gloomy (ˈɡluːmi/), adjective dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening. causing or feeling depression or despondency. Citywest, today.
The caption states that this is “A brewery in England delivering kegs of beer on Spitfires to troops fighting in Normandy [June 1944]”. I’ve no idea if that is true, but I hope it is. Pure style. via imgur
Laura Slattery in the IT reports two interesting nuggets from the latest Google Consumer Barometer: When it comes to buying home appliances, the Irish are also notably fonder of a practice known as “reverse showrooming”, where they research a purchase online before heading into a physical shop to have it rung up a till the […]
This little app will neatly chop you message into multiple linked tweets – http://little.porkchop.io/
Via screenshotsofdespair.tumblr.com. Hat-tip to @James_Hatley.
A very visual representation of what two different societies value. Both newspapers are tabloids (although Blick now pusblishes in a broadsheet format), the Swiss Blick has preserved the privacy of the woman in question, while the NY Daily News has preserved her modesty instead. The difference between the swiss and american press. quite striking. pic.twitter.com/FJCb82IH5o […]
Advice for teenagers from 1959. pic.twitter.com/0OPjP6T6MC — Suzanne Alexander (@SuzzanAlexander) July 1, 2014
I’m not a big soccer fan, but I’ve been watching some of the World Cup matches. I didn’t think Brazil were up to much, but I really didn’t expect them to be utterly destroyed by Germany (who had beaten Algeria 2-1 and France 1-0 previously. Algeria really put it up to Germany, I thought). Brazil […]
Best one yet: "I think I'll have to write to the Pope, Joe" – woman on #Liveline just now about the Garth Brooks gigs being cancelled. — Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) July 3, 2014 Earlier: “More than 160,000 Garth Brooks fans are in limbo after Dublin City Council … announced that it was granting a licence […]
