1. Paul O’Connell is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis.2. There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Paul O’Connell allows to live.3. When Paul O’Connell drinks pee, his asparagus smells funny.4. When Paul O’Connell was born, the nurse said, “Holy Cow! That’s Paul O’Connell!” […]

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So, with a bit of a smile on my face, I read about more ranting from a DUP assembly member.  The following is from the Guardian.  Please try not to laugh.  The DUP need not to be mocked too much these days.

The Ulster Museum in Belfast faces a legal challenge unless it stages a creationist […]

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There is an article in Silicon Republic today about the emergence of bioinformatics in Ireland.  I said a few wacky things during the interview and they made it into the article.  Recently there has been an attempt to bring back an extinct species, the Pyrenean Ibex, by nuclear transfer (cloning) and a baby ibex was […]

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After two weeks of marking exam scripts, I somehow love this cartoon.

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Today Baroness Murphy - Dr Elaine Murphy in a previous life - came clean about her letter to the British Medical Journal in 1974, where she reported that she had observed a case of Cello Scrotum.  The disease doesn’t exist, she has now said, she sent the letter to BMJ for a laugh.
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This is from the Daily Telegraph in Australia.

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Just read this article on the BBC about the CIA bribing Afghani warlords with viagra. I guess it could work, but I don’t know how long they might be able to keep it up. Apparently, some of the warlords stole a consignment of the stuff. The army are looking for hardened criminals.

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