Leicestershire man Neil O'Brien flew into a rage after hearing his girlfriend have sex with another man--when she accidentally phoned O'Brien during the act. "It appears that while they were in bed together - and it is relevant that they were having sex - her mobile phone was knocked on to the floor," said John Hallisey, the man prosecuting O'Brien, who drove to his girlfriend's house and beat her up. "It landed in such a way that it dialed O'Brien's number. The first she knew of what had happened was when she heard him shouting her name."
Moral of the story: Just as when entering a movie theater, church or school recital, always turn off your mobile phone before going in the bedroom.
It sounds as if working at Trefeca College, a religious retreat in Wales, is a bit like being in the 7th grade. At least if you work around Mair Jones, 40, the self-described "Queen of Innuendo." Or, as she might pronounce it: "In-your-end-oh." It seems that Jones delights in twisting every comment, no matter how innocuous, into a sexual pretzel. Said co-worker Stephen Price: "Every conversation would somehow end up being a conversation about sex. I asked for a big ruler and she responded: 'Ooh, you like them big do you?' in obvious reference to a man's penis size. This happened continuously and was part of her repertoire."
On another occasion Jones remarked upon how funny it was that a local landmark was known as Lord Hereford's Knob and a village was called Three Cocks. Price says Jones also gave him a roll of toilet paper covered in pink fairies. Price, who is gay, has accused Jones of sexual harassment. Ha! He said "her ass"!
The British press frequently writes about the UK's teenage binge-drinking problem. Who knew it also contributed to it: "Journalist cautioned for giving alcohol to 16-year-olds." According to the Guardian story, the unnamed 28-year-old journalist gave booze to the kids as part of a photo shoot on underage drinking "and told them they could keep the alcohol afterwards." There is a level of irony here that even I can't quite fathom.
Look, up in the sky, it's the Royal Air Force in the news: An RAF fighter pilot has won his battle with the United States Air Force over the size of his handlebar moustache. ("Ooooh, he likes them big, does he? -- Mair Jones.) And the Ministry of Defence is clashing with a company that sells a duvet cover featuring the RAF's distinctive roundel design, accusing it of copyright infringement.
Finally, for those of you who woke up this morning wishing you could see a photo of a piglet wearing Wellington boots, your prayers have been answered. Ditto those of you hoping to see a photo of Lindsay Lohan in flip-flops, used for some reason to illustrate a story on how that choice of footwear can raise your risk of getting cancer.
That Other Place
I'm not the only Washingtonian set loose in an English college town and blogging about it. The DC Editors in Cambridge are a pair of journalists who reside in that village that's 71 roundabouts away from Oxford. They travel even more than I do and their report from Maastricht includes a delightful photo that shows Dutch ingenuity at its best.
Gargoyle of the Week
Here's the steeple on the Exeter College chapel:
You'll notice that hanging from near the base are some very nice examples of the gargoyle carver's art:
They look like they're ready to swoop down and take a chunk out of an undergraduate.
We're swooping to Ireland this weekend, so no blog on Monday. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.
7 comments:
"No, I have no idea who Tara Palmer-Tomkison is (can a reader help?"
Its been a mystery to us Brits for years...
The Dutch movers are what I'd call "remarkably optimistic" rather than ingenious. Do you think that actually worked?
I have no idea who Tara Palmer-Tomkinson may be. In America a hyphenated name like that is likely to be a reflection of feminism. But in England it could suggest a member of the upper middle-class, as perhaps in Ivy Compton-Burnett.
The handlebar issue was a suprising one. The USAF has always been the least "hair-phobic" of the big 4 military services. I'll bet some facial-hair challenged officer was behind this.
From Wikipedia-Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (born December 23, 1971) also known as TPT[1], is a well-known one-time English "it girl", television personality, presenter, commercial model, columnist and sometime concert pianist.
Sorry to change subjects. But the death of Tim Russert has hit DC hard. It was very odd to watch Meet the Press with no Tim. Life is short. Tim was a very young 58.
What surprised me that there was no mention of his very funny turn as the cousin of a female detective named Russert on that Baltimore cop show that was on NBC a number of years ago. He was brilliant.
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