Archive for June, 2008

Ryanair supremo proposes unusual business class service

0 Comments Published by kronoc June 21st, 2008 in funny, germany, travel

At one point his PR people think he’s really going to blow it this time.

[hat tip to Jazz Biscuit]

This is Birmingham calling

0 Comments Published by kronoc June 15th, 2008 in funny, mobile, telecomms, uk

Herself has recently been getting a lot of telephone messages for some midlands socialite named Mark. Neither of us know who he is, but the voicemail keeps coming. Spookily the phone doesn’t ring for him, ever, but still the messages appear. Thanks to the magic of the internet, using the audio player below, now you [...]

Hitler still tormenting east London

1 Comment Published by kronoc June 5th, 2008 in london, newham, uk, war

It’s 2008 and still bombs from WWII are being found in the neighbourhood. Train and tube journeys have been disrupted as a result.
The Guardian reports:
A massive unexploded second world war-bomb began to tick as experts worked to defuse it, police said today.
The 1,000kg-device (2,200lb) was found in a river at Sugar House Lane, near [...]