health and ecology

There’s more than one kind of water stress

It’s still raining. No news there. It’s going to rain all weekend as well. It’s probably going to rain all next week. Rumour has it the UK can expect some sunshine, for a few minutes on a Thursday, in January 2009. By which point we’ll all be living in houses built on stilts and travelling everywhere by canoe. Flowers and condolence cards for the death of summer sunshine can be sent to the Met Office.

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

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A man who chose 'Lloyds is pants' as his telephone banking password found it changed to 'no it's not' by a Lloyds TSB member of staff. His alternative proposals of 'Lloyds is rubbish', 'Barclays is better' and 'censorship' were all refused. The man is still trying to find a password acceptable to the bank, although it has apologised. Could the bank look any more pathetic right now?

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Eighteen sailors aboard a Royal Navy warship have tested positive for cocaine. All the world is said to love a sailor, but I've personally never found large nostrils (or an interest in cocaine) attractive in any man, even if he wears a lovely uniform!

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