Here’s a couple of videos to make you snigger!
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Shot For Texting
by David Darby •
t involves a retired police officer, Curtis Reeves, who took his wife to the cinema to see Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor. But during the previews for upcoming releases, Chad Oulson, a 43-year-old from Tampa was texting his 3-year-old daughter. The texting upset Mr. Reeves a great deal and he asked Mr. Oulson to desist. There followed a bit of an argument, which resulted in Mr. Reeves leaving the auditorium to get the manager.
Breaking & Entering?
by David Darby •
It must be great to have friends with lovely houses that they don’t use that often. So it was that a family decided to stay in a rather posh area of New York over the New Year period in a cottage owned by their friend. However, when they arrived on December 30th at the property in Hampton, they were rather surprised to see two police officers having sex in the premises!
I Am Not Frazzle
by David Darby •
The set-up is simple, ten authors have contributed a short story, all of which are for adults or even young adults, but not for children. All the authors are previously published, talented, very different and exciting, so each story is completely unique in both content and style.
Let The Music Play…
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Music therapy improves the well-being of patients when undergoing endoscopies or suffering from depressive disorders.
Time is Money!
by David Darby •
The café has recently opened in London and is called Ziferblat, but the big difference with this venue is that all the snacks and drinks are free. All you have to pay is three pence (about five cents) for every minute you are there.
Cockroach Ear Cavity Agony
by David Darby •
The team in the Accident & Emergency unit tried to resuscitate the cockroach, for over five minutes, eventually resorting to using tiny electric shock paddles to try and re-start his little heart. Despite the fact that some of us would pay good money to be watered, sucked, oiled and tweaked, it was all too much for the bug later identified as Kenny the Cockroach and he was declared dead. For poor Kenny it was a case of ear today, gone tomorrow.
Bottle Bottom Blunder
by David Darby •
Off to China, where a man presented himself at his local hospital complaining of abdominal pains. When asked by doctors if he had any idea what could be causing his discomfort, he replied that he had no idea.
Looking Back…
by Marianne Lindahl •
From a global point of view, 2013 will go to history as a rather gloomy year. The economic recession worsened during the year, with unemployment and poverty in its wake. Youth unemployment reached new records. The devastating hurricanes, inundations and landslides in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean will go to history. Corruption has continued to flourish in most parts of the world. Tragic high speed train and bus crashes with hundreds of victims were reported.
It’s Too Cold Out Here
by David Darby •
We all saw just how cold it got in the US last month. ‘Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey,’ as the old naval saying goes. And for a prison escapee in Kentucky, the thought of a warm prison cell was preferable to freedom in the icy weather outside.