Recycling and Solar Power at its Best.

From Ananova
A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers bottles and hoses.

The beer bottles lie on a board in rows, all connected by hoses which allow cold water to flow through them and be heated by the sun. “I invented this for my mother. I wanted her to shower [...]

How Many Firemen To Change A Lightbulb?

None!  - it doesn’t need changing!
From Boing Boing
A lightbulb in a firehouse in Livermore, CA, has been burning continuously since 1901.

In 1901, when the tiny bulb was first screwed into place inside a so-called hose cart house, it cast its light on a simpler era.Back then, horse-pulled carts carried water to fires. The bulb burned [...]

Investing in Public Opinion

Barack Obama is likely to win the Democratic Nomination (89.9%). John McCain’s chances of becoming president are slipping slightly (38%). However the chance of the USA going in to recession in 2008 have dipped from 75% in January to 28.5% now. Who says so? An Irish investment company called Intrade who encourage you to buy [...]

More Road Signs.

Yes folks, there are Twatts in both Orkney and Shetland! The Twatt featured in the picture below is the one in Orkney!

Complaints to the Council

The quotes below are from genuine letters submitted to the housing dept. at Islington council in London
“I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.”
“I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back [...]

The Leith Police Ignoreth Us!

This one has been doing the rounds for a while but I was sent it this week and read it again. It really is very good indeed. It is an email from a resident of Leith (Edinburgh) to the police, the police reply and the complainers subsequent reply:
Dear Sir/madam/automated telephone answering service
Having spent the past [...]

There Once Was a Vandal from Lunt

Residents in a Merseyside village are split over an idea to change its name. If you want to know why, look at this road sign and imagine how it might be repeatedly vandalised.

The World’s Caving In!

From the religious nutjob department.
Several members of a Russian cult preparing for the imminent destruction of the planet have left their cave after it began to collapse around them.

Followers of Pyotr Kuznetsov, an engineer-turned-prophet who reportedly sleeps in a coffin, were persuaded to leave their man-made bunker after melting snow caused part of its roof [...]

Yet More Corpsing

The Best Yet?

Odd Book Titles

A self-help guide called “If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs” has been voted the oddest book title of the year. It beat off stiff competition from another entitled “I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen” to win The Bookseller magazine’s prize, reports the BBC.
“Cheese Problems Solved” took third place [...]