Former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu called himself the ‘Genius of The Carpathians’ and built a palace so huge that today’s Romanian Parliament can only use 30% of it. Also he demanded every scientist in Romania include his wife’s name on their research papers, which was strange, as she was illiterate and couldn’t read it. You [...]
Random but linked jokes from Viv Gee’s advanced comedy class this week: Archbishop Welby has warned of dangerous consequences if religion disappeared from the TV schedules. For a start, if we don’t have Songs Of Praise, what would we wank over on a Sunday? You might say Countryfile, but don’t be a weirdo, you can’t wank [...]
Partick Thistle play in Maryhill in Glasgow, not a few miles down the road in Partick as their name suggests. In 1909 they moved from Partick into a new stadium in Maryhill called Firhill. Their first match was on 18th September 1909 when Thistle lost by three goals to one to Dumbarton Harp. Dumbarton scored [...]
Former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu called himself the ‘Genius of The Carpathians’ and built a palace so huge that today’s Romanian Parliament can only use 30% of it. Also he demanded every scientist in Romania include his wife’s name on their research papers, which was strange, as she was illiterate and couldn’t read it. You [...]
On 28 November 1964 an 18-year-old boy in Dingwall scored three goals in 90 seconds. The boy, Tommy Ross, played football for Ross County in the Highland League. He scored his hat-trick in a match against Nairn County but it took 40 years before he was officially acknowledged as scoring the fastest hat-trick in the [...]
Why do terrorists not use guns? Last week they used a pressure cooker. Which saves time and energy, and helps preserve many of the natural nutrients found in home made explosives, but why use a cooker when there are more guns in the United States than there are people? 300 million to be precise. Think [...]
Yesterday, on the news, reporters constantly referred to one of the suspect’s YouTube account. He had videos referring to Chechnya nationalism, links to sermons from radical clerics, and he followed a Russian hip hop star who attacked Putin.The reporters tried to work out his motives based on his video choices but what they didn’t do [...]
She doesn’t strike you as a Gooner. Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth the Second. But when ‘Gooner’ is derived from ‘Gunner’ and was bestowed on Arsenal’s original fans because they worked at a weapons factory in Woolwich it all makes sense. Because who used to have the biggest cannons in the world? Take a guess. (And [...]