I couldn't believe my ears. After months of tuning in to the Today Programme on Radio 4 in the morning for the daily dose of woe, gloom and impending doom there was actually an item on a UFO hitting a wind turbine followed by another on an Irish ghost. Has the editor of the Sun taken over for a stint as deputy editor on Today? If so he's really welcome as Marion and I have been listening to Today and steadily pulling the sheets higher and higher over our heads every morning for the past few months as the tally of redundancies and litany of company failures drones endlessly on.
As for the UFO hitting the wind turbine? I think the Sun got the story a bit wrong. They said that one of the blades had disappeared (it was on the ground below the turbine but hey this is the Sun and if it didn't have any boobs the reporter wouldn't have noticed)and, having had a read of the article which you can check out here, I can't help feeling that there may well be a more logical explanation. Mind you a UFO could be divine intervention.
Which would be a big problem for my fellow atheists who invested in the bus campaign that was launched yesterday. Perhaps this was a way of getting revenge. But if I was God I would have targeted a bus or even a bus full of atheists not a wind turbine. You have to admit that the atheists have a point though don't you? I mean, apart from giving people the forlorn hope that things might be a bit better in a future life, what has religion ever done for anybody? I could name a hundred wars and conflicts caused by religion but how many have been caused by atheism? You don't believe in God? We don't believe in God. What can we fight about now? Don't like your nose much.We could have the hooter wars.
As for the Irish ghost? This has been spotted in Coalisland County Tyrone and traffic has been jamming the road with up to sixty cars parked. As the spot where the apparition walks is very conveniently close to a local pub I can't help but feel that the local landlord has found his own way of beating the credit crunch (especially as his eleven year old son seems to be the one who has seen it). He reckons that sales of spirits have rocketed.
All of which made a great change to the start to the day. Was it deliberate? Has Today been losing listeners by the bus full? Tune in tomorrow and perhaps we'll have a song from John Humphrys. Or maybe we'll be back to 2,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire.
Went to the pictures last night to see Yes Man. Verdict? Good. A very enjoyable film and don't leave your seat until the credits have rolled. There is a great little post credit scene. We tried to get into Chiquitos before the movie but were turned away unless we could manage a fifteen minute wait. Looking over the manager's shoulder I could see a half empty restaurant. Someone had obviously not taken Orange Wednesdays into account when planning the staffing last night. So we went to Bella Italia another chain restaurant on the cinema site. There we were welcomed to a seat immediately and served promptly and courteously. The food was OK but I have to say only OK and the bill of £50 for two was on the high side for a pre cinema meal. So next week we will be back to Chiquito and hope that the staff levels are better.
Here's a guy the Sun found hiding in a shed near that wind farm.
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