I saw a post the other day that is being copied and shared around
Facebook and Twitter. It was about what a great job Boris Johnson is doing and
how proud we should all be of his leadership in dark times.
I must be missing out on something here. From where I am sat,
he just looks like a waffling and incoherent buffoon. He appears totally out of
his depth when he is in a position where being court jester is inappropriate.
Leadership ...
New studies are indicating that storing toilet paper for periods longer than 14 days, can cause severe trauma to the anal passage.
The Sandpaper Effect
Because of the paper softening method required to make the
use of lavatory paper comfortable, disintegration and hardening of the product causes
what experts call ‘the sandpaper effect’.
Professor Anne Drex of ‘The Ringpiece Institute’, warns that
continued storing of toilet ...
Hands up who has had a day when they hear so much about
Coronavirus, they go to bed convinced they have it?
There are major psychological issues going on with this
thing and I am in no doubt that taking on too much negative information is
damaging to the soul. Today, I avoided the news and felt much better.
However, we also need to take on bad news. Simply ignoring
it will mean the length of time we are in a state of chaos, will go on and ...
I will always remember with fondness the Olympics in 2012.
There was one Saturday morning where a couple of girls won gold in a
kayak/rowing type event I knew little about. I sat in awe as they were roared
to victory by thousands of people on the riverbank. I confess I did shed a tear
of happiness when seeing their joy as they received their medals.
I recalled similar events in Beijing 4 years earlier. The
heats had the occasional passer by ...
Here’s a thing. I was in a famous IT retailer today who, for the sake of anonymity, I will call CP World. I was buying a keyboard for about £15.00 to give their morale a boost as the Coronavirus crisis reaches its dystopian stages.
Statutory Sick Pay
Understandably, the lad who served me was worried. He had
been told that if he showed signs of a cold, he was to go home and self-isolate
and he will get SSP (statutory sick pay). This is ...