I’m a bit worried about the soldiers. Apparently Canadian troops fighting in Afghanistan have encountered an unexpected and potent enemy — almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants. These forests are used as cover for both sides, soldiers slip in and out and armoured cars are camouflaged with giant plants. They tried burning the foliage… [Continue Reading]

I’m sure I read about these little napping machines in a sci fi novel many years ago when I was young. But this is a real appliance for people who are too busy to go to bed. Or for people to sleep at work. Before you wonder why people would be encouraged to sleep at… [Continue Reading]

Absolutely anything could be inside your kitchen drawers, I had a good look inside mine this morning. For 10 seconds. That was quite enough, thank you very much. I can live with the mothballs and the old cat collars, but it’s the safety pins that concern me. I have a theory about the safety pins… [Continue Reading]

Are these people cankling? Doing a cankle? Having a cankle? (or even experiencing a cankling good time?) Are they Canklers? Or are they cankling whankers? Is a cankle a noun? A verb? Can it be an adjective? Do I really care that much? It must be the new pills the doctor gave me, why else… [Continue Reading]

So is this a cankle? It looks more like someone has been in the sun without protection. Just last week at Bingo we were discussing how the young people of today always talk about protection. Even when doonah-dancing. These things never crossed our mind when we were snogging up the back of the hall.

Is this a cankle? I haven’t seen one in years but they were once popular with the spongecake and shandy set.