Sickening, drunken, naked, gladiatorial rituals; an orphanage and a hospital

I read Deborah Orr’s article, My disillusionment with the British Army in today’s Independent, about recent revelations which show that our armed forces are a rather violent bunch of chaps at heart. Bearing in mind the kind of jobs that we ask these people to do, this is not such a bad thing. If there [...]

Hey, I ordered the ravioli!

When two developers with around forty years of progamming experience between them cannot find the cause of a bug in a program due to the sheer complexity of the spaghetti; when this type of code is not an exception, but the rule – would it be considered to be bad form if those developers said, [...]

Old lady wrestling

At the station this morning, like most mornings, there was a queue for tickets. There is one queue and two ticket windows with an occasional free standing ticket lady. Here’s how it works. You stand in the queue, shuffle forward, tut when someone takes too long, keep an eye on the clock and go to [...]

Is it me, or is it hot in here?

Last week we had our annual fire safety video in which BBC newsreader Kate Silverton (phwoar!) pretends to work for our company and tells us, in words of one syllable, what to do in case we’re too stupid to get out of a fire. As far as I’m concerned you need to do only two [...]

Everything a growing boy needs

Simon links to this New Scientist article about CoffeBeer. Not a bad idea but a little half arsed. How about, CoffeeSpliffBlowJobBeerCurrySleep?