NEWS AT A GLANCE #4

A S H Smyth — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:09:32 +0000

No alternative facts to see here, people!

A hero’s welcome

A S H Smyth — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:49:50 +0000

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For The Oldie

A S H Smyth — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:00:03 +0000

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For use during military manoeuvres the Kaiser has a portable house, made of asbestos.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, June 22 1909
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A six-year-old has become a multimillionaire, reviewing toys on YouTube.

The US has the world’s 2^nd highest prison population, with 693 prisoners per 100,000.

Icelandic sea cucumbers fetch £438 per kilogram.

‘Word up’ means ‘I comprehend what you are saying and verify that your statement is true, my good brother.’

Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel.

Ms Reeva Steenkamp has never been a stripper or a ho.

The hearsomeness of the burger felicitates the whole of the polis.

Gary Ross Dahl invented the pet rock in 1975.

Necrophilia is legal if you don’t know it’s a corpse.

The Worshipful Company of Poulters host an annual inter-livery pancake race.

Matt ‘Toast’ Berry really does do voiceover work, for Absolute Radio.

Everyone is going to paint a portrait of Peter Hitchens, until he likes one.

We need to talk about the real problem with ‘unlikeable’ women.
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