Sunday, 17 May 2026

Red warning grub

What do you get in a butty from what’s supposed to be an up-market sandwich shop? Loads of salt, a survey has found. More in one single butty than the NHS limit of 6 grammes for the whole day, in some cases.

Today’s Question

That advert on the Legend TV channel during episodes of the $6M Man – the one with the boggling-bonk sound track. It’s for something to be applied to balls, as illustrated by a bloke on a beach in a skimpy set of swimwear trunks.
    Which invites the questions: Is it only for balls?
    And does the stuff rot dicks, so it’s not a good idea to get any on one?

Crossword offering

Clue: Prisoner when Labour is in government (7)
Answer: Outmate

More of it

Some universities are failing to protect Jewish students from the efforts of the national anti-Semitic crisis. Or are they just not infringing the ’uman bluddy rights of the anti-Semites?

Super sneaky

Could it be that the government is behind a move to label price rises as a product of Trumpflation as a means of shedding any responsibility for its own serial financial mismanagement?

Well, possibly

Could it be that playing the FA Cup Final in London took Man. City far enough away from Jonah Burnbum’s curse to let them win?
    And that if Jonah manages to buy his way into Downing Street, the North of England will rush to prosperity when this prime doomster is Darn Sarf and well out of the way?

Not us, Gov

The Southbank Centre arts venue in London; recipient of £10 million of our money, has a very liberal policy towards its minions. If the chairman compares Reform UK voters to Nazi supporters, that’s okay and nowt to do with his employer.