It has come to my attention over the years that, for some reason, weird facts seem to be something that everyone wants to know about. Human kind must just be lovers of the weird and wonderful I guess. So in answer to the cries for useless but amazing information I have decided that once a week I am going to introduce you all to some weird, wonderful or just good for a laugh facts!
“So, what sort of fact shall start off this new weekly event?” I hear you ask! and I reply with the below:
Did you know that Porcupines float in water??
Like many people the first thing I do when I get to work, after switching on the computer, is check my emails. I skip through any of the junk emails that I might have received (i.e. hair loss creams, or something that might help put some passion back into your relationship) and get down to the important emails from colleagues and clients. But this morning something caught my eye.
The single and best piece of advice ever that I have received by email! I as unsure whether I should share this information with the world lest we all take the advice, therefore making it invalid… but I confess, I am not a selfish man at heart so here is the advice that was imparted to me via email this morning.
It asked the question “Want to become a serious businessman and you don’t have a lot of money yet?” and then gave the solution to its conundrum, this being… Buy a watch!
Yes, buy a watch. Apparently owning a really expensive watch will help you rise in your social status! So if you want to be a ‘serious’ businessman or woman, don’t go to business school or get a degree, oh no. Just buy a really expensive watch!
˙˙˙sǝɔɐld ɹǝɥʇo uı ǝsn ɹoɟ ǝʇsɐd puɐ ʇı dılɟ ,ʇxǝʇ ǝɯos ʇnduı noʎ s,ʇǝl ʇɐɥʇ ddɐ ǝlʇʇıl pɐɯ sıɥʇ punoɟ ʇsnɾ
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¡ʇı ʎɹʇ
The recent heatwave seems to be having an interesting effect on the staff at Cuckoo as we’re now dancing sporadically and in perfect harmony. Ben is hoping the heat will subside soon so he can cancel his order of sequined bellbottoms.
Heatwave Dance Fever.
So I’m listening to Radio 5live whilst showering this morning and through the obvious watery sounds I hear the Cuckoo is a threatened species.
Surely not?!
The ‘red list’ is nothing to do with Fergie’s summer transfer targets but the RSPB’s definition of those most in need of urgent conservation action. Apparently the cuckoo is one of a number of summer-visiting birds that are appearing in every decreasing numbers. So much so that RSPB conservation director Mark Avery has described the cuckoo’s decline as “most shocking” where numbers have declined by almost 40% over the last 15 years.
The experts are not yet certain why migrant birds are declining in the UK. The outlook seems bleak for our namesake renowned for its distinctive springtime song.
However we are not going to silenced so easily. In a show of solidarity we’re turning-up the volume, now regularly ‘tweeting’ away on the latest web sensation Twitter.
Follow us – http://twitter.com/CuckooDesign
Living with a student I have an up to date reminder on how much you don’t get to see the sun when your in your final semister, working morning to morning. But even with all the work, students need something to think about whilst they are cooped up inside, so Wilkinsons came up with a nifty calender for freshers week back in September 08.
The calender is extremely useful for remember events such as Mothers Day, your own birthday and Christmas, but most importantly it helps you to remember the important events such as doughnut week 9th-16th and Dance like a Chicken Day which is today.
So lets celebrate by dancing like a chicken and eat doughnuts!
Dance Like a Chicken
Doughnut Week
There has been a lot of talk in the studio
recently about getting a studio pet.
I have done a bit of research and
have found a few potential winners.
These include a squirrolf, dug and the pigeon dog.
Hopefully we can come to some agreement
on the most practical creature for the studio!
Go on, you know you want to.
A pack of mice attacked a bedridden 89-year-old man at an Australian nursing home, shredding parts of his ears and prompting a government investigation.
Justine Elliot, the federal minister for ageing, ordered an inquiry into care at the government-run nursing home in Queensland, saying the incident was “extremely disturbing and traumatic for residents and their families”.
Ray Hopper, a state opposition politician who was contacted by the man’s family this week about the attack, said the victim was found by nursing staff covered in blood on Saturday.
“An elderly, bedridden gentleman had the tops of his ears severely chewed, his head badly bitten and a very bad wound in the throat,” Hopper said. “His hands were covered in blood when they found him; he’d obviously been so distressed trying to get the mice away.”
Hopper accused health officials of being slow to respond to an out-of-control mouse infestation at Dalby hospital, where Karingal nursing home is located.
“It is the most disgusting, horrific thing,” Hopper said. “There wasn’t a wall of mice suddenly hitting the place‚ this has been building up for three weeks. They had plenty of time to act.”
Pam Lane, a Queensland state government health officer, confirmed that two residents had been treated for mouse bites at the home and called the attacks “unfortunate”.
“We are doing everything we can to rid the mice from the facility,” she said in a statement.
