Title] Gynaecology and Fertility in the Domestic Cat
[Small Print] Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
[WTF] Did somebody tell the cats?
[BBC] Twitter ‘misplaces’ Taliban official in Pakistan
[WTF] Well you shouldn’t have kidnapped him and taken him there using private jets with no flight plan, then, should you? Honestly, if you’re not going to take care of them… Have you checked down the back of the sofa? How about in Cuba, I hear a lot of them show up in Guantanamo?
[BBC] Malala shares Nobel Peace Prize
[Malala] After all I’ve gone through, I have to share? Sod that, gimme it here…
[Other recipient] Hey, that’s half mine, you know >yank<
[Malala] Gimm… me… the… prize…
[Audience] Fight! Fight! Fight!
[BBC] New Driverless Tube Trains Unveiled
“Finn Brennan from Aslef, the train drivers’ union, said they would always oppose automated trains because the single-track, Victorian infrastructure was designed to be negotiated by drivers.”
[WTF] … and not because it would mean that the next time you go on strike for being asked to put up with the same cuts the rest of the country has enjoyed for years we won’t need to negotiate with dickheads?