IgNoble 2013 – Medicine
Masateru Uchiyama, Xiangyuan Jin, Qi Zhang, Toshihito Hirai, Atsushi Amano, Hisashi Bashuda and Masanori Niimi, for assessing …
Thanks BUT No Thanks Mam!
James Crosby, former boss of British bank HBOS, became the first person in nearly a century to voluntarily give up a …
Churchill on thoughts
More venom for Ramsay MacDonald – “We know that he has, more than any other man, the gift of compressing the …
The World’s Most Expensive Slice of Prosciutto
A New Hampshire woman is seeking $50,000 in damages from Eataly, after fracturing her ankle at one of the food hall’s Boston …
As clean as Brass
Brass doorknobs will disinfect themselves within seven hours. This is due to anti-microbial properties of brass.
Were they Lite or Alcohol Free?
The number of cans of beer drank by Australian cricketer David Boon on a flight to England before the 1989 Ashes series was …
Idiots DO have a life purpose
It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
Donald Trump, on his intelligence
Let me tell you, I’m a really smart guy.
Tragi-Comedy
“The world is tragic to those who feel and comic to those who think.”
Robert Walpole
Timing?
I’m not going to look beyond the semi-final – but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final. – Sir …
Flight Attendant Hilary
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard the maiden flight of Hill-Force One. My name is Hillary and I am so …
Why NO Prostitute would sleep with Geoffrey
Geoffrey, a middle-aged South African tourist on his first visit to Germany finds the red light district and enters a large …