Tim Worstall

Based on my own experience, I can prove that it is perfectly possible to survive in the modern world if you are named after a thing: my name, Mercedes Bunz, reminds everyone of a certain Stuttgart-produced marque of car. Given that Mercedes was actually the name of the car inventor’s daughter, after which the car [...]

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Sales of king-size beds have overtaken ordinary doubles for the first time as middle-class couples increasingly see their beds as “social spaces” rather than just places to sleep.

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Story here.

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Via, this The cold snap may have only just bitten but Heathrow’s snow team has been working for months to ensure the UK’s hub airport will once again be prepared for the onset of winter. With an extra half a million pounds invested in equipment this year, Heathrow’s airside department run constant checks of runway [...]

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“Hello moosefuckers! I tell you why I hate Canada, half of you speak French, and the other half let them.” For this line led to Jerry Sadowitz being knocked unconscious by an angry member of the audience. Not that many readers of this blog are likely to be asked to open a comedy gig in [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, please start your doggies

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Via Angry Bear.

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Does bathing a baby make it wet?

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She asks me to bring your attention to something else so I give you some of her cartooning. aeroplane from lucy pepper on Vimeo.

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From the boys at El Reg. No, really, they released a purely paper aeroplane from 89,500 feet and then tracked it as it landed back on Earth, astronaut entirely safe and sound.

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Yes, nice piece, including a great all time classic. However: Not all of the messages contained in urban myths are as innocent. As they serve to express and reinforce the preoccupations and fears of the societies in which they circulate, it’s no surprise that some are less than savoury. The tale of sexually promiscuous “Aids [...]

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A couple of them for you: 47. So I met this gangster who pulls up the back of people’s pants, it was Wedgie Kray. 33. I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov (world chess champion) and there was a check tablecloth. It took him two hours to pass me the salt.

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