Archive for June, 2008
The Difference Between White and Red Wine Glasses
Many people are completely unaware that there are significant design differences between glasses intended for Red Wines and glasses intended for White Wines. After having just glugged a bottle and a half of a particularly tasty Bordeaux I thought I’d explain why the glass chosen for your wine is important:
White wine glasses tend to have […]Ridiculous news part 2… The Nurse rants on
TV in prison isn’t always a benefit. The Nurse is finding the news particularly irritating at the moment. Thankful for the opportunity to vent, she scribbles by the dim light of a crescent moon, her paper criss-crossed with shadows. In the next cell, someone weeps and gnaws at the bars…
More things that make The Nurse very, very cross. And […]Amber Means Stop
A recent incident at traffic lights in Brighton has prompted me to write this post. It would appear that there is some confusion over the meaning of our UK traffic light system.
The incident occurred on the busy Lewes road. I was approaching one of the many sets of traffic lights on this road when they […]Forget the Rich List. Here’s the Ridiculous List.
The Nurse has a lot of time on her hands at Her Majesty’s Pleasure. Which is why she’s typing this post from underneath several unfurled and chaotic rolls of Elsan toilet roll. You know, that crinkly stuff that’s about the same thickness as tracing paper and twice as shiny. And utterly non-absorbent. Dreadful for personal hygiene but highly effective for writing lists.
This […]Celebrities Need to Take Responsibility for Their Influence
People have always been interested in the lives of the wealthy and famous but in recent years that interest has developed into widespread obsession. Is this a good thing? Not when the celebrity concerned is doing nothing but set a bad example.
Celebrities and those in the public eye have a responsibility which few appear to […]Report All Violent Criminals
Well done to Mrs Saldinack for reporting her two sons to the police for the horrific attack and injury they inflicted upon Marc Parkinson in Chichester last year.
Mrs Saldinack’s sons, Luke Newman and Oliver Clark, along with a third man, Benjamin Hammond, set upon Mr Parkinson and a friend in a completely unprovoked attack. All […]
