'Phenomena' Category
Stop China-bashing and enjoy the Olympics
The Nurse admires China and wonders at their tolerance of Western interference
The global economy is – inevitably – moving us towards a global morality. And the Western world appears to have stormed the moral high ground.
Snug in her cell watching the Olympics, The Nurse hopes the event will send a great big wave of worldwide goodwill in China’s direction. She’s sick and tired of [...]Recreational drugs: a question of morality?
Is it intrinsically wrong to take drugs for fun?
The Nurse - locked away in her damp, moss walled sub-basement cell - is engaged in an ongoing fight for logic, common sense and clear thinking.
She fervently hopes that her efforts might, in some small way, stem the relentless tide of hysteria. After all, one day she might be released… and the thought of being [...]Ghostly Apparitions at Edinburgh Airport
After having read a recent report of a ghostly orb photographed near Edinburgh airport we have been interested to hear of other paranormal activity in the vicinity of the popular airport.
Ian, a transfer bus driver who works for Edinburgh airport car parks, has reported several sightings of ghostly apparitions around the airport. Now you might [...]I named my (fill in the gap) Mohammed!
Mohammed
Fully aware of the risk of having a fatwa raised against her, The Nurse has spent the morning wrenching back common sense from the hands of the nutters. Mainly by re-naming things.
The prison cat, previously named Little Baby Jesus by the inmates, has been re-named Mohammed. Each inmate has signed an agreement to change their christian name to Mohammed (causing some confusion, soon remedied with a [...]Just say no to children: 5 great reasons to stay child-free!
Just about everyone has kids but that doesn’t mean it’s de rigeur. It’s a choice.
In the hope that lots of bouncy, fertile young females and hormone-tortured males’ll read this post, The Nurse feels duty bound to point out the top five benefits of remaining child-free. If you’re currently considering dropping a sprog make yourself a coffee, sit down and read on…
5. pelvic floor [...]Save the planet? The planet’ll be fine!
When we talk about saving the planet, what do we really mean?
The Nurse thinks a sanity check is in order. What everyone’s running around in a panic trying to ‘save’ is the human race. Without us the earth would still turn. Life would thrive, evolving peacefully across silent clean millennia.
It takes a huge collective ego [...]Air freshener craziness
The Nurse has noticed a huge increase in the number of air freshener adverts recently. It’s directly parallel to disinfectant sprays: there’s also a huge choice of products designed to kill germs, mask smells and remove bacteria from our bodies and homes.
The Nurse has always had a fairly cavalier attitude to hygiene. She believes that her [...]Builders to the King
Bromley Brothers Builders are a reputable Sussex building firm who have undertaken many interesting and challenging projects over the years they have been in business. We at Amateur Brain Surgery were particularly interested when we heard about a property development project they were carrying out out in West Worthing. The client turned out to be [...]
