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Reflections
Yesterday, I was telling a couple of my work colleagues about what follows, which I received in an e-mail some time ago.
By some weird serendipity, my Dad e-mailed me a copy last night and it struck me as too much of a coincidence to ignore. So here it is…
+24Dante’s Hell (updated)
I really love some of the things that StumbleUpon throws up every now and again.
Last night, I stumbled upon quite a cool little web form, which allows you to design your own hell. You simply select categories of the condemned (or a few notorious individuals), organize them accordingly into the various circles of your hell and push the button.
+31Ryanair safety card
I recently read that Ryanair is considering the idea of charging passengers to use the toilet, on Ryanair flights.
What I want to know is…what exactly are they going to do if someone needs to use the bog and can’t or won’t pay? I don’t imagine that passengers will be very pleased when some hapless victim of this ludicrous policy is forced to relieve themselves on their own seat.
And I bet they don’t mention THAT in their ads. 
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+29Hope and Unity defeat Despair
The recent news of the murder of a policeman and two soldiers in Northern Ireland in quick succession by rogue elements of the IRA was a worrying story, reminding us all of the bad old days of the troubles which we all thought had finally been resolved with the truce a little over 10 years ago.
But those responsible for these unprovoked attacks must have been a bit surprised with the results.
First off was the universal condemnation of their actions from all parts of the political spectrum, including Sinn Fein who went as far as urging anyone with information to contact the police; a previously unprecedented move, in view of the history of collusion between elements of the now defunct RUC and Loyalist Paramilitaries.
+24Time to cheer up
After a long bout of illness and general malaise, thanks to a particularly persistent bug.
Combined with a general case of the blues bought on by all the crap news and weather…
… I thought it was about time I lightened up a bit.
So armed with pen and paper, I decided to start this momentous undertaking by making a list of some of the things that make me smile (in no particular order).
30 things that make me smile
+28News Flash: National symbol now a condom
Not much more to add to this, except that as the current economic crisis is global, this probably applies just about anywhere.
+33Jade Who?
One of Mitch Benns’ better numbers…
No offense love, but why are you still here? Why are we still seeing you on the news?
Why are you still turning up on the TV, with gormless journos asking for your views?
When you don’t dance you don’t sing, you don’t do a bloody thing
there’s no telling where your talent might begin
but still your mug appears, god knows how many years
after that stupid bloody show you didn’t win
No offense love, but what’s it all about, tell me just how long do you expect…
to drag this spurious situation out, please bugger off and get some self respect!
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