What have the swiss ever done for me? It’s an obvious enough question. Well for one, there’s the cuckoo clock. Then they invented the handy, bright red pocket knife-come-toolkit, for an army that doesn’t actually ever get to fight any wars. A nice touch, that.
Oh, and now they’re plotting to blow up the planet.
Not really [...]
Archive for the ‘fear’ Category
The pub guide to the End of the World
Posted in big science, fear, panic, tagged end of the world, Large Hadron Collider, LHC on September 10, 2008 | No Comments »
The Coach’s guide to Panic Buying
Posted in 4x4s, fear, panic, petrol on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As the striking Shell drivers bring the UK to its knees, the Coach brings you the definitive guide to stockpiling and hoarding.
It’s a tricky business knowing when to panic buy, but the Coach’s advice is actually quite simple on this: Buy as much stuff as you can before everybody else does.
Petrol: you need it more [...]
The Nanny looks after your kids
Posted in fear, paedos on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
The BBC reports that today’s concerned parents are denying their children the basic right to roam, and often don’t allow them out of the house.
Apparently, in 1970, an average 9-year-old girl would have been allowed to stray some 840 metres from home, but this had shrunk to a dramatic 280 metres by 1997, and the [...]
WWJD?
Posted in fear, wwjd on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Making sense of the constant bombardment of scare stories and governmental interference in your life can be a tough old business. The nannying government would like to be in control of what you eat, what you drink, what you smoke, and even what you think.
The Nanny Coach advises you to learn to think for yourself. [...]
What to fear?
Posted in bird flu, fear, health, paedos, phone masts on May 30, 2007 | No Comments »
The results of ITV’s latest phone poll programme, Britain’s Favourite Fear make interesting reading for our readers.
In the show, hosted by celebrity scientist Myleene Klass, viewers were asked to text in the irrational fear which most consumed their lives. The Nanny Coach suggests that this list, though not exhaustive, would make a good “starter list” for anyone [...]
