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A quiz in 4 parts (2)
September 9th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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A quiz in 4 parts (3)
September 9th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend… except one Which animal does not attend?
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A quiz in 4 parts (4)
September 9th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
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Roger in trouble (2)
September 8th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Last time, it was South Wales postman Roger Annies who was suspended by Royal Mail for advising customers on his round how to stop receiving what RM calls door-to-door, that is unaddressed and unsolicited mail. I blogged about this here when I explained that, on behalf of the consumer watchdog Postwatch, I did seven interviews […]
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Roger in trouble (1)
August 29th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
It’s not me (this time) – but it has involved me. It’s the case of the South Wales postman Roger Annies who has been suspended by Royal Mail for advising customers on his round how to stop receiving what RM calls door-to-door, that is unaddressed and unsolicited mail. Today I’ve done three media interviews on […]
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The dark world of Scientology
August 25th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
In the week that the world’s most famous scientologist Tom Cruise is dropped by Paramount Pictures because of the actor’s strange behaviour, I attended my first meeting of an informal gathering known as Skeptics In The Pub when the subject for debate was cults with particular reference to scientology. Scientology – the term means “the […]
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The “Times” take on PiP
August 22nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Totally licked – Postman Pat meets the Royal Mail’s new pricing-in-proportion scheme “Good morning, Mrs Goggins,” said Postman Pat in his cheerful way as he did every morning. Mrs Goggins, on the other hand, did not seem her usual self at all, distinctly frazzled in fact. Perhaps it was the queue, Pat thought; he had […]
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Something else you didn’t know …
August 18th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
I think that regular visitors to NightHawk will agree that it covers an electic range of subjects – both serious and lighter – and from time to time one learns something. Well, today I learned something new – not earth-shattering but fun. I was called on the phone by the Press Asociation this morning to […]
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The planet is boiling
July 26th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
This July has seen temperatures in the UK exceeed 30C day after day – a most unusual experience. But we are certainly not alone. United States Temperature hits 48.8C in South Dakota, 46C in California. Hundreds of thousands are left without power as air-conditioners overload the electricity grid. At least 10 suspected heat-related deaths are […]
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