America insults Islam

US Apologises Over Koran Burning

American troops set fire to copies of the Koran at the main military base.

And this follows the Rev.Terry Jone’s burning the Koran in Florida.

US commander, General John Allen, apologised over reports US troops had “improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious materials which included Korans”.

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You may find a  404 error when you come here for a post about America.

I removed it because it seemed to up-set two of my readers and that’s the last thing i want to do.

The cost of Dying to increase.

Cremation cost at Roselawn Cemetery in Belfast to rise by 25%

The cost of dying is to increase this year by a massive amount  at the crematorium in Belfast. Northern Ireland has only one crematorium which has been completely re-furbished with two more furnaces up to a total of four.

They have had to open early and close later to cope with the increase of customers  since it was built 20 years ago. The Northern Ireland Assembly are going to build a new one 20 miles away in the town of Moira , and also another on the other side of Belfast ( where i live ) so that’s handy.

A forth is being thought about in the City of Omagh, County Tyrone

New awards received

I have received yet another four awards from four great blogs, so i would like to thank all the people who sent them to me.

I think it shows me how people like my blog and the posts that i make, so here’s to many,many more of the same.

The first one is the ABC award which i got from Jen at the Jenchay blog.

Dribbling Pensioner Has Been Tagged

Dribbling Pensioner 

Has Been Tagged

Darkjade from the Dark Globe, has just Tagged” one of My Posts Here on my blog  along with 10 others that were being tagged. It’s a game of tag that is doing the rounds so lets get on with it.

Here are The Rules.

1. You must post the rules.
2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you’ve tagged.
3. Tag eleven people and link to them on your post.
4. Let them know you’ve tagged them!

Plastic bag charge

A charge for plastic bags.

Northern Ireland are bringing in a tax on plastic bags, which i think its long overdue and its about time this happened.

The tax will start in April 2013 and will either be 5p or 10p per bag and will go up to 15p per bag in 2014. They are also taking about making it 15p from the start, which i would favour.

In Northern Ireland there are 200 million plastic bags used every year, and i think it takes something like 100 years for them to degrade.

Also in April 2013 Wales are going to charge 5p per bag and this will go up to 10p the following year.

The World’s fattest man.

World’s fattest man is revealed to be British and weighs 58 stone.

I hate what I have done to myself.

Pictured is Briton Keith Martin, 42, who has been named the world’s fattest man at 58 stone.   Photo from : Channel 5 News.   Story from Yahoo news.

The round-the-clock care Mr Martin needs is to be shown in a documentary which will be screened later this month. Because his health is so fragile he has a team of 18 people looking after him – including his sisters, nurses and ambulance staff.With a 6ft waist the former warehouseman, 42, is now wider than his 5ft 9in height.Mr Martin’s daily diet includes eight hotdogs and ham sandwiches for breakfast, a selection of chocolate bars and biscuits for lunch and two roast dinners with a whole bag of oven chips, the Daily Mail reports.

Sex with a Cowboy

Prior to her trip to Calgary Alberta, Carol (a blonde chick from England), confided to her co-workers and friends she had three goals for her trip to Cowboy country.

1. She wanted to taste some real western Bar-B-Que.

2.. She wanted to take in a bona fide rodeo.

3. She wanted to have sex with a local cowboy.

Vote in the Dark Globe photo shoot-off

Time is running out on Dark Globe’s February Shoot-Off. The deadline for photography submissions has expired.

Now it is time for you to cast your vote for you favourite photo.

Any-one can vote, so pop along and have a look.

But you can still vote for your favorite photograph among the many stunningly awesome submissions in this contest. You should vote.

The  results for each category and the one Reader’s Choice Award will be announced on the Dark Globe site on Wednesday February 15.

Whitney Houston dies aged 48

She will be sadly missed, i thought she was a wonderful singer with a very clear voice and a large vocal range when she sang, also you could always understand all the words of the song as she was singing.

Photo from Fanpix.net

A unique singer with a beautiful voice, who has been the top-selling artist for many years has died alone in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton.