Save the Chandigarh Trainee Blog!

I've been saddened by the lack of posting on the blog and I've decided to act. Lets send a message to, umm, I'm not sure who, but someone, that this blog will not die.

Sign the petition to save the Chandigarh Trainee Blog and fight back against the MAN!

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/savetraineeschdblog

A Kent style random post...

Did you know...

• Humans can be born suffering from a rare condition known as "sirenomelia" or "mermaid syndrome", in which the legs are fused together to resemble the tail of a fish.
• One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
• Lionesses like their males to be deep brunettes.
• The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.
• In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.
• The 71m packets of biscuits sold annually by United Biscuits, owner of McVitie's, generate 127.8 tonnes of crumbs.
• When faced with danger, the octopus can wrap six of its legs around its head to disguise itself as a fallen coconut shell and escape by walking backwards on the other two legs, scientists discovered.
• The average employee spends 14 working days a year on personal e-mails, phone calls and web browsing, outside official breaks, according to employment analysts Captor.
• Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones: Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street.
• It takes 75kg of raw materials to make a mobile phone.
• Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.
• It takes less energy to import a tomato from Spain than to grow them in this country (UK) because of the artificial heat needed, according to Defra.
• First-born children are less creative but more stable, while last-born are more promiscuous, says US research.
• A towel doesn't legally reserve a sun lounger - and there is nothing in German or Spanish law to stop other holidaymakers removing those left on vacant seats.
• One in six children think that broccoli is a baby tree.
• One in 18 people has a third nipple.
• Spanish Flu, the epidemic that killed 50 million people in 1918/9, was known as French Flu in Spain.
• Bill Gates does not have an iPod.
• Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a "public performance".

Just a sample from a list of things we didn't know this time last year from the BBC.

Thanks for the Insult!

OK, so I know i didn't look the best yesterday – 8 hours on a bus followed by no sleep due to the thunderstorm isn't the best beauty treatment, but you really don't expect the question

“Are you a drifter?”

on your way home from work...

C'mon, Thanks for making me feel like a wandering hobo!

P.S. I don't do resolutions – they interfere with my planned life of pure hedonism!

Oh and Happy New Year to Everyone!

Sam's New Year's Resolution

Okay, that was just the cartoonist's resolution, as evidenced by his sloppy colouring.

My new year's resolution is to wake up earlier than 10 minutes before I have to leave the house in the morning so that I don't have to eat my breakfast on the run.

What's your new year's resolution?