Does Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly need therapy?

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly’s recent comments comparing women in western dress to uncovered meat, and men as cats unable to resist the allure is still creating controversy.
One of the important quotes from his sermon reads:
“If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, [...]

Rumble Jumble

The kids school had a ‘Gala Day’ today, which loosely translated into a large ‘garage’/car boot sale which in the UK would be a sort of large scale open air jumble sale I suppose
There were assorted ‘attractions’ like an inflatable obstacle course and bouncy castles, a couple of fire engines with accompanying fire-personnel (who had [...]

Back on the diet.

I started the diet again on Wednesday. Might have been a bad move just before my birthday… but I suppose you have to do it when you have to do it. Maybe if I waited til next week I’n not have the willpower… no idea… not waiting to find out either!!
Anyway, I recently found none [...]

Did you know?

Hitler used to inject himself with amphetamines (speed) five times a day?? That might explain a lot of his behaviours! Explain… not excuse.

Tish Tosh.

Back at last, I’m back at last… oh my lord I’m back at last!
So where’ve I been? Nowhere really… but my Toshiba has. Can’t remember if I mentioned it, but it’s been in for a service after the cooling fan broke down.
Today I went to pick it up, added an extra 256 Mb RAM… extra [...]

Happy Birthday to me…!!

Yup… I’ve finally reached the penultimate number in this decade… will I be here to reach the next one? Watch this space… I make *no* promises… but I *do* hope I make it
Actually ‘happy birthday’ has been right so far. Got up this morning as usual and forgot totally… then wife and kids [...]

Remember the song about the spider in the dunny?

There are tales galore about spiders biting peoples backsides when they used the old outdoor dunnies. Sort of made sense in their way. The old earth latrines attracted flies… so were a good source of food for spiders… so they made their webs where the food comes from… well you get the drift.
Today we heard [...]

Nice day again.

One of the problems with living in paradise is that you get a little blase about things in general, for example we *expect* the weather to be perfect! And of course it is mostly.
And yet we complain constantly. It’s too warm, too cold, too windy, too dry, too wet… whatever.
I think maybe the variations are [...]

Iceland kills whale.

A first in infamy… Iceland has decided to reopen it’s ‘legal’ whaling business by killing a protected endangered species. Words fail me.

Long ago and far away

My father is 86. He was born in Highgate, London. He left in order to take up employment in South Wales before the war… and married my mother at (roughly) age 22. From then on for the past 62 years of so we have a record of who he is, where he’s been and what [...]

Donate blood now!

Anyone in Australia who has arrived at this page would find us very appreciative if they could visit their local blood donation centre as soon as possible.
The Australian Red Cross has only 36 hours supply left and is urgently seeking donors. If you could turn up with a friend that would be even *more* helpful.
Remember, [...]

Aberfan remembered.

It was 1966 and I was 18 and a week away from my birthday. On the radio I heard a report that one of the coal tips that littered the valleys of South Wales had collapsed without warning and sent a wave of slurry down onto the town below.
As reports filtered through it became clear [...]

Who got the Stott?

Well the Democrats have at last managed to lose their only real remaining political asset. Having dumped their leader in a treacherous back stabbing move some years ago the party’s fortunes have slumped slowly in the polls.
The problem was simple. She was far and away the best thing that happened to the party since it [...]

Just one yank.

AnArmidaly grandmother who was unable toget an appointment with a dentist for 6 weeks decided to pull her own tooth. She grabbed a pair ofpliers… drank a bottle of wine… and pulled. She said the pain was worse than the toothache but she went ahead anyway and once it was out the relief was worth [...]

Terry Jones ill

Monty Python star Terry Jones has developed bowel cancer. His surgeons hope they’ve found it in time to sort him out. We wish him the best for a speedy recovery.

Body parts at Ground Zero

After all these years, workmen ripping up a temporary road at Ground Zero have found human remains that were somehow missed at the time.
Relatives are understandably extremely distressed and with good reason.

Mills $ McCartney jokes

Unashamedly stolen from various places.
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Paul once bought Heather a plane for Christmas… and a ladyshave for the other leg.
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Heather might be legless, but Paul’s found out that she’s far from ‘armless.
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A South African gold miner was injured at work and had to have his right leg amputated. After the operation he was talking to a [...]

Another stingray attack.

Following on from the highly unusual death of Steve Irwin comes yet another almost fatal injury from a similar animal. A stingray jumped into the boat of an 82 year old Florida man stabbing him in the heart with it’s tail.

Luckily in this case the barb broke off and remained lodged very close to his [...]

Shaving oil… it huuurrrttss…

Normally I’m a firm believer in the use of shaving oil and a triple bladed razor when shaving… I get a wonderfully close shave and my skin feels like what I imagine a baby’s bum would feel like if I hadn’t promised the magistrate I wouldn’t find out…
… so earlier today I had a shave [...]

The Godfather I

Watched this fabulous (if violent) old film last night. Wow it was impressive. One side note… I’d forgotten what a lovely young woman Diane Keaton was. I watched ‘Kay’ for a long time before I even remembered who she was.
Actually the performances of all the principals were outstanding. Obviously Al Pacino stood out but the [...]

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