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Who needs Palaeontologists anyhow...?
Feb. 28th, 2008 | 03:49 pm
Certainly not the Daily Mirror..that's for sure..
In today's edition they report upon a DINOSAUR sea monster that has been discovered in the Arctic Island chain of Svalbard...their science editor..Mike Swain...whilst putting together his copy obviously couldn't be arsed seeking quotes from a proper qualified bone digger..so just got himself a number of quotes from a certain Richard Forrest self-styled Plesiosaur expert to add credibility to his piece..
They shouldn't have bothered..he can't be that much of an expert..and I quote..
'A large Pliosaur would have been able to pick up a small car and bite it in half ..'
Now, granted...I'm not a palaeontologist. although I can spell it..in fact I'm not a boffin of any description..although by chance of fate I am related by marriage to several top notch intellects...but I'm pretty sure that cars..even small ones..weren't around a hundred and fifty million years ago..and especially not in the Arctic circle.
In today's edition they report upon a DINOSAUR sea monster that has been discovered in the Arctic Island chain of Svalbard...their science editor..Mike Swain...whilst putting together his copy obviously couldn't be arsed seeking quotes from a proper qualified bone digger..so just got himself a number of quotes from a certain Richard Forrest self-styled Plesiosaur expert to add credibility to his piece..
They shouldn't have bothered..he can't be that much of an expert..and I quote..
'A large Pliosaur would have been able to pick up a small car and bite it in half ..'
Now, granted...I'm not a palaeontologist. although I can spell it..in fact I'm not a boffin of any description..although by chance of fate I am related by marriage to several top notch intellects...but I'm pretty sure that cars..even small ones..weren't around a hundred and fifty million years ago..and especially not in the Arctic circle.
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Lazy gits...
Feb. 28th, 2008 | 04:26 pm
According to the Daily Mirror...researchers have announced that the average working smoker spends a year of their working life on a fag 
break which of course has pissed off employers who are paying them to do so and colleagues who do not enjoy this financial bonus..but it got me thinking how much time do we actually spend working in a normal working day...
The research calculated that a smoker would enjoy three seperate 15 minute breaks each day over a working life of 44.5 years and this constituted a year.
So 45 minutes per day smoking...what about bodily functions..say one 20 min dump and at least five 5 min tinkles per day equates to another 45 minutes...mooching around the coffee machine say four occasions at 10 minutes each...130 minutes so far..flirting with the postboy or receptionist..15 minutes...daydreaming about the shag you had the night before or wondering where your next one is coming from another 15 minutes and of couse luridly fantasizing about you and the boss's PA stuck in the executive lift...crikey at least 20 minutes on that one...mundane activities..surfing the internet to book a holiday...Tesco shop or generally have a lark another 15 minutes..writing your blog 30 minutes interspersed throughout the day..and phoning your partner another 15 minutes TOTAL 240 minutes or 4 HOURS out of a normal working day of 7.5 hours...lazy idle bastards..no wonder the GNP is plummetting like a stone..
break which of course has pissed off employers who are paying them to do so and colleagues who do not enjoy this financial bonus..but it got me thinking how much time do we actually spend working in a normal working day...The research calculated that a smoker would enjoy three seperate 15 minute breaks each day over a working life of 44.5 years and this constituted a year.
So 45 minutes per day smoking...what about bodily functions..say one 20 min dump and at least five 5 min tinkles per day equates to another 45 minutes...mooching around the coffee machine say four occasions at 10 minutes each...130 minutes so far..flirting with the postboy or receptionist..15 minutes...daydreaming about the shag you had the night before or wondering where your next one is coming from another 15 minutes and of couse luridly fantasizing about you and the boss's PA stuck in the executive lift...crikey at least 20 minutes on that one...mundane activities..surfing the internet to book a holiday...Tesco shop or generally have a lark another 15 minutes..writing your blog 30 minutes interspersed throughout the day..and phoning your partner another 15 minutes TOTAL 240 minutes or 4 HOURS out of a normal working day of 7.5 hours...lazy idle bastards..no wonder the GNP is plummetting like a stone..