"The European Commission has been calling it "novel flu", replacing the word "swine" to avoid prompting a fall in demand for pork and bacon."  - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8027043.stm

"The European Commission said Wednesday it would call the deadly swine flu the "novel flu virus" to minimise damage to the farm industry."  -  http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1241008328.34

Is it just me or have I just witnessed how stupid the governernment can be first hand (I am not saying that they're always stupid). Everybody already knows it as "swine flu", whatever damage may have been done by calling it swine flu is already been done. Do they really think just because they decide to call it something different we don't already know where it came from (even though pork is safe if you're not a dumbass that decides to eat it raw), I bet after this they'll say "We certainley did our bit to help the farming industry, well done boys clap on the back" ... Read more ...

After withdrawing my last £2 from the bank in order to afford my fix of the brown demon (tobacco not heroin) and plying my custom at the shop that sold the merchandise I was seeking, I walked gleefully out of the doors of the shop and carried on staring down at my hands as they perfectly rolled that little death tube I was longing for.

No sooner had I sparked said tube of death and began exhaling the first puffs of ecstasy when I passed by a person selling the big issue (if you don't know it's what they give to homeless people to sell in England). This man selling the big issue inquired to me "BIG ISSUE SIR", now myself being content with my rollie carried on walking as I quenched the thirst of my addiction, now this is when from behind I hear the holler of "YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO RESPOND". I carried on walking.

Now I have been thinking about this all day and have come to a couple of conclusions about this encounter that I would like to share and I hope you'll give y ... Read more ...

Ok to make for a bit of fun I thought we could all make a little story.

Here's how it will work:

I'll start by writing the first sentence/paragraph.

Then the next person will write the second sentence/paragraph.

It has to make sense (with what's been posted before, e.g. the main character can't go from being a boy to girl just like that, any changes have to be explained), but it can be a little random.

If two or more people post a reply to the previous sentence then the person posting next reply must state whose post they are going to use by putting the user's name in brackets at the begining of their post.

Please try to make it clear where you are going with your post so that it doesn't get too confusing for the people posting afterwards or reading the story.

Spelling is not to important as longa s the post is legible.

Here we go and cheers for playing..............................

I was sat on a cold and lonely rock in the m ... Read more ...

Yes the most holy and amazing of all the vegetation on this planet (in my opinion that is), the tasty little scorcher that is made out of awesomeness and capsaicin. This is my blog playing homage to that lovely little fruit.

I consider the first bite of almost any food that is heavily laden chilli, and let's be honest it goes with almost anything, on better than hit of pure ecstasy. It's the slightly odd tingling feeling that you get when it hits your tongue, I imagine that this is how a girl might feel when they put something long in somewhere else that can get tingly, that does it for me.

If I could I would eat those little pieces of rectal pain at every meal, but alas my dreams are spoiled by the rest of my family's disgust for said joyous fruit. As such I am limited to only using one chilli when I cook. DAMN.

I think the main reason why I and others of the same ilk like chilli's so much is that they release endorphins (which are also released when you orgasm, I think?) into the bra ... Read more ...

Is it just me or is children's TV retarded these days?

Just to clarify I'm talking about shows aimed at very young children.

Have any of the ebaums users out there watched any children's TV recently? I'm guessing that you might agree with me if you have.

I remember when I watched TV as a child there was some old bitch who flew around in an old plane with the Dulux dog (a mascot for an English paint company, not the dog in the show, it was just the same breed) and talked about shops, carnivals, oranges and other things to expand our young brains. Now that is just one show in particular, however the majority of them were also fairly educational as well.

And what do children get these days? Well I will tell you, they get bouncing hermaphroditic blobs who talk as much shit as two prostitutes out on their first week long crack binge. I'm certainly not saying that there isn't any educational shows out there, just that seems to be a severe lack of them. Which rather disturbs me, do we ... Read more ...