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Rape Game
The internet is abuzz today with news that in Japan, you can get a game, Rapelay, for your PC in which the main character carries out rapes. That seems to be pretty much the entire game, and the accompanying moral outrage is interesting. This boingboing article has alleged footage of the game, which I’ve watched, and it doesn’t show any…
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Ten Years Ago…
Ten years ago I’d never have thought everyone would carry around a mobile telephone. I’d never have guessed that an encyclopedia which anyone can contribute to would become the most referenced thing on the internet (the internet being something that I didn’t predict would become the centre of my work and life). I didn’t think for a second that television…
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Breaking news: TAM London announced
Just a very quick plug for the hot-off-the-press news that The Amaz!ng Meeting is coming (or in the case of many of you, going) to London on 3rd and 4th October this year. TAM London will have a spectacular line-up (trust me) of speakers and entertainers, headed by James Randi and Phil Plait. More details within a few weeks but…
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News Fart
News Fart is an expression I just invented. It means “a totally unnecessary piece of hot air which stinks up your public news page but can’t simply be ignored”. Â You know the type, they’re always about talking parrots or celebrity divorces. You resist clicking the headline all day because you know it’s crap, but after you’ve read every piece of…
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Mercury Poisoning from Sushi?
Making headlines near you now! Celebrity actor gets mercury poisoning from eating too much raw fish! Except that seems rather silly, because (as an example), the actor in question, Jeremy Piven, “would have to eat about 108 pieces of tuna sushi every week for his entire lifetime to reach dangerous metal levels.” That’s according to a restaurant blog which calculated the…
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Fish joke winner!
A couple of days ago I asked for help writing a punchline for “how do fish communicate?”. My own answers were ‘Morse Cod’ and ‘Using the ‘Net!’ but I felt there was a more kiddy-giggling, auntie-tickling, christmas-cracker-worthy answer and after an exhausting and delightful response, I have chosen my favourite. Corrected for a typo and edited for max impact, the…
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Gift from God? I’d rather have the cash.
This woman is refusing to abort her conjoined twins because of her strict religious (Catholic) beliefs. The twins have two heads and one body (yeah, quite a thought) and have a one in five chance of survival according to some sources, and none at all according to others. She’s spent seven years trying to conceive, and I fully understand why…
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Help me write a joke
I like writing crummy jokes, the sort of pun-tastic groaners that tickle your grandma or your seven-year-old nephew. I’m currently trying to think of a decent punchline for How do fish communicate? and thought you folks could help. My best efforts so far are: By Morse Cod and They use the ‘Net! But I know there’s an ultimate punchline out…
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