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What is the point-things we can do without

Unicycles--As its name suggests, a unicycle is similar to a bicycle but it only has one wheel. The effects of removing a wheel are all negative. Balancing on a unicycle requires much more effort and leads to a much greater likelihood of falling off. Taking away a wheel is also much slower. The maximum speed reached on a unicycle is approximately 35 km/h (22 mph), while Chris Hoy has reached speeds of 70 km/h (40 mph) on his bicycle. Capital letters-- We all know that capital letters indicate the start of each sentence. But why do we need to mark the start of a sentence when the humble full stop has already marked the end? The limited use of capital letters in text speak or in casual emails indicates that capitals are a superfluity to the language, rather than a necessity. In fact, the majority of writing systems - including Georgian, Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese - do not have an upper and lower case system. Denton railway station-- As dead as a station in the Australian outback, the unstaffed railway station in Denton, Manchester has got to be Britain's most redundant railway stop. One train per week stops at Denton on Saturday mornings. But be warned: Denton is a request stop, so it may be necessary to flag the train down using your arms. To make matters worse, there are no return tickets to Denton - the weekly service runs only in one direction. You can leave, but you won't be coming back again in a hurry. The word inflammable-- The in- prefix of inflammable means 'into', rather than 'not', leaving us with two words -- flammable and inflammable -- with exactly the same meaning. But not only is the word inflammable needless, it is also dangerous. When labelling commercial and industrial products, 'flammable' is considered to be the safer choice because of the potentially disastrous consequences of misinterpreting 'inflammable'. To add to the confusion, the word most frequently used to convey the opposite meaning to flammable is nonflammable, but noninflammable also exists. Ties-- Ties once served a sociological purpose: archaeological evidence in China suggests that the ancient elite hung fabric around their necks as a means of marking their elevated status. But now that mankind has invented other ways of exhibiting wealth - the Ferrari parked in the driveway, or the penthouse in Park Lane - ties no longer serve such a function. So dangling coloured material from around the neck does what, exactly? The pointlessness of the tie is perhaps beaten only by that sixteenth-century folly: the neck ruff. At their most extreme, starched ruffs could reach a foot or more in diameter and had to be propped by specially made wires. Fortunately, they fell out of fashion as quickly as they entered it. Male nipples-- Beating off stiff competition from underarm hair and wisdom teeth, male nipples sit proudly at the top of our most useless body parts list. We know why men have nipples, but that doesn't negate the fact that they serve no practical purpose - they do not, ordinarily, produce milk. All the varieties of pasta shapes-- Various shapes of pasta have different flavours, textures, cooking times, and each must be used in the appropriate context. Obviously, it's important to get the right pasta for the right sauce. After all, lasagne wouldn't be lasagne if it weren't for those thin layers of baked pasta nestled between the sauce and cheese. However, is there really any point to lasagnette (a narrower version of lasagne) or lasagnotte (a longer version of lasagna)? Or does the average person really care whether they're eating penne rigate (penne with ridged sides), penne lisce (penne with smooth sides), penne zita (penne with a slightly wider hole), or pennette (penne that is slightly shorter and thinner)? I would hazard a guess at no. Gay And Lesbian-- Your not born gay,nor do you have a gay gene,its a choice to be gay,no matter how much the gay community debates that these genes are real or that"we do not have a choice"we DO,we know animals in the animal kingdom go gay for the fact that they want to have sex but we humans have evolved enough to think of the consequences,HIV,AIDs and other STDs,infecting others,unable to reproduce(unable to have kids)plus other factors,its natural law that we reproduce,gay people turn their backs on this basic rule plus adopting babies and kids has shown to destroy that childs choice whether to be gay or not,they grow up thinking that being gay is normal,gays SHOULD be banned from adopting Spam-- The chances of someone responding to spam is approximately one in 12.5 million. It may be extremely cheap to market a product by sending out junk e-mails, but surely such an enormous failure rate should deter even the most persistent person... Please?

Jackson family launch their own reality TV show

Members of the Jackson family have been celebrating the launch of their new reality TV show, ''The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty'' in Los Angeles. The mini-series stars the four remaining members of The Jackson Five in six one-hour episodes. Producers say the show took two years to make. Filming started before Michael Jackson died but includes events relating to his death. (my view)-Your fucking kidding me!

Boys 'stamped on deer for laughs'

Three youths killed a two-day-old fawn in Dorset by stamping on it "for a laugh", a court has heard.A man walking his dog in Upton Country Park says he saw the incident Two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old caught the female baby deer as it waited for its mother in Upton Country Park, on 10 June. Poole Youth Court heard the teenagers were "egging" each other on. The teenagers, from Poole, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all deny intentionally killing a deer while on land without consent. They also deny an alternative charge of beating a wild mammal with intent to cause unnecessary suffering. A post-mortem examination showed the fawn suffered several skull fractures, a severed spine and a fractured right leg. The teenagers were arrested on 15 June after a police appeal attracted international interest and officers were tipped-off with their names, the court heard. Prosecuting, Paul Griffin said that one boy swung it by its leg and another karate chopped its head before all three "stomped" it to death. Reading extracts from their police interviews, he said: "(one of the 17-year-olds) said 'For a laugh break its leg'. "The deer was moving, it was trying to escape. Then they all decided to kill it. "He admitted that he and (the other 17-year-old) were laughing because 'we thought we were having fun'. "He accepted he had stomped on the fawn's ribs because he thought it would be fun." The teenager told police: "I got carried away and was stupid. I thought it would be a laugh." The court heard that the youngest defendant told police he only nudged the fawn once with his foot and did not laugh like the others. One of the older boys told police the fawn was already injured and they were putting it out of its misery, the court was told. 'Karate chopped' Dog walker Keith Arthurs, 52, was so distressed by what he saw he no longer goes to the park. He told the court: "When I first saw the three youths in the field, I decided then this didn't seem right, that's when I decided to phone 999. "While I was on the phone to the services one of them karate chopped the young fawn across its nose. "It was still in the other youth's hands. His hands were stretched in front of him. Quite clearly he had an expression on his face of an enjoyment-type expression." The trial continues. (my view)-This is so sick and the kids of today show no respect.......EVER!that words escape me....I'm so shocked!

Has reality TV gone too far?

Injuries in Strictly Come Dancing and 'bullying' in I'm A Celebrity - are reality shows pushing contestants to the extreme? Gino D'Acampo is crowned 2009's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! winner and then his victory turns sour. The chef will face animal cruelty charges for inhumanely killing (and eating) a rat on the show. Meanwhile on X Factor, Danyl Johnson, who has been called an unlikeable, big-headed and cocky by judges and tabloids over the past few weeks, was in fact dignified and lovely as he was booted off the show. So as contestants (and rats) everywhere scream "get me out of here!" we have to ask, has reality TV gone too far? Is too much being asked of the people under the spotlight? Are we, the viewing audience, the noughties equivalent of Roman spectators in the Coliseum who'd give a thumbs up as lions killed Christians? OK, maybe a slight exaggeration, but you get my gist. Rat's life-- So how did a happy-go-lucky TV chef end up being turned into a cold-blooded rat murderer? Well, according to a video message in the show's bush telegraph, Gino D'Acampo and partner-in-crime Stuart Manning (from Hollyoaks) were very hungry after being "exiled" and reduced to rations of rice and beans. Having spotted the rodents running around, hunger drove him to whip up a no-frills rat-ratatouille. But the way in which the rat was killed has prompted the charges. Court attendance notices have been issued for February 3, 2010. So just to clarify - a daytime TV chef and a hunk from Hollyoaks will face animal cruelty charges after being left with no choice but to attack a rat; all in the name of prime-time ITV reality entertainment. 'Ratgate' aside, Gino was also forced to eat rotten egg, cockroaches, a crocodile's tongue and rhino beetles in his quest to become king of the jungle and win a dinner for his fellow campers. Creepy crawlie time-- Runner-up Kim Woodburn, the 'queen of clean' who fronted defunct Channel 4 show How Clean Is Your House?, was bathed in thousands of ants, grasshoppers, giant spiders, cockroaches and yabbies during her time down under. "I've got a cockroach on my nipple," she remarked after the trial. To which presenter Ant sympathetically replied: "Lucky fella". Also worth a mention is TV presenter and design guru Justin Ryan, who appeared psychologically scarred after being bitten by a crocodile during his Bushtucker Trial (he was also left covered in blood after banging his nose on the Perspex tube in a desperate panic to get away). "That was absolutely terrifying," said the tearful Scotsman, before being placed under medical supervision. The Price is right-- But the biggest talking point of this year's I'm A Celebrity was Katie Price's return to the jungle. Reports that she had been paid 10 times more than her fellow contestants, coupled with her behaviour since her acrimonious split with Peter Andre, meant that she was never going to get an easy ride. And easy it certainly wasn't as the Great British Public spent their hard-earned 25ps voting Katie to do every single Bushtucker Trial going - six to be precise. The glamour model was doused in 60,000 cockroaches, made to crawl through rat-infested tunnels, eat deep fried bug burgers and drink a crocodile milkshake during her week in camp; and that was just for starters. She pleaded with the public to give her a break: "Please don't vote me tomorrow, please, I've had enough," Katie yelped. "Everyone else - give them something to do. You've seen me struggle, you've seen me cry, shake, want to die. There's only certain things I can do. I really don't want to be doing this." But it didn't work. After hearing that she had been voted to do a seventh trial, Katie packed her bags - reportedly forfeiting £100,000 of her £350,000 appearance fee in the process. "Do you know it's mentally torturing?" she moaned, before asking to be taken back to her normal life. The stress Factor--- This year, Simon Cowell decided to give the X Factor format a spring clean by making the audition stage twice as frightening. Not only did the warbling hopefuls have to sing in front of the scary judges; they also had to impress thousands of X Factor fans crammed into an enormous arena. This was daunting enough for the ones that can sing but for some of the tone-deaf howlers (who, let's face it, are the reason most of us tune in!), being booed off stage at a venue big enough for Lady GaGa must have been a deeply unpleasant and terrifying experience. And the booing didn't stop there. John and Edward - the most talked-about group the show has ever seen - divided the nation with their playful (and mostly tuneless) interpretations of classic songs. Yes, they were rubbish. And yes, they stayed in longer than much better singers (such as Lucie Jones). But did the young Irish twins really deserve to be booed by the live studio audience just for doing what they were told? No, they didn't. Finally, it turned out to be a really bumpy ride for Danyl Johnson. He went from being the early favourite to win (after a storming audition which made international headlines) to a pariah. In addition to harsh critiques from the judges, he was slated in the tabloids, the gossip magazines and on social media sites. No X Factor contestant has ever had to put up with the level of bad press that dogged Danyl; little wonder he was extremely upset by it all. Strictly painful-- Meanwhile, over on Strictly Come Dancing, it's not so much psychological damage that the contestants have to watch out for; it's broken bones. Because of the nature of the show, it's no surprise that there are injuries. A couple of weeks ago, Footballers' Wives actress Laila Rouass was strapped up around the ankle and finished her routine in tears due to dancing through the pain. More serious is the fate of long-jumper Jade Johnson. She has to face the possibility that her Olympic ambitions could be in jeopardy after tearing a ligament in her leg. All this in a bid to master a punishing routine - and escape the judges' wrath. "If you can imagine the worst toothache and headache you have ever had, joined together and multiplied by ten, that is how bad it was," said Jade of the injury. Bad Brother-- Like X Factor, Big Brother upped the evil stakes this year - devising new methods of humiliating the fame-hungry housemates. BB's handling of Beinazir - the "non-housemate" that was kicked-out of the house after three days of sleeping on the floor and eating slop - was simply horrible. After being ejected from the house (with no shoes on), the sliding doors opened to reveal nobody waiting outside for her, not even family or friends - just Davina clapping and shouting "yay" sarcastically. An upset and confused Beinazir was then shoved onto a bus, given a quick unpleasant exit interview (with no best bits!) and sent on her way. Ouch. And then of course there were the two housemates that won their right to be, erm, real housemates by legally changing their names to Dog-Face and Half-Wit. "We no longer want to watch people sitting around knitting or making cups of tea," said psychologist Dr Cynthia McVey, senior lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University. "We have become desensitised to reality shows, so programme makers must devise new ways to keep our attention. We want to see contestants tried and tested, and a bit frustrated. People now entering these shows should realise that absolutely anything could happen." Britain's got breakdowns-- Susan Boyle became world famous overnight. She walked on to the Britain's Got Talent stage to sneers and laughter from the cynical audience, who had made the cruel mistake of judging a book by its cover. To their surprise, SuBo opened her gob to reveal the voice of an angel. Cue a standing ovation and a new YouTube sensation. But the instant transformation from obscurity to hanging out with Oprah was too much for the Scot (who has learning difficulties); she had to be checked into a rehabilitation centre after suffering a breakdown. Let's not forget 10-year-old singer/ballerina Hollie Steel. She sufferered an attack of nerves live on air. Hollie pleaded to start again but after being told that there was no time left by Ant and Dec, she burst into hysterical tears. It was extremely uncomfortable to watch. Her mum went on stage to comfort her and Simon Cowell insisted that time would be found from somewhere to allow Hollie to finish. Time for a reality check?-- In a recent online poll asking readers whether they thought reality TV has gone too far, 77% out of 6,080 responses said: "Yes. Somebody is going to get hurt and the show producers will be responsible." It's no surprise that we enjoy watching D-list twits and fame-hungry wannabes being ridiculed for our entertainment - that's what they're there for! And they should know by now what to expect. But be that as it may, it's time for reality telly producers to ask themselves if it's necessary to push contestants quite so far. Let them entertain us by all means, but do we really need to place them with snakes and crocodiles, reduce them to tears, break their bones, push them into breakdowns and starve them into becoming rat killers? And besides, rodent knife crime puts me off my sausages... (my view)-I 100% agree on this besides......the producers ect of the shows sicken me as they get all these"Celebs" who's passed their sell by dates and fell off the ladder years and years ago! in the vain attempt to reignite their"Status"of the past to the present....its really sick and the public watch this shit-HAY PEOPLE!OPEN UP YOUR WINDOWS AND DOORS....THEIRS A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE......GET LIVES WITH YEA!