• He can’t use a camera
• He can’t use any device with a camera built in (so pretty much every mobile phone)
• He can only use the internet in relation to employment (but must get the police constable’s permission first)
• He can’t be in any contact with anyone under the age of 18
• He can’t enter any area predominantly used by children
• He can’t be in any house if there is a child there
• He can’t take any job without asking permission of the police constable
• He can’t hire a car without notifying the police

Why take a mentally disturbed man, cripple him of any possible chance he has to function in a modern society, and then release him back into such a society?

(BBC News article)

I used to watch a telly program called ‘You’ve Been Framed’. It was basically a collection of home video clips that were funny. Until, that is, they ran out of new clips, and it just became a series of people falling over. After not too long, I stopped laughing and started to actually feel sorry for the poor people who slipped, fell, had a piano land on their face, etc.

Then there was the presenter’s commentary.

In order to escape this commentary, we invented the web and waited patiently for YouTube to arrive. Which is fine as long as you ignore the comments. (Why can’t I can’t ignore the comments?)

Finally, today I came across an example where the commentary actually helps make it funny. I think the trick is to use it to tell the story behind the clip.

We like stories. And the best comedians tell stories rather than jokes.

Have a read and listen.

(I really do hope he doesn’t make it a ring tone.)

(If you don’t think kids are funny, try dads)

It’s a rather upsetting fact that my government are equally as nosey. But I’m certainly not going to go out of my way to have a government look through my private files.

With the US elections now in full swing, I have to wonder if any of the candidates support freedom.

It’s sad. I liked the United States when I last travelled there. It would be nice to return one day.