A bemused gentlemanflying from Slovakia to Ireland got a phone call from the police in Bratislava telling the 49-year old electrician that he had Semtex in his suitcase after a failed undercover internal operation to test security procedures.

They hid Semtex (or more specific 90grams of RDX) in eight unsuspecting suitcases. Seven were detected by airport security but the other made it back to Dublin.

Nearby homes and businesses to Dorset Street were evacuated so the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit removed the device.

Read more: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0105/dorset.html

Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us how to tell whether a machine could think.

He was also gay. He was prosecuted for being gay, chemically castrated as a ‘cure’, and took his own life, aged 41.

The British Government should apologize to Alan Turing for his treatment and recognize that his work created much of the world we live in and saved us from Nazi Germany. And an apology would recognize the tragic consequences of prejudice that ended this man’s life and career.

Even without knowing it, everybody in the world has Alan Turing to thank for contributing greatly to both freedom and computing.

Every British citizen should sign this, there aren’t any excuses which can pardon you from making Number Ten pardon this pioneer of Computer Science.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
(2nd Sep 09 – 22,779 signatures)

Update: 11th September 2009
Gordon Brown has released a statement on behalf of Number 10 about the petition, cause and Alan himself:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571

Screenshot was taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8011321.stm 15:22 on Wed 22nd Apr 2009.

I’m not entirely sure whether this taxable amount will be taken anually or monthly, but even worst case scenario means £6 a year will be syphoned off from Britain’s elite and hardest working. That means for one lunch a year, they’ll have to skip buying a chicken wrap from Subway and bring something from home.

Today I stumbled upon Party Tent City.

I don’t know what this means but I’m sure it’s incredibly useful:

10×10 can be expanded to a 40×60 with nothing wasted except the tarp. We have hundreds of sizes like 6×8, 10×10, 10×20, 20×20, 20×30, 20×40, 30×30, 30×40, 40×40, 40×50, 40×60 & 50×50

If you’re just looking for camping advice, look no further than his advice section where he goes on to say

You want plenty of help so the wind doesn’t grab the tent as a kite until you can get it locked down securely.

And would you believe:

Zip Codes where you can just pick up the tents with no shipping costs. 77001, 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77024, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77031, 77032, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037, 77038, 77039, 77040, 77041, 77042, 77043, 77044, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77049, 77050, 77051, 77052, 77053, 77054, 77055, 77056, 77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77064, 77065, 77066, 77067, 77068, 77069, 77070, 77071, 77072, 77073, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77077, 77078, 77079, 77080, 77081, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77085, 77086, 77087, 77088, 77089, 77090, 77091, 77092, 77093, 77094, 77095, 77096, 77097, 77098, 77099, 77201, 77202, 77203, 77204, 77205, 77206, 77207, 77208, 77209, 77210, 77212, 77213, 77215, 77216, 77217, 77218, 77219, 77220, 77221, 77222, 77223, 77224, 77225, 77226, 77227, 77228, 77229, 77230, 77231, 77233, 77234, 77235, 77236, 77237, 77238, 77240, 77241, 77242, 77243, 77244, 77245, 77248, 77249, 77251, 77252, 77253, 77254, 77255, 77256, 77257, 77258, 77259, 77261, 77262, 77263, 77265, 77266, 77267, 77268, 77269, 77270, 77271, 77272, 77273, 77274, 77275, 77277, 77279, 77280, 77281, 77282, 77284, 77287, 77288, 77289, 77290, 77291, 77292, 77293, 77297, 77298, 77299, 77401, 77402

Without hesitation, you must visit
http://www.PartyTentCity.com

Let’s take a look at the lyrics and discuss whether they’re ironic or not:

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day (coincidence)
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay (annoying)
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late (the punctuality of courts need to be reassessed to avoid more innocent men losing their lives)
Isn’t it ironic … don’t you think (NO!)

It’s like rain on your wedding day(incorrect report of your local meteorologist, coupled with the fact nature can never be fully predicted and the reports should be taken as a guide, not a 100% indication of the predicted weather)
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid (buy one get one free)
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take (you’re too stupid to take your friend’s advice because you’re a moron)
Who would’ve thought … it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
‘Well isn’t this nice…’
And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think (serves him right for flying from Spain)

It’s a traffic jam when you’re already late (increased popularity on the larger roads through a city are common during the hours before and after usual working hours)
It’s a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break (no smoking inside the workplace is a law in England)
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife(shit.. that is ironic)
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife (because hot men like hot women, science is a bitch)
And isn’t it ironic… don’t you think
A little too ironic… and yeah I really do think…

Alanis, if you ever read this hit me up via the contact link and I will pass on the teachings from my English high school teacher.

You will need:
1 x Kangaroo steak
3 x Packets of noodles
Dried chilli flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
Olive oil to fry the ‘Roo.

It will be delicious, as so:

For those who actually played outside during their childhood (why would you do that?), Sooty and Sweep is a kids TV show which from the 1950s which still runs to this present day. Infact, in June 2008 some geezer called Richard Cadell bought the rights to Sooty and they will be releasing Sooty again. Who’s taking bets that it’s awful?

Who also hates little cousin Scampy too? What an annoying little vermine. Sweep was my favourite character. He just wanted bones and sausages

Anywhere here are the lyrics for Sooty & co. for nostalgia:

Hey ho! It’s Sooty and co.!
Everybody say “hello” (hello!)
There’s Sooty, and Sweep, a panda called Soo,
And little cousin Scampy, too!

There’ll be fun galore with the terrible four,
Just you wait and see!

It’s Sooty and company! Sooty and company!

Here’s a full episode:

They’re planning on releasing a Thundercats movie in 2010.

There is no further information on IMDB Free and I am not an IMDBpro subscriber so don’t have any more information.

Check it out Thundercats (2010) @ IMDB

I hope it doesn’t dissapoint me (like X-Men and Transformers did).

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No but seriously, visit the website below. I am not responsible for any seizures, vomiting or crashed web browsers.

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Jesus….. my eyes.

Once I had eaten my dinner, I opened my first cookie to be greeted with wise words of wisdom and influence that would no doubt influence me to be a better person.

“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.”

I opened my second tasty snack with my head held high in the knowledge that I can achieve.

Only to have my dreams dashed.

“Remember, no matter how hard you try, there is always a million people better than you.”

Oh thanks..

I think I’ll go cry myself to sleep.