ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN I'LL BEGIN.

Many thanks for all the messages of concern - Husband dearest is out of hospital and back to work today.


Sounds just like my kind of job.

BBC EMPLOYS A 'CHAIR CHAMPION' who will teach staff how to sit down to ensure they are comfortable at their desks. - Anita Singh (14/06/2011)

Its official .......

QUILTING IS THE LATEST CURE-ALL HOBBY. According to researchers at the University of Glasgow, quilting is “uniquely” good for us, offering, as it does, an outlet for creativity and bringing benefits that mere physical and outdoor pursuits can’t provide. BUT a closer look at this traditional handicraft reveals it to have a dark underbelly for far from being an act of contemplative creativity, quilts have been used for centuries as a covert method of illicit communication; a forum for domestic anarchy or a mischievous platform for venting spleen.- Judith Woods (14/06/2011)

A shame no one bothered to tell this man about the therapeutic benefits.

MAN REMOVES WART ...... WITH A SHOTGUN. For five years, Sean Murphy was driven to distraction by a painful wary that no amount of creams or ointments could cure. 

So he came up with his own radical and permanent procedure to remove the stubborn wart forever - he blasted it with a 12-bore shotgun.

But not only did the blast take off almost his entire finger, it also left him facing 15 years in jail for the illegal possession of a firearm. - Nigel Bunyan (16/06/2011)

And talking of injuries, did you know ....

MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE A YEAR ARE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER FALLING OUT OF BED. Another 12,000 are admitted after falling from a chair, 6,400 after falling from ladders AND 1,200 falling from trees. (15/06/2011)

Tell me something I didn't already know.

HER SLEEP IS KEY TO A HAPPY HOME. Husbands who want a happy marriage should ensure their wives get a good night's sleep as a study has found that relationships can suffer if women have a restless night, but the same is not true for men.- Martin Beckford (16/06/2011)

And if a good night's sleep fails how about a cup of tea .... but not just any old cuppa .....

THE PERFECT CUPPA, the secret ingredient of which is patience. A team at the University of Northumbria found that leaving a cuppa for six minutes allowed it to cool to the optimum temperature. Allowing it to cool to 60C was key, letting it drop much further destroyed the 'all-round sensory experience'. - Richard Alleyne (16/06/2011)

Sounds a bit fishy to me.

A cyclist who rode 10 miles to buy a catfish was banned from carrying it home because staff were worried about its safety. 

"Taking a fish on a bike is safer than driving as you don't get the jolts and I always ask for extra water and put the fish in a bag over my shoulder." said Brian Booth. - Sunday Mercury (June 2011)

PLEASE NOTE: All of this Monday's Media post is brought to you courtesy of The Telegraph.Wherever possible I will endeavour to bring you the links to articles I have used in my Media Monday posts but this is not always possible.