Top Ten Areas of Sheistiness
10. Why do bus inspectors never say "Oi, you've paid too much for this ticket?"
9. How do the people responsible for putting together crime reconstructions know so much stuff?
8. Why do the most heavily policed neighbourhoods still have the most crime?
7. Slightly off-topic, but if you were a crook, wouldn't you volunteer to be in the ID parade just to double-bluff the police? You'd get a fiver for it too :-)
6. Why is it that if you manufacture a toy that accidentally injures a child you can be held liable, but if you manufacture a gun that kills several you are a captain of industry?
5. Is Linux the computing profession's last-ditch attempt to take computing away from the people - thereby ensuring job security, high salaries and Lex coupes?
4. UK only - "Emergency" rate of tax - levied when you start a job and the tax people haven't sorted out your records. What the hell "emergency" is there? "Oh my god! There's someone we haven't robbed yet - fleece that ass!"
3. How do Dr.Solomon, Peter Norton and the rest know how to crack all the recent viruses so they can put out monthly updated to their anti-virus software?
2. Why is it that wherever a protest is in the world, the crowd as filmed by TV news cameras always have placards in English?
1. New UK Terrorism Bill. 'Nuff said.