“[Keep Britain Tidy executive] Sue Nelson told a London conference [Wigan] was “the arse-end of the world”.”

“Ms Nelson also allegedly told delegates: “London is the financial capital – Wigan is the pie capital.”” (BBC)

Go girl!
“A woman seduced and had sex with strangers while she slept and later had no recollection of her infidelities due to a sleeping disorder”. (n.c.a)
Ok, a bit of a shock if you were her partner, or indeed, if you were her, but considering I can’t be bothered going on the pull when I’m fully conscious, and can’t flirt with intent unless I’m drunk, she’s doing pretty well.

“As they wander further from the beaten path, they discover their taste is not as mainstream as they thought (or as they had been led to believe by marketing, a lack of alternatives, and a hit-driven culture).” (Wired)

“In 2035, the court upheld Mercer v Bennigan’s by ruling 8-1, in Nash v Applebee’s, that three vegetarian appetisers do not equal an [main].”
If only! Lots of meze do not equal a main, random vegetables do not equal a main, vegetable lasagne might equal a main if every vegetarian hadn’t already eaten enough of it to last a lifetime.
From The Future Dictionary of America, the full entry reads: “pasta with grilled vegetables n. [archaic] vegetarian entr

What can I say? Buggery.org has said it better anyway.
Random depressing quotes: “They were both willing to make forestry an issue, but for Labor it was evidently a national issue of national heritage, whereas for the government it was a marginal seats strategy for picking up seats in Tasmania.” (n.c.a)
“Early Senate results show the Coalition may also command a majority in the Upper House, which would allow Mr Howard to proceed with the sale of Telstra and other controversial government plans held up by the opposition over the past three years.” (n.c.a)

What the…?
“Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson said Senator Brown was a communist and warned Australians to be “very afraid” of his party, using more fruity imagery to describe the Greens.
“They are watermelons,” Mr Anderson insisted. “Green on the outside and very, very, very red on the inside.”” (BBC)

“As angry voters yesterday slammed the Prime Minister’s latest tactic of leaving messages on their mobiles, forcing families to pay for the privilege, the Liberal Party confirmed yesterday some of the calls had been directed through the US.” (n.c.a)

“The skeletal remains of 15 Aborigines are being returned home for reburial, nearly 90 years after a Swedish zoologist smuggled them out of Australia for display in a Stockholm museum.” (sfgate)

“Sony’s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.”

“Sony Music has learned that only a small part of the population illegally copy CDs, company spokeswoman Kimiko Ohashi said Monday.” (n.c.a)
A bit of good news, maybe they’re finally getting clueful about what consumers want from a music publisher instead of punishing them for using new technologies to listen to music they’ve bought.