I am not a hedgehog. Am I? Is it true, as Wikipedia reports (possibly from this source), that people from Hertfordshire are nicknamed ‘Haycocks’ or ‘Hedgehogs’ in the same way that people from Yorkshire are ‘Tykes’?
Half empty? Half full? Why can't it be both? Wendell notes two AP stories on US attitudes to the forthcoming year. One is very downbeat, the other very upbeat – but based on the same poll data.
Halo How Not To Be Seen The audio of Monty Python’s How Not To Be Seen, with visuals courtesy of first-person shooter Halo. (via MeFi)
Am I cystitis or not? A Welsh-language road sign causes confusion when it suggests that cyclists have a bladder infection.
Flanders and Flanders Interesting fact of which I was not aware: Stephanie Flanders (the BBC journalist) is the daughter of Michael Flanders, of Flanders and Swann fame. Flanders and Swann Online – Lyrics sorted by Title. He died when she was 7.