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Archives for: February 2006

27th February 2006 : PIZZA PIAZZA - IT'S GOD TO GO

Glorified former pizza boy turned millionaire Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, not content with clogging the arteries of millions of his customers, now plans to set up a town, situated on former vegetable farms 90 miles nortwest of Miami in Flori… more »
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27th February 2006 : GIVE 16YR OLDS THE VOTE! WHAT...?

The Power Inquiry, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy are using emotive phrases like Politics in Danger of Meltdown! - to push for radical changes to the politics of this country? This is just the same hyped fear mongering they used over Iraq to get pu… more »

27th February 2006 : WHAM BAM... EVENIN' ALL

Lantern jawed warbler George Michael was taken into custody last night when discovered, out of his box and slumped over the wheel of his Morris Minor at Hyde Park Corner. The police arrested him for being incapable of driving, then miraculously, un-arres… more »
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23rd February 2006 : SUCH IS THE END OF EMPIRE

My Private thoughts, just for me... and a few of my "yes" people. Dear Journal Tuesday (or thereabouts) : I rose early this matins, 10am at least. Well I needed an early start and for another thing the bloody butler tripped in the corridor and scattere… more »
Big brother is watching you! In fact it wants to watch all of us and it wants to use Google and the other search engines to do it for them. As if things weren't sinister enough with the right wing, religious underbelly of US politics today, the govern… more »
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It seems to be a case of "Over my dead body!" The British Veterinary Association have said of bird flu the deadly H5NI strain; A one-off dead bird isn't necessarily something to worry about... Really?! The official UK line from the Health Minister Ben… more »
Lou Ferrigno, the giant of 70's TV Incredible Hulk fame, has just become a reserve deputy sheriff in Los Angeles. God, wouldn't we all like to be there when he pulls up some stroppy dude weilding a Glock or Smith and Wesson and says, "You wont like me w… more »
'Come and get, get your lovely ID cards here, fresh today, just off the presses. Going cheap!!!' That's just about how it will go. Back street forgers will have them up and running faster than it takes a government think tank to spend millions designin… more »
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13th February 2006 : NOT ON MY FACE...!

It seems incredible that I would say this but "I wouldn't want Brigitte Bardot sitting on my face!" Well she is 71 and there are limitations. People do go off no matter how stunning they were and Brigitte was stunning. I'm not that much of a catch mysel… more »
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13th February 2006 : GOOD GRIEF

You have to wonder at the repressed nature of some Americans when you hear of a six year old boy being suspended from school in Brocton Massachusetts for sexual harrassment. The boy allegedly stuck two fingers inside a classmate's waistband apparently a… more »

13th February 2006 : AND NOW FOR THE WEIRD STUFF

It could only happen in America. We thought thieves who stole a Henry Moore Bronze statue had to be a bit off the wall as the thing weighed over a ton. But in Memphis, Tennessee, thieves stole an entire rock climbing wall weighing in at 2700 kilos. Just… more »

10th February 2006 : Intimate Kissing Causes Meningitis

"Intimate kissing of many different partners can quadruple a teenager's risk of meningitis, a study has found."(BBC) Yeah, well that's always been the case. This is nothing new. However, what this needs is a pamphlet to make teenagers aware, to curb thei… more »

09th February 2006 : PALEONTOLOGY 101

It's an interesting time for paleontologists. The Stones are touring and the word is that Eric, Ginge and Jack are about to reform Cream for another set of shows. But let's be frank, these guys are the creme de la tomato soup of rock and make as good mus… more »
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They've just developed - they being The Tea Research Association in India - a biscuit that has the taste of a cup of tea with a biscuit dunked in it. What a cracking idea. It'll save me getting my butler to do it. All that effort of having to say "Perkin… more »

07th February 2006 : AND IN BRIEF

HACKED OFF A leading UK financial lawyer suffering with a progressive muscle wasting disease hacked his wife to death when she told him she couldn't live with a cripple. The sweetheart. She could live with his wealth it appears but then of course, she'd… more »

06th February 2006 : STONED AT THE SUPERBOWL

The Rolling Stones were the big half time act at Super Bowl XL in Detroit this year. Mick Jagger, wearing his customary frock, took the runway high on a cocktail of cod liver oil pills and tonic wine. Crowds thrilled as the ageing rocker manoevered his z… more »

03rd February 2006 : iPod, uPod, wePod

Incredible but true. Some clown from Louisiana is trying to sue Apple for damaged hearing as the result of using his iPod. Good one Dufus. What, you didn't yet work out how to turn the volume down?! What are you, thick as a bag of hammers? Sounds like it… more »
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03rd February 2006 :

It was announced this morning that Prince Charles couldn't attend a function today because it was too cold to use his helicopter. Yes, well you get that with helicopters. The army have had a problem with that for years, avoiding war on cold days or takin… more »
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