The World’s oldest Hominid
Has the world's oldest bipedal hominid been discovered? (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** Just 60km away from where the world famous 'Lucy' was discovered, the fossilised remains of a small, apparently bipedal hominid have sent archaeologists, anthropologists and evolutionists into quite the tizzy. Click here to read more
Argue & Phibbs Solicitors
No, not Cheetem, Dewey and Howe... (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** This Sligo based firm of solicitors, whose offices are located directly opposite Sligo Courthouse, must surely have the most unusual business name in the world, Argue & Phibbs. This unlikely sounding professional partnership is not a name which was not at all ficticious or made up for a laugh, these name belonged to two real men, Mr W. H. Argue and Mr Talbot Phibbs. More »
Christ and thieves on real crosses
Spectacular scourging and blood special effects (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** From the Irish Independent (freebie subscription) THE group behind a Passion play to be performed in Ballylinan, Co Laois, has insisted that it is not trying to attract sensation in promising in its flyers "spectacular scourging and blood special effects", "real rain at Calvary", and "Christ and thieves on real crosses". The play will run in the village hall in Ballylinan from March 18 until Good Friday and boasts a "cast of 136" and a "production team of 40". It is also...
Irish and British seas are seriously ailing
Richness of our seas 'being systematically destroyed' (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** Irish and British seas are seriously ailing and the species that depend on them are suffering as never before, a new report reveals. Read more » (needs freebie subscription)
Save the Castlemill Boatyard! Sign!
The Castlemill boatyard is under threat... (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** Sign the petition, to save the Castle Mill Boatyard. Do it!
Snail-carrying cargo ship docks with ISS
Are These Escargot For Consumption Or Mollusk Minions For Experimentation? (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** Well, they say the snails are for weightlessness experiments and that the merry mollusks will return to Earth with the crew. But I wonder... Read more about the snails who came out of their shells.
There was a huge lobster from nantucket
Gather round me hearties, as I tell the dark and ironic tale of Bubba the 22 pound lobster... (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** Bubba was no ordinary lobster, for one thing he weighed 22 pounds and he may have been a hundred years old. Abducted from his native waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, he was transported to a Pittsburgh fish market, were he was held for a week, on ice. Eventually Bob Wholey, the fish market owner, bowed to pressure from P.E.T.A. and agreed to send him to an aquarium at a Ripley's Believe...
Garda Car Rammed By Stolen Tractor
Only in Ireland - a Garda (police) patrol car was rammed by a stolen tractor - one of two stolen in Co. Donegal early yesterday... (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** "Gardai in the Inishowen peninsula of Donegal were alerted after a Massey Ferguson tractor was reported stolen close to the Border village of Muff." Muff, as most people know, is the home of a well known diving centre.* More in The Irish Independent » *: This bit may not be true.
City is ‘cursed’ by ancient stone
"Another Millennium Project Brings Fear & Loathing." (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ******** A stone commissioned to mark the millennium may be destroyed after being blamed for bringing misfortunes of "biblical proportions" to a city. Since the Cursing Stone was placed in Carlisle, the city has suffered floods, foot-and-mouth disease, job losses and a goal famine for the football team. The 14-tonne granite artwork is carved with a 1,069-word 16th Century curse. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4311611.stm
Engineers devise invisibility shield. Kind of.
And you thought it was just the stuff of Klingon Warbirds? Well, think again: the invisible man is here... (Brought to you by Zeitgiest - the free Blather news service) ********* Perverts and spies rejoice! Now, you too can walk through walls, spy on people and dribble in the womens dressing room at Wimbledon... "The idea of a cloak of invisibility that hides objects from view has long been confined to the more improbable reaches of science fiction. But electronic engineers have now come up with a way to make one." Click here to read more