27 Jan 2014

THE TWITTER COMMANDMENTS, GHOST SHIPS CREWED BY CANNIBAL RATS AND MORE.

Bath and Wells, a Church of England diocese, have issued a set of social media guidelines. Dubbed the Twitter Commandments the nine guidelines help followers remember God while tweeting. FULL ARTICLE

Police were called to calm angry shoppers said to be acting like 'vultures' after a shop which had advertised everything inside as being on sale for 50p suddenly announced that everything would be going back to its normal price of 99p. FULL ARTICLE

A newly wed couple from Greater Manchester had pizzas featuring their images made to celebrate their wedding. IMAGE & FULL ARTICLE

And talking of Manchester ......

A drunken Manchester football fan dialled 999 and demanded to speak to ex-manager Sir Alex Ferguson to complain about the previous nights football result. Telling the call handler "The result is all wrong, they had extra time and it was a total and utter load of rubbish." when asked if he wished to report a crime he replied "Yes, a crime. I want to report a crime. The crime is that Manchester United were absolutely knackered." FULL ARTICLE

Favourite headlines of the week ......

British entrants wanted for Naked Sledding World Championship. FULL ARTICLE

£6,000 of Viagra stolen from military stock. FULL ARTICLE

 
Ghost ship crewed by cannibal rats 
heading to Britain. FULL ARTICLE

Fat cows must go on diet, farmers warned. FULL ARTICLE

And last but certainly not least, my must read article of the week .......

The residents of a old people's home in Essen, Germany have created a calendar posing as actors from classic movie scenes. IMAGES AND FULL ARTICLE





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13 comments:

anilkurup59 said...

I endorse the Church of England Social media commandments. They do make sense.
However a bit worried about the social impact of the stolen Viagra

Kelly said...

The Twitter commandments are good, common sense in general.

The fat cow article was quite interesting.

My favorite, though, was the last story with the old folks reenacting the movie scenes. Wonderful!

brandileigh2003 said...

That would be so weird to eat pizza with faces on it!

Suko said...

The Twitter Commandments are great guidelines for tweeters! I still have a few articles to "check out" but I think my favorite will be the same as yours, the last one in your terrific post. Happy Monday, Tracy!

Literary Feline said...

I like the Twitter Commandments. :-) Most of them seem quite fitting!

Naked Sledding World Championship. Being naked in cold weather never sounds like a good idea to me. LOL

Cannibal rats are just frightening.

Melissa (Books and Things) said...

Poor fat cow. :(

Hm... shoppers like vultures? Na, never... *cough* LOL

Yvonne @ Fiction Books Reviews said...

Hi Tracy,

As we live equidistant from both Bath and Wells (approximately 10 miles from each), I was particularly interested in the article about 'The Twitter Commandments'.

They are actually a perfectly reasonable set of rules, which would make this particular message board so much better if they were enforced.

Given some of the mindless drivel which is posted, they certainly can't make things any worse!

I especially liked this phrase ...
"Social media updates are immediate and will outdate quickly BUT they can have a more lasting impact and you should assume that anything you post is permanent,"

Thanks for featuring this newsworthy story and have a great week.

Yvonne.

Brian Joseph said...

That ghost ship and the rats have been a subject of interest for me and several of my friends.

I have heard that there may be several such vessels floating out there. I am thinking that perhaps they might provide very affordable housing...

Shooting Stars Mag said...

I love these posts. The old folk's calendar is great. Love the photos!

Betty Manousos said...

pizza with faces on it? it does sound weird.
fat cows? how do you urgently slim a cow?

big hugs!

Alexia561 said...

Love the Twitter Commandments! And while it sounds funny, I don't know if I could eat wedding pizza that's looking at me as I'm eating it! *shudder* That's almost as scary as the ghost ship with the cannibal rat crew! :o

Gina said...

Okay, some of those even in headline form are still SCARY. *-*

NRIGirl said...

I know it has been so long Tracey! Nice to be back checking on friends catching up on missed stories. Your post is as inviting and interesting as ever. Thank you!