The government has announced plans to bring in legislation relating to TV quiz shows; in particular it wishes to re-brand ‘wrong’ answers as ‘nearly correct’. ‘The Weakest Link’ comes in for special criticism due to its name, which may lead people who didn’t win to believe they were inferior. It would be changed to ‘Not the Strongest Link, But Not The Weakest Either.’
Posted: May 24th, 2009
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‘red tunics and white helmets would be a tremendous boost to morale’
Posted: May 24th, 2009
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Joan Lewis, a wife and mum from Ispwich, admitted a ‘rookie error’ after telling her husband Ian on Saturday morning that when her sister came around later, he and his brother-in-law Greg were going to the pub to watch the football. ‘He’s been bouncing off the walls since’ she sighed.
Posted: May 23rd, 2009
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Basingstoke resident Reg Simpson, 64, has declared today that he doesn’t know how much more of this he can take. Renowned as Britain’s angriest man due to his daily outbursts on radio phone-ins, Reg has conceded that the MPs’ expenses scandal has placed a huge demand on his anger reserves, and that on top of ‘the general sorry state of things,’ it has just about finished him off.
‘I was hoping to retire this year after fifty years of being angry,’ said Reg today, ‘but at the moment it’s just one thing after another.’
Posted: May 23rd, 2009
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A high-profile City of London unfair dismissal case was thrown out by the High Court yesterday, after it was found that defendant Robert Price had fulfilled all employment law requirements by countering his secretary’s claim that ‘you can’t fire me!’ with the rejoinder, ‘I just did!’. The ruling was viewed as surprising by the legal fraternity after earlier test cases had found that the similar responses ‘just watch me!’ or ‘oh, can’t I?’ were too ambiguous.
Posted: May 22nd, 2009
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