Apparently a consignment of lard has washed-up in Scotland.
Storms over the east coast have resulted in several unusual relics from World War II washing up on an Angus beach.
Staff at St Cyrus nature reserve said four large, barrel-shaped pieces of lard have appeared on the shore.
The fat is believed to have escaped from the [...]
Posts under ‘Health’
Lard of the Glen.
The Succession
Now much has been said about abolishing primogeniture which as Single Acts of Tyranny points out is like something from the Dark Ages. He of course goes further so read the whole thing. Good post.
But, yesterday, and before I read SAoT’s spot-on post, I clocked something. The extreme form of morning sickness that the Duchess [...]
Complete and utter Bollocks Study of the Week Pt 69.
But bloody nice try guys!
This is the study that all us fellas would absolutely love to be true, but it’s the usual crapola based on statistical insignificance and wishful thinking.
But come on ladies, it might be true, think of all the expensive shit you shovel on your faces in the hope of beating wrinkles, the [...]
The Sheep Sheep Song
Smoking during pregnancy is a controversial issue that gets anti-smoking puritans frothing at the mouth. In Blackpool they are taking a proactive stance by screening mothers-to-be for carbon monoxide in their blood. I’ll let Emma Harris of the Evening Gazette take up the narrative.
WOMEN are now being screened for signs of a deadly [...]
Hooray for Hockney!
Absolutely no need for me to comment further on this. David Hockney speaks eloquently for all Libertarian smokers like myself.
The Trickcyclists
The way that we think and talk about psychiatric illness has implications for all of us – not only mental health professionals and their patients, but anyone with affected friends and family members, policy-makers struggling to know what services to provide and pharmaceutical companies considering future profits. So it’s unsurprising that a proposed new edition [...]
Obesity Epidemic?
One of the things in the press that annoys me no end is the idea that Britain is in the rip of an “obesity epidemic”. now the first thing to say is obesity is not communicable so the word “epidemic” is inappropriate anyway but what really annoys me is that over the last few years [...]
The “Real Thing” also kills…
Sugar is ‘toxic’ and should be controlled like tobacco and alcohol, claim scientists.
Sugar is so dangerous that it should be controlled just like alcohol and tobacco, researchers say.
They argue that it was fueling a global obesity pandemic and contributing to 35 million deaths each year from illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Writing in [...]
Diet Coke Kills!!!
This story absolutely dominated the entire front page of The Express.
ONE can of diet fizzy drink a day can dramatically increase the risk of a stroke or heart attack, a study has revealed.
The new findings claim that millions of Britons who believe that the drinks are healthier and can keep them in trim may in [...]
The moral panic that runs and runs…
… and takes on many forms.
I recall as a very small kid there was a moral panic over Space Invaders and that was over thirty years ago. Ever since this panic has periodically risen like a zombie on you didn’t put enough (virtual) ordnance into. Computer games have been blamed for almost everything: addiction and [...]
They wouldn’t treat a dog like that!
They don’t. This is how they treat dogs. On a routine check-up my father-in-law’s dog had a suspicious lump. Two days later (at the convenience of the owners) Megan (that’s the dog - a collie) - is in the hospital in Liverpool for ultrasound and biopsies and God alone knows what else. So it’s cancer [...]
British Mendacity Association
A man dies and goes to heaven. He keeps on seeing this person walking around wearing a white robe and a stethoscope. So he asks the nearest archangel who it is.
Gabriel replies: “Oh him. That’s God. He thinks he’s a doctor.”
All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand [...]
For the Shire!
Internet ‘troll’ jailed for mocking dead teenagers on Facebook.
A man was jailed yesterday for posting videos and messages mocking the deaths of teenagers including a girl who threw herself under a train.
Sean Duffy, 25, wrote abusive messages on Facebook tribute pages and even uploaded videos to YouTube taunting the youths and their families, as part [...]
Domino theory lives
I am sure these people would be horrified, or at least, dismissive, at the suggestion that they might be the leading edge of a totalitarian campaign to shut down discussion and control what we are allowed to read or hear, or limit our ability to make an informed decision.
FOUR former Australians of the Year have [...]
ADIS - Don’t Die of Dyslexia
Well it was funny when I was eleven which is when AIDS really hit Britain or at least when the advertising started.
Efforts to stop the spread of HIV/Aids in the UK are “woefully inadequate” and a new awareness campaign is needed, a House of Lords committee has said.
Yes, I saw Lord Fowler on the [...]
