Foot-and-mouth disease is kicking off again, no pun intended. Rather than hear about all the agricultural shows that are being disrupted or called off, have a few epidemiological facts instead. Diagnose your pigs today with this handy list! Pain when standing or walking, blisters on the feet and mouth. Reduced yield in milk animals.
Black stork for bird-watchers.
Experts float levitation theory
Hahahaha, oo-err missus, they said condoms, wahey!
Sugar-rushes keep bats airborne
Labour 'fails on North-South gap'
Which is stupid. We're hardly an immense country.
WHAT STOP PRESS BABY GIRAFFE
Video!
Edumacation (with pics)! But no news article at time of writing.
In response to this arrival, Knut (video) was reported to be feverishly practising forward rolls, drinking from teacups and playing the drums. "Plantigrades are more easily anthropomorphised! We'll see who has the last laugh, you limelight-thieving ruminant patchwork hussy!" he was quoted as saying.
Harvey Nichols bans 'cruel' pate and about time too. Publicity-stunthood notwithstanding. So the 0.000001% or whatever of the population who could and would buy foie gras from Harvey Nicks will have to go elsewhere for their yum-yum-tastes-of-torture fix. And Harrods may follow suit! Another 0.000002% of the population inconvenienced! Victory dance!!11!
Colour me a-musa'd. What a mean bunch. He must have been scared out of his skin. Will this go to an apeel court?
Saturn's ring mystery is solved. First one to make a smutty comment about "the G ring" or to bring the planet Uranus into the discussion will win a long, sarcastic look!
Let's solve rampant bureaucracy and money-wasting by — ooh! Ooh! I know!
Mahjong 'can cause epilepsy'
0.o I hope this doesn't include Kou-Jong, because I spent much of the weekend on that. :D (Mind you... nothing approaching 11 hours at a stretch, good gods, or even 2.)
China cleans up slogans promoting its one-child policy though it evidently needs stricter snow leopard sentences.
Oh, my, grace. *snort*
The Dandy Xtreeeeme! *snortsnort*
Nissan studies drink-proof cars
Lupus interests. (The disease, not the canids.)
Current music: Bumbibears by Nareen stuck in my head. Dragon help me.