Ridiculam Mundi – Page 5

Japanese Scientists Invent New Jam Jar For The Future

June 9, 2014

In Australia by the year 2060, it is estimated over 25% of the population will be over 65. In Japan, where young people apparently prefer oculolinctus and other diversions to sex, the problem is even more dire....

Scientists Finally Discover The Greatest Mystery Of The Ocean Depths

C S Hughes

April 15, 2014

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The classic line from 2001 A Space Odyssey, "My God, it's full of stars," resounds with awe and majesty at the mystery of space. It's often been said that the vast ocean depths are also like space, a last front...

Ministry Of Silly Walks Causing Hilarity And Traffic Hazard in Norway

C S Hughes

April 10, 2014

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Silly The Ministry Of Silly Walks is a sketch from episode 14 of the first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus, first broadcast in 1970. John Cleese's figure as a gangling bowler hatted bureaucrat has beco...

Tony Abbott Gets Catty Over Kitty

C S Hughes

February 16, 2014

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Thanks to a new browser plug-in, Australians no longer have to be inadvertently exposed to the grim and unpleasant face of Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. Instead, Abbott's milk-curdling features are automatically...

Five Themes Nerds Shouldn’t Hum After Sex – A Humourgraphic

C S Hughes

February 2, 2014

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You May Be Surprised At What Santa And Smaug No Longer Have In Common

C S Hughes

January 29, 2014

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You've heard of Forbes, it's a magazine about money, business, wealth, a magazine about the obscenely rich for those who aspire to be obscenely rich. The Forbes list of Billionaires has been published since 198...

Klingon Councilman’s Cute And Curt Resignation

C S Hughes

January 5, 2014

Film & TV, Ridiculam Mundi

David Waddell, Councilman in the small town of Indian Trail, North Carolina, has caused some controversy with a resignation letter penned in Klingon, the language of the warrior race, former enemies, now allies...

Happy Holidays from the Nerds

Olga Hughes

December 25, 2013

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Happy Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Turkey Day, Happy Hobbit Eve, Happy Holidays from Nerdalicious. May the hair on your toes never fall out! Merry Christmas from Neil Kemp - Margate, Kent, somewhere bey...

What’s Funny About Christmas Crackers?

C S Hughes

December 24, 2013

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Bon Bons or Christmas Crackers are tinsel coloured paper tubes that explode in a whiff of brimstone when pulled apart, revealing a paper hat, sometimes a sweet or a little toy, and the ubiquitous bad joke. Q...

The Hidden Political Agendas In Richard Scarry’s Naughty Bunny

C S Hughes

October 17, 2013

Art, Books, Ridiculam Mundi

Richard Scarry's Naughty Bunny is a children's book, published by Golden Press, Sydney, in 1974, by arrangement with Western Publishing Company. It seems an innocent tale of a cute but naughty bunny. Make no mi...

What Is History?

C S Hughes

September 28, 2013

History, Ridiculam Mundi

It is said speculation is the spice on the lumpy porridge of history. Satire is the plums. History itself is a morass, a bowl from which a spoon may hold juicy raisins as likely as recalcitrant nuts. With the c...

Dating Trekkies – To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

C S Hughes

September 17, 2013

Film & TV, Ridiculam Mundi

Dating and Star Trek, it is, perhaps, the final frontier. We're not talking about dating Chris Pine or Zachary Quinto, we're not even talking about dating Bill Shatner or George Takei. The thought of dating Jer...

These Are Not The Cookies You Are Looking For

C S Hughes

September 12, 2013

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When pop culture, technology, sugar and pastry meet, the results are obviously, nerdalicious. Here for your delectation is a collection of the most genre-ific cookie cutters and other foodish accessories we ...

The Halibut – Or There And Back Again – A Recipe In No Uncertain Terms

C S Hughes

September 1, 2013

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In a hole under the sea there lived a Halibut. Not a pleasant, dry hole with windows and a larder, no. A nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell. This was quite an ordinary Halib...

Seven Ridiculous Reasons Superhero Movie Characters Wear Masks

C S Hughes

August 25, 2013

Film & TV, Ridiculam Mundi

Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, and maybe half the comic books you've ever heard of said in a recent interview about the creation of the Fantastic Four, "I tr...

Why Riverdance Is Still Funny 20 Years On

C S Hughes

August 24, 2013

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Riverdance, it's iconic. Riverdance as we know it began as a kind of half time match during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. That's a sort of a Superbowl or World Cup of talent shows. It has spawned the likes ...

Is Lorem Ipsum A Motto For Our Times?

C S Hughes

August 21, 2013

History, Ridiculam Mundi

Lorem Ipsum is of course classical Latin. Anyone who has done any kind of online publishing will have encountered the ubiquitous Latin quotation. Since the 1960s Lorem Ipsum has been used as place holder text i...