Bun fight at the OK tea rooms

Well more freedom demo at the Vaults bar in Stony Stratford, but given Councillor Bartlett’s behaviour so far it does look like we’re dealing with an intellectually unarmed man. Realistically the chance of Mr Bartletts proposals “to ban smoking outside” going through even without a demo are very very slim – but of course we’ve seen that before many times. The first time a ban is proposed it’s laughed at an ignored, so next time round the lack of protest is cited as evidence that people don’t mind. This gets repeated a few times till a ban is brought quietly … Continue reading

Smokes and Brews

Mainly a load of links to other peoples stuff today by way of plugging an event over in Stony Stratford. Smoking or rather stopping people enjoying smoking has been much in the news of late with Australia being the first country to adopt plain packaging laws (H/T Dick Puddlecote), a move which Leg Iron has observed previously will just make counterfeit smokes all the easier to make. So serious are the famously relaxed and chilled Ozzies about the use of plain packing that an individual daring to sell packs in anything other than drab green will face fines of up … Continue reading

Apparently today is don’t give a fuck day

Apparently today is “don’t give a fuck” day, a day probably mainly being observed by people that don’t give a fuck generally and will continue to not give a fuck beyond this day. A point really rather excellently made by the erudite Mr Maillin (Who’s how I discovered it’s “don’t give a fuck” day): An open letter to all those who “Don’t give a fuck” today. So, you’ve decided that today you won’t give a fuck eh? Well good for you. I assume of course that this means for the other 364 days of the year you will actually start … Continue reading