The Week in Nonsense

Up first this week, the Health Nazis. As predicted by myself, and numerous other folk, now that they have smokers well and truly under the cosh, they are ready to launch their next attack on the drinker. After weeks of blaming binge drinking for everything from rampant packs of rabid teenagers to poverty, they have now come up with a classic piece of nonsense, passive drinking. The ploy of Passive Smoking worked so well in getting smokers banished form just about every building in the UK, that they figure to use it to do the same for drinkers. What is passive drinking? Good question. Apparently it is all the social damage perpetrated by people who are drunk, form drink drivers, to the workshy 12 year old who is setting fire to passing pedestrians. The solution to "passive drinking?" Why massive duty increases of course. Fuck the responsible 99% of people who go out, get pissed and go home, causing no kind of harm or damage to anybody else. Lets rinse even more cash out of them, and pour it down the toilet that is the benefit scrounging underclass, so they can bang out a few more unwanted kids so they can get a council house upgrade. Let the public houses that have stood for decades, and in some cases centuries, go to the wall, while billion pound, profit turning supermarkets, sell industrial strength meths at a loss, to giro waving pond life. Where will it end? If they used the laws that they already have to hand, instead of trying to pass the blame on to Maggie Thatcher or advertising companies, we probably wouldn't be in this mess anyway.

John Prescott has come out saying he has suffered from bulima for the past 10 years. Is that why he claimed so much money for food on expenses? Had to eat double portions did he? Surprised me anyway. Always thought it was shit coming out of his mouth.

Isn't it great to see those poor old banks getting bailed out of the credit crunch by the Bank of England. Those lovely institutions that charge £20 for letters telling you that you are skint. For cranking up your interest payments, seemingly at a whim, when you are struggling to pay off credit cards. Letting you go ridiculously overdrawn, and then charging you for the privilege. Wouldn't it be dandy to have a business making untold billions, get too greedy, lose all that lovely lucre, and have somebody say "Don't worry, I will loan you a load of other peoples brass, so you don't go out of business." Let's wait and see what kind of bonus they then award themselves for being so incompetent. Looks like we get to foot the bill again.

Lastly, if you an believe it, is this one from Nottinghamshire. Their idea to combat hospital superbugs? Cardboard nurses. Thats right, cardboard nurses. Apparently, as you stroll past, a voice activation unit reminds passerby's to wash their hands. Unbelievable.

Stop the Nonsense!!!