Monthly Archives: July 2008

>Kurt fiddles while Berlin burns….

Posted on 6 July, 2008 by jb

> When your approval rating is only 10%, isn’t it really time to go? Kurt? Hallo? Kurt Beck is Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate and Chairman of the SPD, the socialist partner in the grand coalition at national level. In the … Continue reading →

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>The Bionic Leg reloaded

Posted on 5 July, 2008 by jb

> “If Helen can do it” I though, “then so can I” “I mean, she’s only a GIRL” Some bastard nicked my bike last year and I haven’t bothered getting a new one, what with this and that. (“This” being … Continue reading →

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>The Phantom Bus Stop

Posted on 4 July, 2008 by jb

> You’re a nursing home and your Alzheimer’s patients keep drifting off into the nearby town centre and having to keep getting rounded up by the local constabulary. The Benrath Senior Centre in Germany came up with an idea – … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me…..(about herniated discs)

Posted on 4 July, 2008 by jb

>My mate, the legendary Frank the Potter is at this moment in hospital, waiting for them to wheel him into the operating theatre in a couple of hours to fix a herniated disc. You don’t want to know about the … Continue reading →

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>Rogue nations

Posted on 3 July, 2008 by jb

> So North Korea and the United States do have something in common. They’re two of a handful of nations that practice the evil regime of double taxation. It works thus: You’re American and resident in, say, Germany and work … Continue reading →

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>Shit, this is a…..(Good Newspaper)

Posted on 2 July, 2008 by jb

> The Süddeutsche Zeitung is the cream of crop of quality daily broadsheets that we’re lucky enough to have in Germany. It’s published in Munich and thus has the conservative-liberal slant that we old people tend to like. It’s journalistically … Continue reading →

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>Where the hell is Matt – 2008

Posted on 2 July, 2008 by jb

>This is SO worth a post. Although you couldn’t really call it a “well-kept secret”.3.5 millions views on YouTube since 21 June? From his website: Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 1 July 2008

Posted on 1 July, 2008 by jb

>Dion – Who Do You Love from Bronx In BlueTalking Heads – Found A Job from Live 9/16/78Frank Zappa – Valley Girl from Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning WitchRobert Wyatt – Fragment from ComicoperaMogwai – Christmas SongKeri … Continue reading →

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