During thunder storms the safest place to be is beneath a whale since there is no recorded incident of a whale having been hit by lightning. This simple fact was what prompted some enterprising young men in the US to set-up a lightning deflector manufacturing business based around the concept of carrying a whale around in one’s pockets. Although initial investment was hurried and enthusiastic, the company folded within a week of floating on the stock market when no-one would buy their product, seemingly deterred by the high-pitched keening noises and the overwhelming stench of rotting whale carcass, thus precipitating the 1929 stockmarket crash.

The Beginning of All Lie

This is a pointless little BLOG about lying. Not just ordinary lies about cheques being in the mail and 'It's not mine - it belongs to a mate'. These are patently ridiculous lies which could never possibly be believed. I've been doing this for a number of years now for no real reason other than it seems to amuse a few people, so I thought I'd spread the silly wider, starting with -

CKOne, the fragrance from Calvin Klein, is produced from the tears baby otters make when they are tickled until they cry. The so-called ‘Joy Technicians’ who perform the tickling are paid handsomely in potatoes.