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[philmophlegm]

"Six beloved scientists who were actually total jerks"

OECD Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2011

IE6 needs YOUR help

Sinn Fein cupcakes

Two old Jack Russells kept in a shed for years as breeding machines, now seek proper home

Today's biggest web craze is photos of basset hounds running

Last night I went to a charity quiz in aid of this fantastic Cornish-based charity

If you're looking to make a truly effective donation towards disaster relief, donate to these guys. Oh, and we won the quiz too.

Could we see the end of National Insurance?

Institute of Economic Affairs: UK Uncut don't know what they're talking about (and in more news, bear seen defecating in forest)

BBC selective with the maths to support their views (and in more news, Pope prefers Celtic to Rangers)

Yeah, shoot the white furry bastards!

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

The Sinn Fein cupcakes would be very appealing if they weren't so ridiculously over-iced. What is it these days that makes people pile on the icing until there's practically more of it than there is cupcake underneath? I sometimes see these things for sale, and they're all the same. It's laid on with a trowel. Pretty, but as far as I'm concerned completely inedible.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Yes I agree to some extent. And the icing is often sickly rather than properly sweet.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

In Svalbard, you're not allowed to leave the cente of Longyearbyen unless you (or someone in your party) has a large-calibre rifle and a noise-maker, specifically because of the risk from polar bears. It's then illegal to shoot one, unless you need to do so in order to defend yourself or someone else.

I believe there are three places in town that will rent you a rifle; two of them insist you have a firearms certificate.

On one trip ashore, I was on the first boat. The guide asked me to get out first, then she handed me the rifle and asked me to hold it while she got out. Only the second time I've held such a powerful gun.