Apparently being a jerk is no longer legal in the UK. The crime in the article is that a beach side keytarist is alleged to have played ‘Everyone is Kung Fu Fighting’ at a couple of Chinese people in Wales. At worst he was being a jerk and even a bigoted jerk, but somehow that [...]
Town famous for its medieval heritage to lose its cobblestones over health and safety concerns. Five people injured during the year vs the three people who would have been injured in town with normal sidewalks. Cobblestones branded ‘tool of the devil and must be purged’. Via Medieval News
England safe at last as the scourge or Dwile Flonking is finally over. I am told they were once a great Empire before the nannies got them. I bet Jeremy Clarkson was a rabid dwile flonker when he was young.
Some fundamentalists are more fundamental than others. Not sure this is a cultural revival I am fan of.
While I lived in the UK I fell in love with the many eccentric old English traditions and some modern ones as well. Bog snorkeling, cheese rolling, village to village ball games, conkers and many more fun things that make England England. The arch enemy of all these events are the sad old blue hairs [...]
Apparently gamblers in Africa have come to believe that if you smoke a vulture brain you will get a glimpse at the future. The result of this superstition is the likely extinction of vultures in Africa. What a lovely world. What would be nice is if people thought you could see the future from smoking [...]