August 2005 Archives

OK ... now I'm confused ...

I've just read that plans to introduce a .xxx adult domain to the web have been delayed after an official from the Bush administration asked for a study into the impact of it's introduction ...

Surely the impact is obvious: adult-based websites will move over to the .xxx world, centralising them and making it easier for parents to block such sites and for porn surfers to find them more easily.

Isn't this a good thing? Apparently the Bush administration are fearful it will lead to a growth in Internet smut but surely they've realised it doesn't take a .xxx on the end of the site name to make someone realise they can sell porn to surfers.

It strikes me that Bush and his minions are in the pocket of the religious right who want to make the world a better place by banning everything they don't like. Watch out world or the next thing you know you'll have a choice of what you can and cannot surf - you can have either Religious Messaging(tm) of fuck all. Not much of a choice I'm sure you will agree.

According to a new poll, my home town of Hull is the worst place to live in Britain. I find this hard to believe when there are places like Slough around.

In order to rally to Hull's defence, here's a few interesting facts about the place, and some counter facts about my own personal fav for the worst city in the world - Slough.

* The city name is Kingston Upon Hull. Hull is the river on which the city is sited, so I guess officially the city's true name is Kingston.

* The roots of the English Civil War lie in Hull when King Charles was forbidden entry to the city (then walled) by Sir John Hotham

* Hull for a time boasted the longest single single-span suspension bridge in the world.

* THe port of Hull (once famed for it's fishing industry) was once the largest whaling port in the world.

Facts about Slough

* It was the featured town in top TV show The Office, which featured an irritating little man running a sickening little office surrounded by grey people.

* The average IQ of a Slough resident is slightly lower than snake shit as are their manners.

* The most common occupation in Slough is, according to my research, "shoplifter".

* Local laws in Slough make it a requirement for all girls aged 15 and over to be pregnant all the time, extra benefit money is handed out to those with black babies... innit ...

* I worked there for five years and detested every sodding second.

* A recently unearthed portion of the modern bible revealed:"On the 8th day God had a slightly dodgy tummy. And lo! He bent asunder, splayed his buttocks and shat out a Slough so all the world would have somewhere to send the crap they didn't want any more...

* The name Slough sounds a little bit like the noise you make when you drink too much beer then vomit copiously all over the living room floor ...