In other news today...
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@scarlet_manuka said in In other news today...:
Every weekday morning, Carles Recio, an archives director in Valencia’s provincial government, would turn up at his office only to clock in and head straight out again, before coming back at 4pm to clock out.
“I do documentation work out of the office, the work of a slave,” he told the Spanish television channel La Sexta.
The Valencian tribunal rejected that explanation, noting that investigations had failed to turn up any record of work he claimed to have done over the decade-long period.
Shades of 'Moonshine Employee #412.'
Or Joaquín García.
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Thanks,
ObamaTrump
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the family has private health insurance but they still spend about $15,000 every year out of pocket.
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A mother in Milton Keynes said she had taken her five-year-old daughter out of school to ensure they could get in the queue for a discounted bear.
"She's only five, they're not really doing much in school that's important at that age," she said.
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@greybeard Assuming that's true, does that make school (at that age) just discounted (tax-paid) babysitting?
I'd say yes.
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@benjamin-hall Is, was, will be.
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Warned it could pose a health and safety risk to burglars who might walk in
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Meanwhile:
Man moves next to farm. Complains there's a farm next door...
James Bullock of Swillington said noise from cows by his home was 'intolerable'
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@pjh said in In other news today...:
Warned it could pose a health and safety risk to burglars who might walk in
Of course the article also says
pointing out that children could also trip and fall into the water.
problems first arose when a security gate to the communal area broke, meaning non-residents could easily access the garden - and pool.
The residents say "we will sign a disclaimer to take responsibility for it", the management says "the pool is on land owned by us and we're responsible for everyone's safety".
And at the end of the article they finally get around to telling you
'We've been on site to address the concerns about the gates. All gates leading onto the street are locked and secure. The locks for the gates which sit between the communal areas will be replaced.'
The housing association landlord has since said management will consider allowing the residents to keep the pool if it is enclosed by a locked fence.
So... all good then.
@pjh said in In other news today...:
Man moves next to farm. Complains there's a farm next door...
In fairness, a building "near" his home that was originally a hay barn is now being used as a cow shed. Hay doesn't tend to make too much noise.
And the council's going to monitor the noise level for a year to decide whether or not to approve the change. Seems fair enough I guess.
James Bullock
Heh.
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Soccer coverage couldn't possibly get more boring.
(FIFA) Hold my wine...https://www.dailywire.com/news/33027/fifa-orders-world-cup-broadcasters-stop-zooming-joseph-curl
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@boomzilla Dammit, beaten by less than a minute.
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Also in today's British news...
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@loopback0 Here's a consolation prize for you:
PossiblyAlmost certainly NSFW language (picture of a story in a newspaper)...
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
FIFA Orders World Cup Broadcasters To Stop Zooming In On 'Hot Women'
Yeah, zoom in on the hot soccer players, dumbasses.
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@boomzilla posted an uncropped version of:
South Africa's Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, has said 'doggy' style during sex is the major cause of cancer and stroke.
He said after three years of arduous research
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@heterodox said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
FIFA Orders World Cup Broadcasters To Stop Zooming In On 'Hot Women'
Yeah, zoom in on the hot soccer players, dumbasses.
Are they covering the women's football?
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In today's British news:
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
today's British news...
12 January 2015 at 9:36am
That's an awfully long today.
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@pjh said in In other news today...:
@heterodox said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
FIFA Orders World Cup Broadcasters To Stop Zooming In On 'Hot Women'
Yeah, zoom in on the hot soccer players, dumbasses.
Are they covering the women's football?
Jeez, you guys are helpless.
@heterodox: Beckham doesn't play anymore. ;)
@PJH: you don't want to see that. If you want hot girls, go watch women's beach volleyball instead.
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@coderpatsy You're an awfully long today.
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Her Majesty's finest fail to notice an aerial target with a big flag.
Dick-head in a zip-up lycra body suit and shiny hat with a really big gun gets pissed off, but has no idea where to look. Please help.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I intend to leave this world the same way I entered it: naked, soaking wet, and screaming at the top of my lungs.
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@japonicus said in In other news today...:
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams said officers were committed to tracing the person who breached the air exclusion zone around the golf course.
The aircraft held a banner reading: "Trump: well below par #resist".
Edit: Did he really mean to say that he thought Trump was doing a really good job?
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
In today's British news:
Clicked on TFA, read the headline: "Former porn star and election candidate Johnny Rockard fundraising to pay for a 6ft penis-shaped coffin for his funeral"
As:
"Former porn star and
electionerection candidate Johnny Rockard fundraising to pay for a 6ft penis-shaped coffin for his funeral"And not only will Johnny Rockard’s final journey be undertaken in a penis-shaped coffin, but it will also be on wheels and be remote-controlled - because he admits no one is going to want to be a pallbearer ‘carrying a 6ft long c***’
I guess he just doesn't have friends with a sense of humor.
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@japonicus said in In other news today...:
Her Majesty's finest fail to notice an aerial target with a big flag.
Dick-head in a zip-up lycra body suit and shiny hat with a really big gun gets pissed off, but has no idea where to look. Please help.
I wonder if the USSS bring their SAMs with them.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
I guess he just doesn't have friends with a sense of humor.
One of his friends gets to control a 6ft RC penis. That's got to be more fun than carrying it.
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@da-doctah said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
I intend to leave this world the same way I entered it: naked, soaking wet, and screaming at the top of my lungs.
I intend to leave this world the same way I entered it: in someone's vagina with a broken collarbone.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
I guess he just doesn't have friends with a sense of humor.
One of his friends gets to control a 6ft RC penis. That's got to be more fun than carrying it.
Imagine trying to sneak up on people!
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@jbert Why on Earth would they name it that anyways? Are they insane?
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@djls45 Only in algebra.
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
@jbert Why on Earth would they name it that anyways? Are they insane?
It was a brand of gin or vodka, so maybe they just "tasted" a bit too much before inventing the name?
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Someone at the White House must use Bing
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@coldandtired He apparently “departed the UK” by going to his golf course in Scotland. A bit like how he departs the US by flying to Mar-a-Lago.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@coldandtired He apparently “departed the UK” by going to his golf course in Scotland.
They sound foreign in Scotland, it's an easy mistake.
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Apparently not even the first such incident...
Asia Times quotes a spokesman at the Ryugasaki Police Department as saying it was ‘a tragic accident but not the first of its kind’.
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Words fail.
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@pjh Paging Alanis Morissette to the red courtesy phone.
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@pjh Now that I've seen a photograph of him, I think the movie The Foreigner might have taken quite a bit of inspiration from his bio.
I mean, this is Gerry Adams:
And this is one of the movie posters:
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
In today's British news:
thinking outside the box
about the box he's going to be inside.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
thinking outside the box
about the box he's going to be inside.
Certainly not the one Garfunkel and Oates were talking about
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@rhywden
I don't get why you think Jacky Chan looks like an Irish Dude ... his English is as comprehensible though
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The startup has told its 6,000 global staff that they will no longer be able to expense meals [that include] meat.
It is yet to be seen if citing 'protein deficency' is a medical condition however:
Individuals requiring "medical or religious" allowances are being referred to the company’s policy team to discuss options.
Of course..
And what if an employee takes a client or a job candidate out to eat? Is the employee required to say to the client (or job candidate), "Hey, you can't order that spaghetti Bolognese. No meat!" Because that won't go over well.
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Individuals requiring "medical or religious" allowances are being referred to the company’s policy team to discuss options.
Genesis 9:3.
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@pjh said in In other news today...:
The startup has told its 6,000 global staff that they will no longer be able to expense meals [that include] meat.
It is yet to be seen if citing 'protein deficency' is a medical condition however:
Individuals requiring "medical or religious" allowances are being referred to the company’s policy team to discuss options.
I think I'd try claiming "lycanthropy". Hey, my name even rhymes with Lon Chaney Junior.