The internet is evil and should be stamped out as soon as possible. That said, I see the BBC have made a nice weather map of the world out of war. It would be better if they could have coloured the conflicts according to casualties per square inch of CNN column coverage or something.
Good old Britain. It almost makes me feel homesick when I learn of the evolution of the Gunpowder Plot. Many hundreds of years ago, disgruntled revolutionary types decided that it was time to stuff many, many barrels of gunpowder under the House of Commons. This is less of a house and more of a comedy workshop held by the best stand-up comedians in all of the land who stand up and represent their consituents. The conspirators wanted to nuke parliament. Who can blame them.
This week in British (English) politics, someone managed to throw condoms full of purple flour at the Prime Minister (the best piece to have in a chess game). John Prescott – some kind of toady to the PM – was obviously concerned that the powder might be dangerous and put some paper over it. After he finished laughing at the last fish-based joke. After all the people in parliament are still selected by a process of elimination in a stand-up comedy tour, and they are quite amusing. (No really, they are quite funny and clever, or at least their writers are).
When George W Bush visited the UK, his car was allegedly rocket-propelled-grenade-proof. People in the US don’t arse about with condoms full of flour. They blow up government buildings and turn people into hamburgers. In England (Britain) they throw foodstuffs. My hat really went off to John Prescott when he lamped someone who threw an egg at him. I shall call him Pancake Prescott, and endeavour to throw some butter and milk at him too.
Actually, I think I might be home-sick – I miss British comedy.