Tag: Law

  • Magna Carta World Tour

    I’m excited, not only because this is an 800-year-old literal ‘piece’ of law — one of only four surviving copies– but also because the last time English law came round these parts, they left us with s377 and other such delights of the Penal Code, which we have tweaked just a little bit so that…

  • Nipple-less pro wrestling

    I can’t remember if it was in primary school or secondary school, when we were on the football/rugby field, and when sledging was de rigeuer but mostly harmless. Things like “Your momma must be ugly cos you ugly too” were tossed back and forth. And it took a real sporting talent to come up with…

  • Repeal s377A

    I’d think of something funny to write about anything, but this isn’t one of the times that warrants any nonsense. I cut and paste for you an open letter to the Prime Minister which I hope you will read, then click on the link to the repeal377a.com site, and then add your name to the…

  • Singapore Flyers

    I read in the Sunday Times that tickets for a ride on the yet to be completed Singapore Flyer… ok, let me rephrase that, because that sounds like you can ride on an incomplete Singapore Flyer, and your guide for the day might say something like, “Sorry sir, as you can see, the Singapore Flyer…

  • B’ERP

    Photo by Peeb1 That’s the sound the gantries make after they’ve automagically deducted your cash money from your cash card. B’ERP. And there’re more of them, these hungry gates of automagic cash money deductioningering, announced the LTA, makers of these gantries, today. This comes a day after the nation’s gantry makers announced that COEs (automagic…