All is not lost

Thanks very much to Ann F who spotted this in The Yorkshire Post the other day.

Winning with a big fat zero?

What you might call a hollow victory.

Messing with the Taliban

Our regular observer of all things military, Greg L, sent in this one from BBC News.

One which, I think, will have been missed by most people.

You'd think the channel would've written the word often enough by now to get it right.

Rather than the fighter, it's the Taliban that's been wounded.

The Lotus disposition

Allow me, if you will, to put you in the picture.

Narendra Modi is an Indian politician representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). More than that, he is the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the general election to be held later this year.

The BJP's symbol is a lotus flower.

Here's what he tweeted.

Probably not the wisest way to describe your colleagues.

Oh wait. I'm forgetting.

They're politicians.

In the pinc

Thanks to Jon C for sending this one in from deepest, darkest California.

Apparently, you can only enter this area if you're wearing pincnics.

Jon neither confirmed nor denied, but I have my suspicions.

State of the Union

In and amongst the current talk of independence, you might have heard some people in England say that they would be happier if the other members of the Union were forced further towards its periphery.

Well, this flag, which was hoisted by Manchester City Council above the city's Central Library for Remembrance Sunday last week, provided us with a fascinating graphic representation of such a suggestion.

You'll see that the red cross of St George looks as though it's flexing its muscles against the crosses of St Patrick and St Andrew, pushing them both to the side.

Do you think it was a deliberate ploy by subversive infiltrators at the flag manufacturer?

Or am I reading far too much into a straightforward misprint?