Rugby Silence

Whilst enjoying the rugby World Cup and Six Nations, I only take an interest in day to day domestic/European games when Andy's team Gloucester crashes and burns. After singing Te Deums to their progress up until this weekend, there is now a crashing silence resounding on offmessage.

Don't worry, you can twist the knife if Forest or Shrewsbury (or both) don't make it in the playoffs, Andy.

Taiwan legislature- get ready to rumble!

Taiwan is an unusual place. It's a small island off mainland China and is actually called the Republic of China. It's where U.S.-backed Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek fled after being defeated by the Communists on the mainland. So U.S. backed, in fact, that it even occupied the Chinese seat on the U.N. Security Council until 1971(!) when the Communists got it, courtesy of Nixon.

One thing the Taiwanese do really very well is have massive kick off brawls in their parliament. In fact, there was another one just the other day. Why not sit back and watch a compendium of the very best fights Taiwan's MPs have to offer:

News just in- married goat dies

Earlier, we talked about man/goat love and the joy and misery it can bring. A seemingly happy story was relayed of a caprine marriage in the appropriately named Horn of Africa. News has reached The Still that the goat has died.

This tragic demise was caused by it "choking on a plastic bag she swallowed as she was eating scraps on the streets of Juba."

This, surely, is riddled with euphemisms?

Whilst we're talking about human/animal love...

...a man being pursued by an amorous mule:

Music and blasters and old Jedi masters

Many thanks to Doug and Andy for these. Firstly, wookie suits for kids (would that make them Ewoks?) . Then an R2D2 projector- sweet. Time to try and get that ordered for the boardroom.

And sorry but...

...Man slept through multiple stabbing.

At last...

...a jet powered bog.