It wasn’t happy hour in The Benjamin Huntsman. There are no happy hours in The Benjamin Huntsman –it is a Wetherspoon pub franchise and thus, no hour can ever be truly happy here. Besides, happiness does not comply with EU Directive 89/391/EEC regarding health and safety in the workplace.
Loz K joins a vast ocean of bleary-eyed hipsters, reggae aficionados and undercover capitalists in sticking it to The Man by smoking a token quantity of the quasi-legal psychoactive substance known as marijuana.
Read more "420 Day: Government Sanctioned Smoke And Well Placed Mirrors"Do we swear because it gives our words power or have we just run out of intelligent things to say? Is bad language an emphatic linguistic tool or a crutch for our crippled vocabularies?
Read more "… And Other Bad Words"Locked into a brutal game of chicken on the bus to nowhere.
Read more "No Escape From The 99"Do not smile. Do not make eye contact. Keep your hands on the wheel and fully visible at all times. The border official paces around the car like a paedo-wolf or Piers Morgan, whichever is worse. Do not speak unless you are spoken to. Answer the officer in a timely and respectful manner.
It was another beautiful day at the Poker Creek border crossing.
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