Category Archives: News Around
Rule 25a
There was consternation at the 6th World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires yesterday when organisers discovered that 801 individual dancers from 23 countries had entered the event. “How can we proceed with an odd number of contestants?” said chief … Continue reading
Lim pics
The Olympic Games are here again and at The Open Wound we’ve been excited by the Freestyle Doubles Comedy Routine event. First introduced by Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Olympics and won that year by Americans Abbot and Costello … Continue reading
Knightmares
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has saved a woman who was being attacked by a gang of young girls, one of whom was brandishing an iron bar. The woman called out for help to a passing cyclist, who turned out … Continue reading
Science
Scientists led by Dr Ben Whalley, at the University o f Reading have used cells from the brain of a rat foetus to control a robot and help it to navigate around its enclosure. The Open Wound sent senior journalist, … Continue reading
In the eyes of God
Eighty four year old Nigerian, Mohammed Bello Abubakar has 86 wives. “I don’t go looking for them, they come to me,” said Mister Abubakar, “God did not say what the punishment should be for a man who has more than … Continue reading
Counted out
The producers of TV’s ‘Countdown’ have been criticised for the ‘nasty’ way in which they have released long serving Carol Vorderman. “This was dealt with in such an awful way,” a friend told BBC Radio 5 Live. “How below the … Continue reading