A computer disk containing the details of 2,000 members of the British Council has been lost. But wait… it’s alright this time. A spokesman said… The data on the disk was compressed using a proprietary algorithm Compressed? Not encryped? Who uses a proprietary compression routine? Furthermore, it is not an ordinary CD-ROM or DVD, but…

Again, not exhaustive, but my current pet peevs. Naturally, I don’t do any of these.

Not the most definitive list – I’m sure it’s really a lot larger, but here are the first 5 that spring to mind… Women covering your mouth whilst laughing, as if in some kind of “oh, Mr Darcy” Jane Austen way. Stupidly loud, exaggerated sneezes. Shouting and/or clapping when somebody drops a plate. Joining in…

Every-so-often there’s a new story that makes me hang my head in shame with regard to my fellow countrymen. These are usually stories of mass-idiocy, rather than a single person who isn’t really representative of the majority. This week there have been 2 such stories. First of all, timber from a cargo ship has been…