Eleonora and I passed a pub today named The Famous Cock. England is full of funny names like that. A quick review of a map revealed the following gems: Crotch Crescent, Oxford Titty Ho, Northamptonshire Wetwang, East Yorkshire Slutshole Lane, Norfolk Thong, Kent Pratts Bottom Some delightful street names can also be discovered such as … Continue reading
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
One’s Sole Purpose In Life
The following is excerpted from an email I just received from a friend of mine. I thought it was worth sharing with my dear readers… The reason we exist is to reproduce. In other words everything that I do in life, no matter how unrelated to the act of getting laid, is a cost against … Continue reading
Toy Of The Year?
My Italian and I were recently in Nuremberg (more on that later) where I noticed this action figure in a toy store. I have a hard time imagining this not qualifying for “Toy Of The Year” status… Please note that the Tony Montana action figure also includes audio: Continue reading
The Finsbury Park Mosque
Now known as the North London Central Mosque, the Finsbury Park Mosque rose to infamy in the early 2000s as one after another of its alumni made a name for themselves in the world of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism. Leadership disputes in the 1990s, allowed extremist Islamist preachers (many of which were refugees from the … Continue reading
Chewing Khat
Khat, chat, qat or miraa are the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis. And if you head to eastern Ethiopia or Somalia, you won’t have to be there long to notice the bulging cheeks of the khat chewer. Originating in the hills of eastern Ethiopia the khat plant has spread across large parts of East … Continue reading
How The End Of The World Might Look…
At least for some watching a submarine-launched Polaris nuclear warhead, such as this one, descend upon them in their final seconds: This particular warhead has been decommissioned, but there are plenty out there that have not been. When visiting this site, I was struck by being next to a relatively small device with such immense … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 