You called for a Libel Reform Bill – and the Government has listened
On Friday, 9th July Justice Minister Lord McNally said the Government has listened to the 52,000 supporters of the Libel Reform Campaign and has made a “firm commitment to action” to protect freedom of speech and the public interest with a bill to be published in the New Year. The Bill will be the first attempt from a Government in more than a century to undertake fundamental reform of our libel laws.
Dying Stupidly 5 Ways
Spontaneous Combustion
This is either when you explode from inside your body, due to standing carelessly on a dodgy ley line, or you’re a fat bastard falling asleep by the gas fire. Scientists/skeptics/quacks tend to disagree on the cause, but are in agreement with the results – a remaining single shin bone (usually the left one) with some flesh and gristle still intact. Undertakers and grieving relatives will always be pleased with this kind of death. The funeral will be simple and cost relatively little – a shoe box sufficing for the coffin, and a nice knee sock instead of a shroud.
Scientists to Occupy Local Church - Congregation Outraged
In an unprecedented move, historic St James Church in Tunbridge Wells was sold by the Church of England last week and is apparently to be turned into a scientific laboratory of some kind. The listed property, built in the early 1800s, was acquired by Australian shipping magnate, Roger Minton, for an undisclosed sum, after 8 months of negotiation with the Church of England and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. According to sources in the former church congregation, the sale had not been expected to go through, and the turn of events has been met by both shock and outrage by churchgoers and local residents.
Some questions for Todd Brunner
This is an interview I conducted with Mr Todd Brunner one windy afternoon in Tesco Metro, Tunbridge Wells. I am grateful to Tesco staff for allowing us to drink all the Value gin, and shell and de-vein their prawns. I also thank Todd for being a delight to interview, especially as he was stroking my feet at the same time as being questioned/interrogated by my lovely self. I don't know if Todd's answers are real or fabricated, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it?
Local man unable to enter shop
Confused Tunbridge Wells dry cleaner, Richard Grimley, became paralysed at the door of a local newsagent yesterday after reading a sign warning of "Human Faeces". The sign was actually just advertising a news story in a local paper, but upon seeing it Grimley was plunged into a catatonic trance. Customers of the newsagent were dismayed at having to navigate around Grimley's stationary figure to enter and leave the shop, as he stood transfixed and unresponsive until police arrived.
Twitter and Me - A Tweet Too Far?
I was bored one May evening in 2009, so I thought I’d investigate this “Twitter” phenomenon I’d been hearing about. I knew it was a mini-blog site for anyone who possessed fingers and what passed for a brain. I’d also heard that famous people like Stephen Fry, Demi Moore and Britney Sucks Cocks were on it, so I was curious. So I duly set up a twitter account and I was ready to tweet! Let’s be honest, I didn’t know why or what I was going to tweet, but the idea of conveying the shit in my head to a possibly large audience excited me. However, after having blocked all the suggested followers, I didn’t have an audience.
Myst Online: Uru Live
This is the online multiplayer addition to the popular Myst franchise. The game has been in existence in one form or another since late 2003, but due to various business and marketing mishaps over the years, it has never seen commercial success. But with stunning graphics, challenging puzzles, vast mythology and a wonderful community, MO:UL is probably the best game you've never heard of!
It's been a long time
Hello! it's nice to be back after nearly 7 months of inactivity here at Mankind Sucks. 2009 was a strange year, one in which I completely lost all control of my life. And one of the things to suffer from that was this site and all its various content.
2009 was the year the recession really hit me personally and pretty much slammed the door on all personal projects, while I lived a life of near poverty. Good fun! And while the writing was on the wall for the year to come back in December of 2008, I still resolutely launched a new show, "So Sue Me", and tried to make it a regular thing. As the hideous year progressed, this became more and more difficult, as I had to scrounge harder and harder for shitty jobs that payed a fraction of what they had a year before. Such is the life of an independent contractor.
A Bag of Tricks (Part 2)
A very pleasant good day or good evening to you, whatever the case may be. What follows is the second part of a story that began in the last installment of this show. If you missed the first part, I would highly suggest checking that out before continuing here, as otherwise, you won’t have a rat’s chance in a snakepit of knowing what’s going on. You’ve been warned.
Transform Reports on Drug Prohibition
As Todd mentioned in So Sue Me! number 9, the global drug prohibition problem is a big deal. This is also a very personal cause for me. There are significant financial, medical and civil liberties ramifications to the prohibition of drugs which should be known by everybody, because they effect YOUR pocket, YOUR police and medical services and YOUR freedom. The issues have nothing whatsoever to do with whether you personally use illegal drugs or not. This is everybody's problem and it's a global one.
