It's the moment you've been waiting for...
As the box is lowered into the tank the tension becomes unbearable...
Just who will Psychic Paul choose?
As the slithering tentacles hover over the two boxes; thousands gripped the edge of their seats as they watched the event broadcasted live across German TV...
After seconds which seemed like hours, Paul quite deliberately picked the mussel contained within the Spanish box, devastating Holland fans across the world.
Come on. Seriously?
I know the news is pretty grim at the moment with a gunman having been on the loose, a 15 year old being sentenced for life and a blast from the past regarding the 'spy swap' between Russia and America but I'm beginning to worry the BBC are taking the octopus thing a bit too seriously...
At this rate, I won't be suprised if the BBC hire Paul to be the 6pm weatherman...
Has anyone even thought, that Octopuses are colourblind? So Paul could easily mistake the Bolivian Flag for the German flag or the French for the Italian e.t.c...
Not that I'm saying he could recognise the flags anyhow!
Okay, so technically, this post isn't politically based as usual but thought I'd just point the issue out. Just five hours until we find out whether the 'tentacled tipster' is correct...
Friday, 9 July 2010
The Cotton Wool Culture...
Children are being made to wear goggles before handling Blu Tack, to prevent them rubbing the common adhesive into their eyes in one school.
In another school, teachers are given a five-page briefing on the dangers of Pritt Stick which must be read before use of the glue within the classroom.
Do you remember making the rockets, castles and boats with the empty egg boxes when you were younger? Well, now many schools have banned these for fear of salmonella poisoning.
There have also been reported bans on footballs, snowball fights and conker games in playgrounds across the country.
Here we have another clear example of hypocrisy on the behalf of the government and authorities...
On one hand, the government encourage families to adopt an active lifestyle with the "Change 4 Life" scheme, yet they are restricting children being able to do this through ludicrous health and safety laws within schools...
However, whilst the government enforces such ridiculous acts; it seems to me that Michael Gove is the real health and safety problem for our children...
After mistakenly promising 25 schools that their new building projects would go ahead, Michael Gove now risks further unpopularity through cancelling the Labour government's £55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme and suspending projects in 715 schools.
Leaving some pupils sat in schools which are quite literally falling down around them...
Suddenly being hit by a snowball seems kind of trivial...
In another school, teachers are given a five-page briefing on the dangers of Pritt Stick which must be read before use of the glue within the classroom.
Do you remember making the rockets, castles and boats with the empty egg boxes when you were younger? Well, now many schools have banned these for fear of salmonella poisoning.
There have also been reported bans on footballs, snowball fights and conker games in playgrounds across the country.
Here we have another clear example of hypocrisy on the behalf of the government and authorities...
On one hand, the government encourage families to adopt an active lifestyle with the "Change 4 Life" scheme, yet they are restricting children being able to do this through ludicrous health and safety laws within schools...
However, whilst the government enforces such ridiculous acts; it seems to me that Michael Gove is the real health and safety problem for our children...
After mistakenly promising 25 schools that their new building projects would go ahead, Michael Gove now risks further unpopularity through cancelling the Labour government's £55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme and suspending projects in 715 schools.
Leaving some pupils sat in schools which are quite literally falling down around them...
Suddenly being hit by a snowball seems kind of trivial...
Friday, 2 July 2010
Classic Hypocrisy...
"VAT will NOT be increased to 20%, instead other less damaging, tax cuts will be made."
- Stated by David Cameron on the subject of the then forthcoming emergency budget in his first interview as Prime Minister with Andrew Marr.
He also stated within the same interview how Labour had made some "outrageous" spending decisions.
Well, is it not just as "outrageous" to lie to the public? Or have we simply neglected the 'restore trust in politics' attitude so frequently displayed during his election campaign?
'Dave' also claimed to be "burying old Conservatism" within the interview but how does the decision to rise VAT from 17.5% to 20% reflect this?
This will devastate the poor and leave families over £500 a year worse off.
Forget the Robin Hood Tax - this budget does the complete opposite.
It seems like the same old Tories to me...
Whilst the smug and smarmy Sheriff sits in his castle, poor Vince Cable struggles to explain the non-exsistent good of the budget to the bewildered peasants in the realms of Question Time...
If I'm struggling to continue encouraging the coalition, it makes me wonder how much longer the Lib Dem MPs will pledge their support to corruption...
Hypocrisy; the act of persistently pretending to hold beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that one does not actually hold (see also, David Cameron P97)
- Perhaps I should submit this as the new definition for hypocrisy in the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary?
- Stated by David Cameron on the subject of the then forthcoming emergency budget in his first interview as Prime Minister with Andrew Marr.
He also stated within the same interview how Labour had made some "outrageous" spending decisions.
Well, is it not just as "outrageous" to lie to the public? Or have we simply neglected the 'restore trust in politics' attitude so frequently displayed during his election campaign?
'Dave' also claimed to be "burying old Conservatism" within the interview but how does the decision to rise VAT from 17.5% to 20% reflect this?
This will devastate the poor and leave families over £500 a year worse off.
Forget the Robin Hood Tax - this budget does the complete opposite.
It seems like the same old Tories to me...
Whilst the smug and smarmy Sheriff sits in his castle, poor Vince Cable struggles to explain the non-exsistent good of the budget to the bewildered peasants in the realms of Question Time...
If I'm struggling to continue encouraging the coalition, it makes me wonder how much longer the Lib Dem MPs will pledge their support to corruption...
Hypocrisy; the act of persistently pretending to hold beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that one does not actually hold (see also, David Cameron P97)
- Perhaps I should submit this as the new definition for hypocrisy in the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary?
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