Mayor Boris Johnson narrowly misses death by careless lorry driver whilst riding his bike through London:
Golly, that was close.
Palau
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, washed the t-shirt 23 times, threw the t-shirt in the ragbag, now I'm polishing furniture with it.
Tinfoil Shred
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Exit Correspondent, To Thunderous Applause
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John Oliver tackles John Stewart in defence of British moats and moatiness:
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Sounds Useful
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Hugo Rifkind in the Times spots a handy new German word:
technishererfolgangabemangelsfrust. That is to say, “the frustration caused by having a sense of achievement for completing a technical task but being unable to boast about it because it is too boringâ€.
Comment of The Day: Hell No, We Won’t Go
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Guardian commenter 1971Thistle on why, no matter how bad the expenses scandal gets, the incumbent Labour government will never call an an election:
I think it’s the Guardian (And to be fair, other newspapers) who don’t get it.
The government knows it’s over, dead, finished for them. Almost none of them will be back, none to the jobs they so enjoyed and milked.So, if you know this is the last ride, and the last chance to fill there [sic] boots, they’re staying to the end. It’s last orders at the last chance saloon, and they’re having a lock-in to drink the bar dry before they go.
They do get it, and that’s why they’re doing nothing but procrastinating; using the time to fill up the trolleys one more time. Why throw out the bottle when there are still a few more drops to be wrung from it?
As Deep Throat said “follow the money”. If you do, it’s all rather simple…