Tag idiocy
[Zoopla] 3 bedroom cottage for sale
[WTF] Wow! A three bedroom cottage that’s been built to look like a scale model of a castle! Or could it be… no, surely not… an estate agent taking misleading photos?
[BBC News] UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe is apparently not punched by colleague.
[WTF] … and the colleague’s name? Mike Hookem. Genuinely. I could make this stuff up, but why bother?
[Officer] So precisely why were you doing 120mph on the wrong side of the road going over a blind summit?
[WTF] Just obeying a road sign which said “Think Bike”.
[BBC News] Network Rail says “All bets off for £38bn rail plan”
[WTF] So… we’re going to spend £50 billion on getting from London to Birmingham 20 minutes faster, instead of £38 billion to bring pretty much every other line and station in the country out of the golden age of steam? Tell y’what, if you throw in a high-speed line from Heathrow to Gatwick as a technology tester you can keep the change.
[BBC News] Greece threatens to seize [162 billion Euros of] German Property as World War 2 reparations
[WTF] Even the Greeks are getting in on the Red Nose Day comedy spirit! Don’t mention ze war…
[BBC News] Sheffield University Economics students unprepared for exam question containing mathematics
[WTF] Greek Syriza government said to be considering job offers.
[WTF] If I ever find the bugger who convinced me that Minnie Driver had an older sister called Laurie, I swear I’m gonna…
[WTF] When you said you were winterising your car, I must admit I wasn’t expecting furry earmuffs on the wingmirrors.
[WTF] The only infinite resource humanity possesses is the sheer ingenuity of idiots.
[Odious Cinema] … and we have closed captions, and induction loops for the hard of hearing!
[WTF] AND VOLUME SET SO HIGH THAT YOU’RE GONNA NEED THAT INDUCTION LOOP BEFORE LONG.