1982 Argentina invades the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, claiming sovereignty over Las Malvinas, British garrison surrenders, war is declared
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Headline reads: "Gotcha!" in Spanish, 1982 |
Nearly 80% of all animals have six legs.
10:16
Gurky is in for the Pat Pretty but he's talking to everybody he meets like they were huddling for a rugby scrum.
11:01
The proposed waste incinerators are stranded in planning problems and there's no plan B. Thank Deity there's no Plan B, they only get worse. As it is, the Minister for the Environment is trying to sabotage his own department for constituency reasons. Strange oddities.
11:07
There's a few bald exchanges about where in Google Earth the British sailors were when the Iranians picked them up, whether they were in Iranian waters, international or Iraqi. The only thing we can say for certain is, they weren't in British waters.
11:22
One of the ("cool") guys on the alternative morning show is saying something about "false gods" on the radio. The other guy ("nice") is telling him to be careful. Sometimes I think everyone is in a vast conservative cult and I'm not inducted.
11:33
Srruuuwuurruuiiiarrinngg-g. (Con saw).
11:43
Start a day's work. Oh wait, take a break. Oh wait, not work, writing. Oh wait, I have work and I'm using the time to avoid it. Ok so this is me working. Now I'm working. Working. Now.
12:24
Special training for Gardai required:
The establishment of a dedicated garda live fire facility for training, the provision of email and annual safety checks for all garda cars will also be discussed.12:29
Impatient inpatient must have got rabbit blood in his transfusion:
[An inmate] at Castlereagh prison, was an inpatient at the hospital when he absconded through a window just after 1am.13:02
Anyone using Irish addresses on your census form, they are recorded by the State in English only. Because it makes sense says Minister for Senselessness. Irish is dead anyway, he says. Nobody uses it. Fuck that, he says.
21:45
Hefty the Health Ministry is doing a hit job on the nurses and she certainly had a good Christmas. Her winter coat is blooming.
23:17
Focal an lae:
"It's not rocket science."
REF: Taxation, pollution, drink driving, washing your hands, the relationship between greed and misery.
23:32
A few ol' lightbulbs.