The Temple of Bague Wasting bandwidth since 1997 - Now in our 27th wasteful year!
Rants / June 14, 2011 / John / 0
Just had an email from Scottish Power, bless ’em. They say “Wholesale energy prices have been rising dramatically too, and although we’ve been doing what we can to absorb these costs for as long as possible, we now have to increase our prices.” Looking a little deeper, I found that their profits have fallen from
Rants / March 14, 2011 / John / 0
Just been disgusted by the ‘reporting’ of the Japan disaster on the BBC’s news at 5 on radio 4, particularly the obvious relish with which the ‘reporter’ attempted to invent more tragedy by asking leading questions of the survivors with regards to the Japanese government’s response to the crisis. “How long will it be before
Ramblings, Rants / November 23, 2010 / John / 0
How can we say we’re civilised? A friend of mine has worked ceaselessly over the past few weeks to raise enough money to make a bid for Alan Turing’s papers. Sadly, the bid was unsuccessful although the papers haven’t yet been sold. How could this even come about? Alan Turing was a mathematician and logician
Rants / April 7, 2010 / John / 0
The Mail: From: John Dow Sent: 18 March 2010 12:09 To: DEVINE, Jim Subject: Don’t rush through extreme internet laws John Dow 34 Random Street Anytown EH54 Dear Mr Devine I’m writing to you today because I’m very worried that the Government is planning to rush the Digital Economy Bill into law without a full
Rants / December 1, 2008 / John / 1
How many syllables, Dear Reader, are there in “car”? Yup, that’s right. One. So how many syllables are there in “C”? No, you’re quite right – it’s also one. So you would think there would be little point in replacing the word “Car” with “C”, would you? It’s not an improvement in terms of efficiency
Rants / May 7, 2008 / John / 0
$COW-ORKER: John, my phone’s not working. I was speaking to someone and it went dead. Me: Is it plugged in? $COW-ORKER: Of course it’s plugged in. I was speaking to someone on it! Me: But is it plugged in? $COW-ORKER: Well obviously it’s plugged in because I was able to make a call before it
Rants / April 8, 2008 / John / 0
So, my mammie bought us this hyacinth in a pot. It’s very very pretty but smells like dead things. It was sitting on the kitchen window sill and every time anyone walked past it they made a comment about the unnatural reek emanating from it. Because of all the bad vibes being directed at the
Rants / March 18, 2008 / John / 0
The Ministry of Defence have announced five days of depleted uranium (DU) weapons-testing on its Dundrennan range in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Despite numerous scientific studies proving the health and environmental damage of DU missiles, as well as growing international criticism of the weapons, the MOD continues to stick its fingers in its ears and repeat its
Rants / February 11, 2008 / John / 0
According to a blog I’ve just come across, Gordon Brown has testified in court (via legal representation, one would expect) that manifesto pledges aren’t actually something to take seriously. Really? Is there more to life than shoes?: Did you think a manifesto pledge meant something?
Rants / December 18, 2007 / John / 1
A bloke I know works for the Britannia Building Society. He’s just received the following internal memo. Piggy Banks or Froggy Banks? As a result of feedback received from our members through the Feedback Café, we have made changes to our Piggy Bank Promotion. We were made aware that we have members and potential members