Okay Will and Jonathan, I’ll bite (on the basis that, unlike most memes, this one doesn’t involve me having an opinion about stuff): Three events: 1415 – The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt. 1944 – Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely… Continue reading Wikimeme
Month: April 2006
Is this code?
The BBC’s main article about the Da Vinci Code court ruling is headed: “Code unbroken; Author Dan Brown’s reputation stays intact after court victory” – damning with faint praise, surely?
UKIP if you want to, the party’s not for kipping!
I’m a little confused. Why does UKIP’s strategy for proving that the “racist” bit in the insult “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists” is wrong involve demonstrating that the other two bits are absolutely spot on? UKIP said it would also be parking a Saracen armoured car outside the Conservative spring conference in Manchester on Saturday,… Continue reading UKIP if you want to, the party’s not for kipping!