Saving...The Daily Mail reports that a man in England was fined £75 for injuring a tree.
Amazing how conscientious council officials can become when it comes to getting our hard earned cash! A man in England was fined 75 quid after he stapled a notice to a tree after losing his prized paintings that had been strapped to the top of his car (strange place to put them maybe..). and although the fine has in fact been revoked after protests, it just goes to show on who’s side these civil servants are, that live from our taxes.
Its been a great week for soccer in my eyes
First of all there was the thrashing of Bayern Munich (I do not like Bayern Munich) in the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona, only regret was that Barcelona decided to stop playing at half time when they were leading 4-0, otherwise it may well have been much worse.
Secondly, there was the fine win by Hamburger SV in the EUFA Cup against Man City. OK, I am english and will take my british passport with me to the grave, but I have lived in Germany for more than 30 years and have supported Hamburg since my arrival (albeit its the only german side I support)
The biggest German tabloid Bild has called for its readers to vote for Annemarie Eilfeld on the german casting show DSDS (Germany’ Star Search) and is offering 10.000 Euros prize to be raffled amongst the readers that vote for her. Annemarie has made herself very unpopular with contestants, jury and audience alike, and is usually booed off stage by a large portion of the audience.
One contestant left the show in anger after allegations that Annemarie had stolen her act, and she (Annemarie) openly called out for Holger, a favourite of the audience, to be voted out of the contest. She openly states that she is not in the competition to make friends and seems to be unimpressed by her unpopularity. A superstar that is not liked by its public? What a strange notion.
But why would the Bild want to support such an unpopular person? That’s easy – she’s very pretty and is prepared to strip. In fact she already has…
Back to the Daily Mail: The father of a man stabbed to death by teenage criminals has been denied compensation, because he fought back in his attempt to save his life. [article] The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authorities has ruled that the man had significantly contibuted to his own death. So, now you know. If you get into such a situation, just lay down and die – at least your family will get the cash…
(Tree pic by Dominic’s Pics – Creative Commons License)
