http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com Sussex Amateur Brain Surgery Club Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:16:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to police figures crime in Sussex has reportedly fallen in recent months. But if you listen to local news, read local newspapers or simply venture outdoors you're likely to encounter an altogether different picture. Every other house appears to be used as a so-called drugs factory, operated by Asians and ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/criminal-gangs-using-vans-for-prostitution/132/ The Nurse has always felt - and thought - that the concept of god was a bit silly. As a small child in the '70s she was sent home from junior school with a note saying that a girl who didn't believe in god shouldn't come to the christmas party. But she ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/intelligent-design-gets-a-plain-language-pasting/130/ "I wear this expression when I'm not sure whether to be excited or scared..."  We're being fed news through a screen of total hysterica The Nurse is well acquainted with rose-tinted glasses. She needs to be, locked up in here with water dripping down the walls and all those nutters groaning and banging in nearby cells. But ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/we-are-not-getting-the-real-news/126/ 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 ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/the-difference-between-white-and-red-wine-glasses/124/ 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 ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/ridiculous-news-part-2-the-nurse-rants-on/122/ 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 ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/amber-means-stop/118/ 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 ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/forget-the-rich-list-heres-the-ridiculous-list/120/ 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 ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/celebrities-need-to-take-responsibility-for-their-influence/116/ 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 ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/report-all-violent-criminals/114/ Another Eurovision song contest ends in controversy as the UK are awarded a paltry 14 points placing them in joint bottom position alongside Germany and the Russian entry, a painful, derivative dirge entitled 'Believe', won with 272 points. People are asking whether the contest is really about the songs or are ... http://www.amateurbrainsurgery.com/eurovision-wrong-contest/113/