Jan
08
2010
According to the London Evening Standard there are around 700,000 sufferers of dementia in the UK being looked after by friends and relatives. This saves the state about £6bn annually. However, the number of people with dementia is expected to rise to 1.7 million by 2050 which would cost someone around £10bn annually. At the [...]
Tags: nhs costs, price of alcohol
Dec
17
2009
I’ve decided to go on strike! Now, before anyone gets alarmed I can confirm that no-one will be affected by this unlike all the transport sector strikes such as BA and Eurostar. Baggage handlers at major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton are also calling for strike action. London Transport MIGHT [...]
Tags: strike
Nov
20
2009
I’ve repeated this almost exactly as it was sent to me. If you can show you are the original author I’ll happily give you credit here. “Teaching maths in 1970 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Maths In [...]
Tags: Humour, teaching maths
Nov
09
2009
Apparently, it has been suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women. To test the finding, 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each. [...]
Tags: beer turns men into women
Sep
15
2009
Over the years numerous individuals and groups have sought to change the name of various things and the well-known pudding, Spotted Dick, has been right up there among the most maligned. Of course, with a name like that it will come in for immature, even puerile, comments from the sniggering schoolboy types amongst us – [...]
Tags: spotted dick
Jun
25
2009
Now that’s really news
Tags: lily allen's dewdrop
Jun
20
2009
Some time ago I borrowed a television from XXXXXXXXX for my house at 38 XXXXXXX, near XXXXXX and they’ve just found out. Apparently, XXXXXX don’t approve of people borrowing things from their store! I’ve said I’ll take it back but they wanted to prosecute so I’ve been investigated by the XXXXX and appeared in XXXX [...]
Tags: gravy trains stop here, if only I was an MP
Jun
25
2007
A guy goes to the supermarket and a beautiful blond waves at him and says “hello”. He’s rather taken back because he can’t place where he knows her from. he finally asks “Do you know me”. She replies, “I think you are the father of one of my children.” Now he thinks back to the [...]
Jun
02
2007
Is it just me or is a web-cam in a place where nothing ever happens generally amusing? Take a look here.
Jun
02
2007
I have an off-beat sense of humour – caution is recommended!