Just over a week ago, Duncan Grisby, one of this city’s many alpha geeks, invited readers of the legendary “cam.misc” discussion board to pop along to his Website to examine his action shots of a burglar. The thief had been filmed by the video Webcam that was sitting on top of the four thousand pounds’ […]
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30Dec04 — 0
Pistons At Noon
Our former colony across The Pond preserves the tradition of duelling suitors in its own special way: “The parking lot of C & W Auto Glass was the scene of a violent automotive encounter Monday, when two Godfrey men repeatedly rammed vehicles in a quarrel that broke out over the affections of a woman… “…The […]
Read More23Dec04 — 1
By Special Request
As I predicted, the pull of Blade: Trinity was too strong and Leasey and I went along to see it last Saturday. It turned out to be both very entertaining and utter rubbish. The plot is thinner than a 15-year-old on a catwalk; Parker Posey couldn’t act her way out of a parking ticket; and […]
Read More25Oct04 — 4
Football Follow-Up
As predicted, Ruud is getting his comeuppance and, also following that post and the associated commentary, Football365 has a round-up of the varied press on the Biggest Game of The Season So Far. In response to the commenter who complained that Arsenal had been doing so well because “premiership teams oil themselves up and bend […]
Read More14Oct04 — 4
‘Blogger Completely Unable To Reach Instant Conclusion
I believe that, where it exists as a punishment for unlawful killing, the death penalty deters some potential murderers. I believe that, perversely, it can also make those who have already killed more likely to kill again. I believe that states should not execute their citizens. I believe that culpability for a crime should depend […]
Read More11Oct04 — 0
Cry For England and St George
This morning on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Dipesh Shah, Chief Executive of the UK’s Atomic Energy Authority responded to the questions asked of him in his interview in almost unbroken corporate English. Listen to him use the phrase “the legacy of the past” twice and put the AEA’s recent success down to their “not […]
Read More24Sep04 — 7
It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
Hollywood nymphets cower in the jungle, vainly trying to hide their voluptuousness from James Brown as he looms in the background, poised for another brush with the law. Is this the best pulp book cover ever? (via the comments of Harry’s Place) UPDATE: Damn! As Dave points out, we’ve been rumbled and they’re blocking our […]
Read More21Sep04 — 10
Impeach Boris Johnson’s Hair
Backword Dave links to Boris Johnson’s ‘Blog which, like so much else about him, I’m not sure isn’t a pisstake. The real issue is of course his coif. It is not so much that it is silly (though the arrangement of the strands is at odds with reality): it is rather that all the wigmaker’s […]
Read More10Sep04 — 4
Behind Bars
It’s amazing that critics of the application genetic fingerprinting have made so little rhetorical use of the year of the technique’s original discovery.
Read More05Sep04 — 0
Ain’t That The Veritas?
And now a perfect contrast from the grumpy copper: “Alcohol plays a large part in my professional life, many people I meet are under it’s influence, and those who say they aren’t usually are. I heard the other day that Russian police officers simply hose down their drunks (with a high pressure hose) and release […]
Read More29Aug04 — 1
Not An ‘Appy One
Squander Two has introduced me to The Policeman’s Blog. It’s the badger’s nadgers: brightly-written, entertaining accounts of life dealing with the criminal underclass. The Policeman’s struggles against people determined to take ruthless advantage of every kindness shown to them by the system remind me of the prison hospital tales of Theodore Dalrymple, aka Dr Anthony […]
Read More25Aug04 — 23
Thatcher’s Son Takes Keen Interest In Politics
This story is just wonderful.
Read More17Aug04 — 0
Not That Tony
Someone called “Tony” has been posting on Stephen Pollard‘s ‘Blog lately. By his own admission, he is a Leftie, recently turned to the Right by the various mad outpourings of the Left since 9/11. His own opinions also scare me somewhat. I enjoyed this exchange: “Tony”: “It’s reckoned that a stupid proportion (90%?) of crime […]
Read More07Aug04 — 1
“…And A Box Of Swan Vestas, Please”
[Another oldie, I’m afraid] I used to work in a corner shop. In my day the 12-year-olds who came in were, of course, little bastards, but they didn’t have sawn-off shotguns. If they had, I’d have been proud to have dealt with them like this: “CCTV footage revealed the boy burst into the store on […]
Read More22Jul04 — 1
Why We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists
I'd just like to begin today by saying thank you on behalf of the people of India, Egypt and Kenya to the government of the Philippines.
Read More14Jul04 — 1
Road Traffic Accidents And Sex
I was once witness to a spectacular but non-fatal and non-crippling crash. The sequence of events was shockingly clear in my mind. A careless driver was turning right into the road where I lived. He drove straight across the path of an oncoming motorcyclist who was certainly not speeding. I know he wasn't speeding because […]
Read More12Jul04 — 1
Hidden Among Us
At least coloured people have the community-spiritedness to make their status as such more-or-less obvious, thereby sparing innocent bystanders unnecessary unpleasantness and their enemies the inconvenience of having to mark them out with little stars—or bigger swastikas. (The photo accompanying that article reminds me that it would have been helpful to all the budding neo-Nazis […]
Read More23Mar04 — 1
Mixed Sex Prisoner
This story combines this week’s weird sex theme with the Chewbacca Defence approach to getting your client off the hook.
Read More01Nov03 — 0
How Much?!
If you are going to commit a fraud it might as well be for 2.5 trillion dollars. Read all of this amazing true story and savour every comedy detail.
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