Monthly Archives: April 2010
Cardboard Cut-Out Dead Dad
This week has been a mixture of sex and death. Entrances and exits if you will. I was going to post something on sky burials but that got pipped to the post by this morning’s story of Paul Challis because … Continue reading
Filed under In the News, Newspaper, Weird Story of the Week
How Would You Like to Be Mounted?
Believe it or not, the young man in this picture is dead. David Morales Colón, 22, who worked as a messenger was killed by gunmen in Puerto Rico last week. It’s a violent city and no doubt the killing was … Continue reading
Filed under General Thoughts, Weird Story of the Week
I Just Need a Bang on the Head
My Friday favourite Nurse Myra reminded me some weeks back about the supernatural consequences of a bang on the head. Apparently a number of individuals have acquired psychic abilities after concussions but none is more bizarre than Cyril Hoskin, a … Continue reading
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Pope Condoms – Very Father Ted
The British Foreign Office apologised to the Vatican yesterday after a memo was leaked about the Pope’s planned visit to the UK in Sept. The memo suggested among other things that the visit would be a good time to launch … Continue reading
Filed under In the News
Cup C Cakes
I have been blogging about our attitudes to human breast milk a number of times but discovered today that the issue is much closer to home than I realized. Local Clifton resident Abi Blake has been using her Bristols to … Continue reading
Filed under In the News, Weird Story of the Week
A Perfect Present for Bill Hicks
I miss Bill Hicks. Some of you may not know who this comic genius was – and I do not use the word genius lightly, but he was one of the sharpest, funniest stand-ups ever. He died too young and … Continue reading
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Scary Clowns
Following Rebecca Watson’s highlighting of the amazingly stupid, yet highly entertaining Insane Clown Posse, I was reminded how scary clowns are to many young children including my own girls when they were both young. I have no explanation for why … Continue reading
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Skeptic Top Trumps
You know those street artists who will draw you a caricature for £20/Euros/dollars? Well I am so tight that I would never knowingly pay for this humiliation but unbeknownst to me, the wonderful Neil Davies and witty Crispian Jago have … Continue reading
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Chinese Woman Gets Horny
You know how Beelzebub is often depicted as part goat with cloven hooves and horns? Well I have just seen this picture of a 101-year-old Chinese woman who has grown a horn from her forehead.As the article reports, she is … Continue reading
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Jesus With A Stiffy?
Usually, Catholics see him in pizza slices, cheetos or even the backside of a dog (though the last one is considered sacreligious). However, this time the tables are turned and Oklahoman parishioners are seeing something else in a ten foot … Continue reading
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