Coat of Arms of Kate Middleton (prior to her marriage to Prince William the Duke of Cambridge on the 29 April 2011); the arms are derived from those granted to her father (Michael), borne on a lozenge as an unmarried woman. This coat of arms in this form is now used only by her sister Philippa Middleton. Blazon: On a lozenge, “Per pale Azure and Gules a Chevron Or cotised Argent between three Acorns slipped and leaved Or” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pippa Middleton Rides Through Paris at the Age of 37

So Pippa Middleton was being pursued (according to a story broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this early morning Tuesday 17th April 2012 but since dropped from its schedule) by paparazzi through Paris in a manner reminiscent of the last journey of dead princess Diana.

Pippa – who was at the time allegedly wearing her underpants (aka knickers in the English vernacular) was in a speeding car escaping from the attentions of freelance photographers, her horse like head fully exposed, as she rode in the front passenger seat of the car. Meanwhile her oh so hurray Henry friend was driving like a macho madman but was too slow and unable to make a getaway. What could these over privileged @ wipes do to flee from the attention they really craved but wanted to seemingly avoid?

The British royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony after Prince William and Kate Middleton were married. Detail of the picture: Pippa Middleton and Prince Philip. (Photo credit: Wikipedia). In the dress worn without knickers (aka underpants).

Goofy Idiots Living the Life YOU will Never!

The solution to their rich kid dilemma was unintentionally genius but also totally unacceptable – even more unacceptable than the high status wombs they crawled out of and the patronised sperm which saw their favoured insemination – the daddy’s boy driver hoisted a gun and pointed it at the bike riding papper.

One Law for YOU but Another Law for Chinless Wonders

Not to worry, Pippa Middleton has got away with it. It is uncertain as to whether her chum (the Nazi uniform wearing Prince Harry who is often to be seen behaving badly in London nightclubs) had anything to do with keeping the incident quiet but we’ll never know. Perhaps her sister, now a skeleton waiting to be enthroned as soon as Queen Elizabeth the II carps it, used her newly received “get out of jail free card” (like those issued in the game Monopoly but real) but we’ll never know about that either. After all, the incidents described in this quickly dashed of rant are only alleged and not even that anymore.

Coat of Arms of Kate Middleton (prior to her marriage to Prince William the Duke of Cambridge on the 29 April 2011); the arms are derived from those granted to her father (Michael), borne on a lozenge as an unmarried woman. This coat of arms in this form is now used only by her sister Philippa Middleton. Blazon: On a lozenge, “Per pale Azure and Gules a Chevron Or cotised Argent between three Acorns slipped and leaved Or” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pippa Middleton Rides Through Paris at the Age of 37

So Pippa Middleton was being pursued (according to a story broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this early morning Tuesday 17th April 2012 but since dropped from its schedule) by paparazzi through Paris in a manner reminiscent of the last journey of dead princess Diana.

Pippa – who was at the time allegedly wearing her underpants (aka knickers in the English vernacular) was in a speeding car escaping from the attentions of freelance photographers, her horse like head fully exposed, as she rode in the front passenger seat of the car. Meanwhile her oh so hurray Henry friend was driving like a macho madman but was too slow and unable to make a getaway. What could these over privileged @ wipes do to flee from the attention they really craved but wanted to seemingly avoid?

The British royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony after Prince William and Kate Middleton were married. Detail of the picture: Pippa Middleton and Prince Philip. (Photo credit: Wikipedia). In the dress worn without knickers (aka underpants).

Goofy Idiots Living the Life YOU will Never!

The solution to their rich kid dilemma was unintentionally genius but also totally unacceptable – even more unacceptable than the high status wombs they crawled out of and the patronised sperm which saw their favoured insemination – the daddy’s boy driver hoisted a gun and pointed it at the bike riding papper.

One Law for YOU but Another Law for Chinless Wonders

Not to worry, Pippa Middleton has got away with it. It is uncertain as to whether her chum (the Nazi uniform wearing Prince Harry who is often to be seen behaving badly in London nightclubs) had anything to do with keeping the incident quiet but we’ll never know. Perhaps her sister, now a skeleton waiting to be enthroned as soon as Queen Elizabeth the II carps it, used her newly received “get out of jail free card” (like those issued in the game Monopoly but real) but we’ll never know about that either. After all, the incidents described in this quickly dashed of rant are only alleged and not even that anymore.

I just had to comment on it, and said:

“If you read the text on it it is clearly written ‘tongue-in-cheek’ and shouldn’t be taken seriously by anyone. It was written as a bad attempt at humour – why anyone would think it was trying to be serious is beyond me.”

Meanwhile, over on the WTF section of Reddit the same thing had been posted under the title ‘No way this is real I….I can’t breathe. WTF’. And all hell had broken loose! Nearly 500 comments have been posted on it already. And the sad, sad thing is that a good number of said commentators did not realise that it was satire.

Anyway, if your eyesight isn’t up to scratch and you are struggling to read the text on the image, here is the link to the original text from the newspaper The Daily Mirror. The first thing you will notice is that it was first published on the 30th of September 2011. It’s old news!

Well, it’s not even news at all, it’s satire. Clearly. Read through the 10 reasons why ‘One Direction Is Better Than The Beatles’ and you will clearly see it is satire. To suggest, for example, that One Direction is better than the Beatles because the Beatles were never on the X Factor is a ridiculous statement. To claim that One Direction is better than the Beatles because the Beatles never met Simon Cowell is clearly a joke. By the same logic then, it’s like saying Chico is better than the Beatles. Farcical suggestion.

The point is though that any sane person reading the Daily Mirror article by Polly Hudson would clearly see that it is a joke. Satire written with tongue firmly in cheek. And I must admit that it did tickle my funny bone immediately as it is clearly satire. The reaction of many of the people on Reddit who couldn’t see it as satire, I found just as amusing. Especially as we are now more than 6 months further on from when it was first published.

So, in an attempt to clear up the confusion, here are 10 reasons why One Direction Is NOT Better Than The Beatles.

1. The Beatles never performed on the X Factor!
2. The Beatles wrote their own songs!
3. The Beatles played their own instruments!
4. The Beatles were talented!
5. Everyone can name the members of the Beatles!
6. The Beatles became a band without any input from the Pussycat Dolls!
7. The Beatles completed their first album in one day, One Direction took a whole year!
8. One Direction are the ambassadors for Pokemon!
9. More than 40 years after splitting, people still like the Beatles!
10. The Beatles are better then One Direction

(And just in case anyone is still in doubt, those last 10 reasons are also said firmly tongue-in-cheek!)

Reasons the Ulsterman Supports Mitt Romney

• Mitt Romney – despite his many weaknesses of mind and body – is the only right wing candidate with even the slightest chance of winning the presidential election in the United States of America in 2012.
• So far as anyone can tell (but this fact has not been scrutinized by the press continually for two years) Romney is a natural born American.
• So far as anyone can tell Mitt Romney is Caucasian.
• So far as anybody can tell Mitt Romney.

Main Reason for Ulsterman to Support Mitt Romney

• So far as anyone one can tell Mitt Romney is not a Roman Catholic.

There you have it.  Ulsterman, for all his pretended, seemingly amphetamine fuelled, brainy banter backed up by imaginary insider sources, would support a man made from bullshit brandishing a belly tattoo and a copy of Mein Kamph as long as the bellied fascist had a cat in hell’s chance of preventing Obama’s second term. 

Despite the huge amounts of money Mitt Romney is channelling into the fight to become the Republican candidate in this year’s presidential election he still has not won the nomination. Super Tuesday was a super muddying of the water with Romney only managing an unconvincing 6 from a possible 10 votes. Could it be that most Americans are a bit wary of the once polygamist cult of the Mormon Church?

Mitt Romney Stifles Mormon Debate

We’d like to answer these questions but the debate is simply not happening. The question is (ironically, this being a Republican matter) the elephant in the room or the Emperor’s new clothes. Even members of the loony Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Birthers and the homophobic right wing are quiet on this matter. Perhaps they are too embarrassed or perhaps religion is not, after all they’ve said, an important matter. Perhaps they don’t want to make a big thing of it because they are going to look even more stupid when Barack Hussein Obama achieves another landslide victory.

Is Mitt’s Mormonism a Problem? Have Your Say Here!

Have your say here. We are particularly interested in the views of the loony Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Birthers and the homophobic right wing but if you just want to poke fun at the aforementioned that is allowed too. Please be advised however that rude remarks and personal attacks on AndAnotherThing (unless they serve to make the leavers of such comments look even more absurd) will be removed.

Official language: Arabic

Land area: 4,437 sq mi/11,493 sq km

Population:  910,000

Dominant religion: Islam

Capital: Doha

Current leader: Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani

Qatar is a small country on the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. It occupies a tiny peninsula of its own which juts into the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to the south.

 Qatar has one of the largest percentages of foreign-born residents in the world – over 70 percent! Most foreigners come to work in the tiny country’s huge oil industry but a significant number of people from Southeast Asian countries, particularly the Philippines, work as domestic workers for wealthy Qatari families.

 Qatar is one of the world’s leading producers of oil and natural gas and the oil industry constitutes a huge majority of the country’s economic activity. With its small population, Qatar is one of the world’s richest nations in terms of average income per person.

 From 1916 to 1971, Qatar had been a British protectorate. Although the country ran most of its own affairs its defense and foreign policy was mostly the responsibility of the United Kingdom. It was granted independence in 1971. During the 1991 Gulf War Qatar allowed the United States and other members of the coalition to use its air bases to launch attacks against Iraq.

Happier times Gemma McCuskie as Gemma alongside fellow actors Michelle Ryan, Jack Ryder & Dean Gaffney.

Gemma McCluskie went missing after a hospital opening on the 1st of March, and her limbless body was found floating in the canal near her home on Tuesday.

A post-mortem examination of the torso proved inconclusive as to the cause of death, police hope that locating the head or limbs may help uncover the cause of death. It is thought that to this point Tony McCluskie of Pelter Street Bethnal Green has not admitted to the murder of his sister, and is due to appear in court on Monday morning.

One of the last photographs of the actress.

Gemma McCluskie appeared in Eastenders in 2001 as Kerry Skinner the great niece of original Eastenders character Ethal. Kerry was the best friend of Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan), but had a tendency of being a bit on the twisted side. She exited the series after accepting a marriage proposal from Robbie (Dean Gaffney) but her methods were not genuine.

Former and present Eastenders actors have paid tribute to McCluskie.

Gemma on a recent night out

Gemma McCluskie played trouble making Kerry Skinner in the soap opera during 2001. The character of Kerry, played Zoe’s (Michelle Ryan) best friend, and grand-daughter of Eastenders original Ethel Skinner.

On March 1st Gemma attended the opening of a hospital, she was seen wearing a yellow long sleeved top, blue leggings, and carrying a Louis Vuitton handbag. Later a commotion was overheard at the home of McCluskie who lived on Pelter Street, Bethnal Green. This was the last anyone heard, or saw of her.

Gemma was murdered in the afternoon of March 1st, her head, legs and arms were cut off with a knife or other item of “surgical” standard. The body was dumped in the canal, but as yet the other remains have not been found.

Gemma with fellow Eastenders Stars Michael Ryan, Jack Ryder & Dean Gaffney.

Police are now reviewing CCTV footage to try and trace the exact movements of Gemma during her final hours.

On Wednesday, Gemma’s 35-year-old brother Tony was arrested in connection with her murder, after their were inconsistencies in his story, and a neighbour identified him as the person Gemma was arguing on the day she disappeared. The police now have to decide whether to release, charge, or ask for an extension on the custody of Tony, as the 72 hour period since his arrest draws closer.

The court heard how a woman looked over to Webb on the busy commuter train, and saw him rustling with his hands under a newspaper, breathing vigoursly and “groping” himself. She reported the incident to the police stating she saw him masturbation on the train.

In court however Webb stated that he was a banjo player, and was practicing chords on his legs. The accused then produced images of himself playing the banjo. When asked about the “groping” Webb claimed that he was merely adjusting his underwear which was causing him discomfort. Finally when quizzed about the breathing Webb revealed he had a respiratory condition.

The prosecution attempted to argue that nobody adjusts their underwear in public, but Webb’s defence were on hand with evidence to show that not only they do, but its in the interest of their health to do so. Using a 2007 episode of channel 4’s street doctor as evidence.

It took a jury of 8 men and women forty minutes to reach the majority verdict of not guilty, and Webb was released free from court

It is suspected that Webb will now attempt to sue the legal system for loss of earnings and public humiliation. “I will always be know as the man who had a wank on the train!’

Official language: Arabic

Land area: 6,880 sq mi/17,818 sq km

Population:  2,887,000

Dominant religion: Islam

Capital: Kuwait

Current leader: Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah

Kuwait is a small country in southwestern Asia, sitting on the Arabian Peninsula. It is surrounded by Iraq to the north, the Persian Gulf to east and Saudi Arabia to the south. The country also includes many offshore islands.

 Most of Kuwait’s population is Arab but Kuwaitis constitute only about 45 percent of the population. Most of the rest of the population are foreign expatriates who work for the country’s oil industry.

 Much of Kuwait’s economy is dependent on the oil industry and it is one of the world’s leading producers of petroleum. It is mainly thanks to revenues collect from oil sales that Kuwait is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. But the country has very little agriculture due to the fact that desert makes up most of its territory.

 The British began arriving in Kuwait in the late 1700’s and their influence spread gradually. By 1900 Kuwait was a British protectorate. It gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1961. On August 1, 1990, following months territorial and border disputes as well as disputes on oil production Iraq attacked Kuwait, quickly overrunning the country’s defenses and occupying the country, claiming to have annexed it. When Iraq refused repeated demands that it withdraw its troops, the United Nations authorized the use of force against Iraq. On January 15, 1991, led by the United States, a military coalition from 39 countries attacked Iraq and liberated Kuwait the following month in what is known as the 1991 Gulf War.