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'The Simpsons' Duff beer to be made available in the UK
Homer Simpson's favourite beer Duff is to be made available to buy in the UK.

The famous fictional drink from The Simpsons - complete with its slogan, "Can't get enough of that wonderful Duff" - has been developed in real life by The Legendary Duff Beer company.

It has already proved very successful across Europe after being made by German-based company Brewmasters Gebeauts.

Duff beer will be available in bottles or cans, and can be purchased and shipped to various delivery locations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Legendary Duff Beer company describes the beverage as: "A premium German pilsner that poses a crisp, light refreshing taste along with iconic packaging.

"The product has certainly fulfilled its namesake in becoming a modern day legend, developing a cult following across the world."

The move coincides with the long-running Fox cartoon's 500th episode, which will air in the UK on Sky1 later this year.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/s195...in-the-uk.html

George Washington chicken nugget draws bids of $350 on eBay
A three-year-old McDonald's Chicken McNugget has been drawing bids of more than $350 (£220) on eBay.

The item, being sold by Rebekah Speights, bears a resemblance to the first American president George Washington, according to Sioux City Journal.



Speights, from Dakota City, recalled the time she came across the chicken nugget. She was eating at a McDonald's with her children when she was about to throw away the leftover food.

She said: "I looked down at the McNugget and just started laughing. I saw this portrait of George Washington staring back at me."

Speights stored the chicken nugget in her freezer but was eventually convinced to put it up for auction for charity for the Family Worship Center in Sioux City.

Yesterday (February 23), the highest bid was at $356 (£225).
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news...0-on-ebay.html



'Hitman' Web site creator in U.S. prison
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The Las Vegas man who created HitmanForHire.net, a Web site promising professional killers "at a moment's notice," is now in a federal prison in Mississippi.

Essam Ahmed Eid, 56, who was convicted in both Ireland and the United States of crimes related to his online business, is eligible for release as early as November 2013 after he was sentenced in Los Angeles to a 33-month jail sentence on a conspiracy relating to extortion charge, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Authorities said Eid, who was born in Egypt, approached a woman in Los Angeles in 2006 and told her someone had offered him $37,000 to have her killed. However, he said he only received a $17,000 deposit and would spare the woman's life if she paid the outstanding balance on the contract.

The woman sought assistance from the FBI, but investigators said Eid left the country for Ireland during their investigation.

Authorities in Ireland arrested Eid after he approached a man and said he had been offered $174,876 to kill him, his brother and their father. He offered to spare their lives for $134,520.

Eid was convicted of extortion and burglary in Dublin and sentenced to six years in prison. He was extradited to Los Angeles to face trial last year.

Authorities said Eid's scheme for the Web site, which is how he was contacted by the people seeking to have their acquaintances killed, went beyond extortion, as he had researched a method for silencing a pistol and even made poisonous ricin powder in his garage.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International
Apartment complex testing DNA of dog poo
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (UPI) -- The owners of an Ohio apartment complex said they are using DNA testing to determine the identities of residents who fail to clean up after their dogs.

Summit Management Services, which owns The Lakes of West Chester Village, said the "Poo Prints" DNA program will match dog droppings left on the property with DNA samples taken from residents' canines, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday.

"With pet ownership comes responsibility, particularly in a community comprised of renters," property manager Jill Moorman wrote in a letter to residents. Aside from garden variety noise complaints … another antagonizing issue has become a major factor for pet owners and non-pet owners alike -- dog waste.

Moorman said the dog poo will be sent to the BioPet Vet Lab in Knoxville, Tenn., for identification and the owners will then be fined $200 per violation.

"The 'Poo Prints' DNA program was of great interest because it scientifically identifies the responsible resident, with no guesswork," said Rick Nixon, vice president of Summit Management Services. Clearly, we do not view dogs as culprits in the utilization of this program; rather, owners will be held accountable for their failure to comply.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International



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A three-year-old McDonald's Chicken McNugget has been drawing bids of more than $350 (£220) on eBay.
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Woman arrested for painting nails on plane
HOUSTON (UPI) -- A California woman was arrested for allegedly cursing at a Southwest Airlines flight attendant who asked her to stop painting her nails, officials said.

Jeanie Daniels of Burbank was detained for 10 hours after the Feb. 26 altercation, CBS News reported Tuesday.

Daniels was en route from Los Angeles to Houston to visit her boyfriend and said she asked the people sitting around her if they would mind if she painted her fingernails. She said they told her to go ahead, but a flight attendant told her to stop.

"I thought it was all going well until the attendant came over and was very upset I was painting my nails, saying it was offending everyone around me," Daniels said.

She said she went into the airplane's bathroom to finish the paint job, but a second flight attendant stopped her. When the first flight attendant confronted her about the incident back at her seat, Daniels said she got upset because the attendant "just kept carrying it on and on."

"She was getting so loud when I was sitting in my seat. I was like, just stop, and I was loud when I said [expletive] because she wouldn't end the conversation," Daniels told CBS News.

Daniels was arrested upon arrival in Houston for use of profane language, though the charge was later dismissed. Daniels said officers also accused her of attempting to hit a flight attendant when she raised her hand to give a high five to the first attendant in an attempt to apologize.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International
Police nab tutu-wearing burglary suspect
SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- San Diego police said a man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing a church was wearing a tutu and purple tights with his genitals exposed.

Investigators said officers responded to the Palisades Presbyterian Church on Birchwood Street around 4 a.m. on a report of suspicious activity and arrested a man wearing a white T-shirt, a tutu and purple tights with his genitals exposed, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Wednesday.

Police said a pickup truck parked nearby was loaded with electronics, musical instruments and other items from the church.

The suspect's name and age were not released.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International
Fla. office blessed after hellish meeting
TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) -- A member of a Florida county board said he took umbrage at the blessing of an office where a contentious meeting had been held.

Pete Edwards, a member of the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, told the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times in St. Petersburg that Luanne Panacek, the executive director of the agency, was out of line when she and another woman entered the office on a Sunday last month to pray and pour olive oil on desks and furniture.

The strange substance resulted in employees calling police the next day, but Panacek later said the office needed to be blessed after what she called "a meeting from hell" that included some terse exchanges with Edwards.

"I'm stunned that a person responsible to the board would stoop that low and imply I'm some type of demon," Edwards said. We don't need an executive director who does that kind of stuff.

Panacek said she was not trying to scare anyone and didn't think a little divine intervention would hurt. "There's nothing wrong with blessing a building," she told the Times. I wasn't doing it at a staff meeting. I was doing it on my time.

James Strange, a religion professor at South Florida University, said anointing with olive oil has long been practiced by the Roman Catholic church and was being increasingly used by charismatic Christians.

The board chairman told the Times he didn't think any further action was required but Edwards called for an emergency meeting to discuss the flap.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International

Web site: D.C. best place for an affair

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Washington, D.C., may be the best place to have an affair, says the founder of an online dating service for people in relationships.

"The more successful you are, the more prone to cheating you are … and Washington is full of successful people looking for something outside their marriage," Noel Biderman, chief executive officer and founder of AshleyMadison.com, told the New York Daily News.

Powerful men and women, especially those in politics, "are massive risk-takers," Biderman said, and some are willing to transfer that to risk-taking to their personal lives.

The Web site says it has nearly 38,000 members in the nation's capital, the most per-capita among its 13 million users, the newspaper said Saturday.

The city outranked San Antonio, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Orlando as the top spot for affairs, based on the number of registered users in each city as a percentage of the total population.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International



Research finds women feel happy when their husband or partner is upset
The detailed study found that wives or girlfriends were pleased when their partner showed emotion because they believed it demonstrated a healthy relationship.

The survey, carried out by Harvard Medical School, also found that when men realised their wife was angry, the women reported being happier, although the men were not.

It revealed women most likely enjoyed spotting when their partner was dissatisfied because it showed his strong “engagement” or “investment” in their time together.

Dr Shiri Cohen, the study’s lead author, said: “It could be that for women, seeing that their male partner is upset reflects some degree of the man's investment and emotional engagement in the relationship, even during difficult times.

“This is consistent with what is known about the dissatisfaction women often experience when their male partner becomes emotionally withdrawn and disengaged in response to conflict.”

The study, published by the American Psychological Association, recruited a diverse range of 156 heterosexual couples.

More than 100 of the younger, urban, couples were in a committed but not necessarily a married relationship. Other couples who varied in the way they resolved conflict and controlled emotions were also chosen, while the remaining participants were older, middle-class and married.

In total, 71 per cent of those questioned were white, 56 per cent were married, and the average length of their relationships was three-and-a-half years.

During the study, each participant was asked to describe an incident with their partner over the previous two months that had been frustrating, disappointing or upsetting.

The researchers recorded the participant making a brief statement summarising the incident and then brought the couple together to play each other's admission.

They were told to come to a better understanding of what had happened, with approximately 10 minutes to discuss the incident while they were filmed.

The video recording was then shown back to them while they rated their negative and positive reactions using an electronic device.

Later, six, 30-second clips of the most emotive discussions were then shown to the participants, who completed questionnaires about their feelings on watching the recordings. Overall satisfaction with the relationship was also measured, and whether those surveyed considered their partner's efforts to be empathetic.

The study concluded: “Overall, the findings from this study suggest that men may be more satisfied in their relationships when they can accurately read their partners’ positive emotions, while women’s relationship satisfaction may uniquely benefit when they can accurately read their partners’ negative emotions

“Women’s satisfaction was more strongly related to the perception that their partners were trying to understand their negative emotions than to men’s actual accuracy in reading those emotions.”
http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/resear...-is-upset.html

Coke and Pepsi change recipe to avoid cancer warning label
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing their recipes in the United States, to avoid having to put a cancer warning label on the drinks to comply with California law.

Although the exact formula for the drinks is a closely guarded secret, the caramel colouring in the drinks contains 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), a chemical that is listed as a carcinogen in California.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi have already altered the recipes of drinks sold in California, to reduce the levels of 4-MEI and avoid the cancer warning labels.

The companies say the changes will be rolled out across the US to make manufacturing the drinks more efficient.

Related story: Coca-Cola secret ingredient revealed

Diana Garza-Giarlante, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola in the US, told the Associated Press: "While we believe that there is no public health risk that justifies any such change, we did ask our caramel suppliers to take this step so that our products would not be subject to the requirement of a scientifically unfounded warning."

High levels of 4-MEI have been linked to the development of tumours in mice and rats, one study found.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently in the process of reviewing a petition from a US consumer group, the Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), which wants to ban the use of caramel in food and drink products.

However, FDA spokesman Doug Kras, said: "It is important to understand that a consumer would have to consume well over a thousand cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered in the studies that have shown links to cancer in rodents."

A spokesperson for Coca-Cola in the UK added: "The European Food Safety authority specifically reaffirmed the safety of caramel colouring as recently as March 2011, following a comprehensive review of the literature, and stated that the presence of 4-MEI in caramel colouring is not a health concern.

"The science about 4-MEI in foods or beverages does not support the erroneous allegations that CSPI would like the public to believe.

"The caramel colour in all of our products has been, is and always will be safe. That is a fact."

And added: "In Europe, the caramel manufacturing process by our suppliers remain unchanged and continues to comply with European legislation and safety rules."
http://uk.health.lifestyle.yahoo.net...ning-label.htm



Apartment complex testing DNA of dog poo
Good! can't stand people who don't clean dog muck up after them. Dirty people. Should be a massive fine, $200 is perfect - it's only about £30 where I am...



Good! can't stand people who don't clean dog muck up after them. Dirty people. Should be a massive fine, $200 is perfect - it's only about £30 where I am...
Ha ha ha. You would have a problem with New York City. Lots of people there forget their doggie bags at home
What catches some unaware in LA, is when they throw a cigarette butt out of a moving vehicle, especially when it's still lit.
There is a $400.00 fine for that.



These homes are about to become worthless

Up to 200,000 British homes could soon become uninsurable, thanks to the end of a flood agreement between the Government and insurers.

Twelve years ago, in 2000, the Government and the insurance industry came together to produce a document called the Flood Insurance Statement of Principles. This governed insurers' treatment of policyholders in flood-prone areas and was renewed for five more years in 2008, but it is set to expire in June 2013. Also, the latest version does not cover homes built since January 2009.

Flood damaged

The trade body for insurance companies, the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has warned that the deal will not be renewed next year, as it 'grossly distorts' the market for home insurance.

The ABI's members no longer support this agreement, because policyholders in low-risk areas are paying higher premiums to subsidise those living on flood plains. The big insurers who signed this agreement are unhappy that they remain 'on the hook' for large numbers of high-risk homes. In other words, they no longer want to bear such a high proportion of flood claims.

A double whammy: uninsurable and unsellable

At present, the agreement means that even people in the highest-risk areas can buy home insurance and, therefore, enjoy some protection against flood damage to their buildings and contents.

But what happens to them when the deal expires?

Politicians and civil servants in the Local Government Association (LGA) fear that the end of this 13-year deal will leave some households unable to buy cover for damage to their homes and contents.

In fact, up to 200,000 of the UK's 26 million homes could be uninsurable. This comes to one in 130 homes, or 0.77% of the UK's housing stock. While 0.77% is a tiny proportion, the 200,000 households at risk could suffer terribly. Unable to buy buildings and contents insurance, they could be exposed to big bills from the next round of floods.

For example, just imagine not having insurance when a flood causes £20,000-£40,000 of damage to your property. In effect, your home could become uninhabitable, forcing you to move out and abandon your nest.

What's more, homes in high-risk areas could become practically unsellable. After all, who would buy a property that cannot be insured, yet has been flooded, say, twice in the past 10 years?

Without insurance, no mortgage lender would be willing to lend against these properties, leaving only cash buyers in the frame. However, taking such a big risk would be sheer madness, forcing cash-rich homebuyers and buy-to-let landlords to reject these properties and look elsewhere.

According to the LGA, if the Flood Insurance Statement of Principles is not replaced next year, it could leave homeowners nursing an £11 billion liability. Divided by 200,000 homes, this comes to £55,000 per household.

Is your home at risk?

Anyone whose home has been damaged by flooding in the past 12 years should be more than a little nervous. According to the LGA, those at risk of being priced out of the market for home insurance mostly live in Devon, Huddersfield, Kent, Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire.

In particular, those affected by the massive floods in Cockermouth, Cumbria in November 2009, or the devastating deluge that hit the Midlands and Yorkshire in 2007, should be most worried.

To find out whether your home is in a high-risk Flood Warning Area, simply check the flood maps shown on the Environment Agency's website or call Floodline on 0845 988 1188. These flood maps show the areas of the UK most at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as well as showing significant, moderate and low risks of flooding.

In addition, you can get help and advice from the National Flood Forum, a registered charity set up to help individuals and communities at risk of flooding. Also, read this guide to flood risk from the ABI.

Dealing with catastrophe

Critics of the insurance industry argue that insurers should not be allowed to 'cherry pick' the lowest-risk customers while excluding high-risk homes. However, since the birth of insurance, underwriters have always reserved the right to reject excessive risks.

On the other hand, without some kind of compromise or replacement deal, up to 200,000 British families could be teetering on the brink, waiting fearfully for the next storm. Until Britain invests more in flood defences, these folk are living on the edge.

When members of a nation are faced with catastrophic risks, the best way to bear those risks is to place them on the broadest, strongest shoulders. For example, earthquake risk in Japan is partly covered by the huge Japanese Earthquake Reinsurance scheme introduced in 1966.

Likewise, the US operates federal flood insurance programmes, which helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

However, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) does not want this flood burden to be paid for by an extra levy on hard-pressed taxpayers. Defra also argues that flood-hit homeowners should invest in their own defences, for example, buying sandbags and 'hard defences' such as embankments and walls.

Time for a new system?

With the Government refusing to subsidise flood insurance, another way to provide fair, affordable and widely available home insurance throughout the UK would be to introduce a compulsory levy on all such policies. This happens in France, where insurance premiums include a natural-disaster levy to meet flood costs, with the State acting as reinsurer to guarantee payment in extreme circumstances.
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/the...worthless.html



I'm glad I live far enough away on top of a hill away from the flood areas. Horrible for the people who do.

I got this from that website about my area:

We do not have an assessment of flood risk for the area which you have selected. This may be because the area selected is outside the floodplain



OOH, I love ridiculous news stories that could have easily been mistake for an Onion piece.

And then there's The Sun.

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Accused thief: Car was already stolen
MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) -- Authorities in Minneapolis said a man accused of driving off with a department bait car told officers the car was already stolen when he obtained it.

Investigators said Joe Anthony Arnold, 24, was pulled over shortly after driving off Sunday in the bait car, one of several placed around the city in a bid to nab car thieves, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press reported Wednesday.

"After being informed that he was being arrested for auto theft, defendant Arnold stated that the vehicle belonged to a friend of his," Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Paul Scoggin wrote in the criminal complaint. When officers stated that the vehicle belonged to the city of Minneapolis, defendant Arnold further stated that he could not get in trouble as the vehicle was already stolen.

Arnold pointed out the car had a "peeled" steering column, which gives thieves the ability to bypass the ignition lock and start the car.

Arnold and his passenger, Jelora Jade Clark, 29, were charged with car theft Tuesday and were each jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International
Mayor shelves gallows plans
MEDORA, N.D. (UPI) -- The mayor of a North Dakota town said he has withdrawn his application to build a gallows for staged hangings.

Medora Mayor Douglas Ellison said Monday he is withdrawing his application submitted to the Medora Planning and Zoning Commission last week after said panel members found the idea offensive, The Dickinson (N.D.) Press reported Tuesday.

"Some people were kind of upset," Ellison said. I think the people that were quick to criticize, I think just did not understand what I had envisioned.

Ellison said the gallows would have had a safety harness to absorb the impact from the mock-hangings, which he said would only be staged with himself as the hanging victim.

"If even a minority of visitors finds such an option offensive, I owe it to my hometown to remove the potential irritant," he said.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International
Medical pot delivery man: Ninjas robbed me
WEST COVINA, Calif. (UPI) -- Police in Southern California said a medical marijuana delivery man told them he was robbed by two people dressed as ninjas.

West Covina police said the man, who is in his 40s, told investigators he was returning to his vehicle after making a delivery shortly before 10 p.m. Friday when "he was approached by two subjects in ninja costumes who chased him with batons," the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune reported Monday.

"The victim said he was scared and he dropped a bag with some marijuana and money. The suspects took it," police Lt. Alan Henley said.

Police said they had no reports of other recent crimes in which perpetrators were dressed as ninjas.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International
Porn stars banned from school's prom
OAKDALE, Minn. (UPI) -- A Minnesota school district superintendent said a high school senior will not be allowed to bring porn stars as his prom dates.

Mike Stone, 18, of Oakdale, said he sent Twitter messages to about 600 celebrities in January and February to find a date for the Tartan High School prom and he received affirmative responses from Internet porn stars Megan Piper and Emy Reyes, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press reported Thursday.

Stone said he is attempting to raise funds via Twitter to fly the porn stars into town for the prom.

However, Patty Phillips, superintendent of the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale district, said all non-students wishing to attend the prom need to be approved by officials and the porn stars would not be allowed to attend.

Copyright 2012 by United Press International



retired brazilian police officer pinheiro, dressed as super-hero batman, runs at santa terezinha square, in taubate city
retired brazilian police officer andre luiz pinheiro, 50, dressed as super-hero batman, runs at santa terezinha square, in taubate city, sao paulo state march 26, 2012. Pinheiro has been called to help police patrol the crime-ridden streets of taubate, in brazil. He was officially presented on march 17 in the districts with the highest crime rates in sao paulo state. Police captain warley takeo, one of the policemen who decided to bring in the character to help them fight drug traffickers, said the measure would bring long-term benefits. Takeo said making a connection between the police and batman would help children have a clearer idea of good and bad.
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Davey reveals pie job amid VAT row
(UKPA) – 4 hours ago
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has revealed he used to work in a pork pie factory amid the ongoing row over VAT on hot takeaway food.
Mr Davey declared he was a fan of Cornish pasties before mentioning his former role.
He told BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast: "I love Cornish pasties myself I have to say, I once worked in a pork pie factory so I know a little bit about pies, maybe a politician shouldn't admit to working in a pork pie factory should they."
The Prime Minister has defended the VAT reforms proposed by Chancellor George Osborne, which have been branded a "pie tax" by critics.
David Cameron said that imposing the 20% tax on hot food served by supermarkets and bakeries would be fair to small businessmen who run fried chicken restaurants, burger bars or fish and chip shops and already have to charge VAT on takeaway sales.
There was previous confusion over Mr Cameron's memories of buying a West Cornwall pasty at Leeds station, as it emerged that the firm's outlet there shut down five years ago.
Speaking to reporters at 10 Downing Street, Mr Cameron earlier described himself as a "pasty-eater".
Asked about the discrepancy, Mr Davey responded: "Listen, what I've found as a minister in the last two years and now as a Secretary of State is that your timetable, your diary is just full up with events and sometimes you don't know whether it's Monday or Friday or Tuesday or Wednesday, as you're propelled across the country from meeting to meeting."
Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls sought to capitalise on the Government's difficulties by stopping off at a branch of high street bakery chain Greggs to buy sausage rolls during a visit to the Midlands.



It's like living in a parallel world atm in Britain. Panic buying fuel when I strike isn't even close atm and the price of pasties dominating the news. I mean, the current lot are anything like heavyweight politicians, but this is even beneath them.



^ Some woman is in hospital after burning herself with petrol here in Britain. Even though the silly person in Government started the panic buying mood, it's not his fault some silly woman decided to keep her petrol can in the kitchen and pour it out in the kitchen with a gas oven on in the same room...



Horrible to be burnt, but common sense goes right out of the window with some people...



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'The Simpsons' Duff beer to be made available in the UK

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/s195...in-the-uk.html

George Washington chicken nugget draws bids of $350 on eBay

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news...0-on-ebay.html
The nose is too long for wahington and chin too sharp. It looks more like alexander hamilton.
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Even though the silly person in Government started the panic buying mood...
Sorry, but this is incorrect and yet everyone seems to believe it. I guess if you hear something enough...

The papers started this panic (as they do a lot of things in this country) on Tuesday, with the Mail and Express front pages screaming PANIC! Wednesday was the same with The Mail, while The Express claim that panic buying has already started and The Mirror and The Sun both had pasty front pages, though The Mirror also mentioned panic buying on its front page.

I mention all that because all that took place before Francis Maude makes the Jerry can gaffe. Now, what he said was pretty stupid, moreso considering his audience, however it was his answer to a question about the fuel panic.

Despite all that, I've heard nothing all week about how it's the Government's fault or the Union's fault. No, it's the media's fault and, primarily, the tabloid press.

All this, two weeks before any strike would take place, if it does and most of the people who're panicing and causing havoc will probably have to fill up again before then anyway. I know I say I washed my hands of this country in 2005, but these idiots just know how to press my buttons.

I've now decided that this should be our new flag.




Sorry, but this is incorrect and yet everyone seems to believe it. I guess if you hear something enough...
I haven't read much about it when it comes to the 'panic', so people are still blaming him for things like the above petrol woman burning, and he didn't even start the whole panic. Not very nice.

Sometimes, I'm glad I don't drive. Last time I looked, bicycles don't need petrol. Oh and I don't eat Pasties, so haven't followed what that's all about either.



I haven't read much about it when it comes to the 'panic', so people are still blaming him for things like the above petrol woman burning, and he didn't even start the whole panic. Not very nice.
Pretty much. He didn't help matters and what he said added to it. It also didn't help that he's in trouble for what he said about the cash for access scandal of last weekend. He's actually more at fault in the case of this woman than he is the fuel panic.

It's mid-term (Galloway winning Bradford tells you that more than anything) so any and all Governments will get a bit of a kicking, but I think it's telling that even the traditional Tory press (and, less surprisingly, the Murdoch papers) have turned their backs on Cameron now. In short, it'll be their fault if we don't have a good summer. The only good thing for Cameron atm is Ed Milliband is Labour leader, making the Opposition completely inneffective.

Sometimes, I'm glad I don't drive. Last time I looked, bicycles don't need petrol. Oh and I don't eat Pasties, so haven't followed what that's all about either.
This truly is a non-story. We're used to non-stories dominating the news agenda a few times a years, but it's still annoying when it happens.