How Very Droll!

While the new UK Conservative Liberal-Democratic coalition government presents plenty of political difficulties, opportunities abound for headline writers and wordsmiths.

First prize however, must go to the wag who coined the term describing the UK as "The ConDemNation"!

Bangkok - 18 Years Ago

I noticed this today while looking at Wikipedia. Why I was looking at "On This Day" from 2 days ago is hard to explain but on this day, 17 May 1992:

"Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, many disappearances, hundreds of injuries, and over 3,500 arrests."


As they say, the more things change...

A Relic From A Different Age

Found in a locked drawer at work: The U2 File: A Hot Press U2 History. From 1985!

It's like an artefact from a time capsule. So many questions! Who paid $17 for this book and then left it behind? Who'd have thought back in 1985 that U2 would still have another quarter of a century to go? And whatever happened to Bono's hair.

Alphabet City

Forget the British election, the salary cap and the environment. Has anyone ever noticed that Australia's capital cities when ranked in alphabetical order are almost perfect?

Adelaide,
Brisbane,
Canberra,
Darwin,
E...,
F...,
G...
Hobart,

Now, if NSW, West Australia and Victoria got their acts together and replaced Sydney, Perth and Melbourne with Ettalong, Fremantle and Geelong, it would be perfect!