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November 2014

November 11, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 13

Clearly bats, but entertaining so: the people who believe that another civilization exists under the...

November 10, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 12

"For the second pageant, in October," writes Meredith Hattam in The Atlantic, I was hired to...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 11

"Thomas Docherty was banned from the University of Warwick in January," reports the Daily Telegraph, "for...

October 26, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 10

Though this one probably should be titled "Why People Make Fun of Christians." From Mediaite:...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 8

Legal advocate David Blacker, said by the reporter to look a lot like Hagrid in...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 7

German men receive one in five of all those done in the world, and more...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 6

An historical curiosity from my friend William Tighe, a vast repository of information about European...

July 02, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 5

Tired of the unfashionable traditional outfits, which can be "intimidating," they've adopted "the mismatched, sweetly-scruffy...

July 01, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 4

This one is more funny peculiar than funny amusing. "Well you better decide, miss. Hand...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 3

“This may be a consequence of me being American," explained Bristol University's Dr. David Glowacki,...

June 27, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 2 (was 3)

I think I understand the impulse for this new fad for wakes reported by the New...

June 22, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 1

"It's not every day in Iceland that we divert roads for elves. It's just in...