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On Nominative Determinism #2

[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?

October 7, 2016

On Borrowing from Peter

[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.

June 29, 2015

On Aiming High

[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…

March 15, 2015

On Sudden Consumerism

[News] Millions of Android devices infected with malware encouraging users to needlessly spend money

[WTF] uh… the Google Play store? The Google ad network?

February 7, 2015

On Happy Endings

[BBC News] Sheffield University Economics students unprepared for exam question containing mathematics

[WTF] Greek Syriza government said to be considering job offers.

January 30, 2015

On Nominative Determinism

[BBC News] Li Ka-shing in talks to buy O2 for £10bn

[WTF] Ka-ching indeed.

January 23, 2015

On Recurring History

[NY Times] Yield-hungry investors stung in Greece
[WTF] Aye. Beware Greeks bearing gilts.

January 10, 2015

On Unfortunate Names

[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.

October 18, 2014

On Porous Borders

[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?

October 10, 2014

Oh, if only…

[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!