It’s just another random Thursday (channelling the Bangles here…)
1. I learned that the stratosphere is going to double in size this week. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered it was just a science centre in Aberdeen – oh well!
2. I remember a truly horrifying day at school when I learned that the water used in the town had already passed through at least 20 people before it reached us, due to our location along the river Severn, although we were told we should look on the bright side, by the time the poor people in Bristol got it, it had passed through more than twice that many! Now there’s a team of university researchers going to work out how many drugs we’re getting dosed up on too after that’s passed through the water supply (you’ll be pleased to know they don’t think the doses are harmful to people, but may be to plants and animals. Between that and all the farm residue washing off the land, it could quite put you off bathing and drinking!
3. I did have a bit of a chuckle when I saw that council workers down south had managed to paint double yellow lines on both sides of an alleyway that was only 4ft wide, after local residents had complained of illegal parking in the neighbourhood. Given that you couldn’t even get a motorbike down there, I wonder how they even managed it!
4. One of the Welsh rugby union team has just qualified as a doctor, I wonder if that means he can patch people up on the pitch to make injury times shorter? And if so would he get double pay?
5. Apparently it’s remembered how to rain this week, and it’s been practising hard, although I did end up in a weird situation where I walked through a sunny carpark while rain was falling on my head earlier in the week – how does that work?!
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The water thing has me bothered. I've never seen any results of a study done on our water. I do love Random Thursdays!
What fun random facts! I would like to know why it has been sunny all day except for a thunderstorm with absolutely torrential rain between 3 and 3.30pm (i.e. school run). Soaked to our underwear!
Eeeew thanks for the revolting water facts Katy! Quite disgusting.
One of the players in my son's rugby teams is a doctor! He's a very useful guy to have around!!!
Ha! The double yellow. Perfect for gov't rational.
I've just had a bath. If I'd read this first I may have just gone stinky 🙂
I love sun showers. The water thing is a bit creepy, as is the idea that you are breathing the same air that was breathed a million years ago. People, plants and animals seem to be pretty resilient.
Is there a dog under there somewhere?!
Ooh the science edition was good!
Oh I do love the photo of the yellow lines! It's almost worth building an alleyway that is even narrower just to see how they cope… JJ
Thanks for all that! Are those dreads on a sheep's arse?
Very informative randomness. Not going to think too much about the water thing given how far we are away from Kielder Water!
I'll be singing that Bangles song all day now…
Great selection this week. And Em and I drove to get Helen from after school club today in dazzling sunshine but a minute after we arrived to get her Helen had to hotfoot it to the car in a rather violent hail storm. Not really random but freaking funny.
I suspect if we knew half of what goes on with our food and water supply we'd all be catching our own rain water and growing all our own food!
And now I have that stupid song stuck in my head and Im singing it with the wrong day !
I love Random Thursdays. Always a chuckle and an interesting read. Thank you 🙂
In the U.S. there have been lots of problems with contamination by hormone medications, like birth control. These can cause mutations in frog anatomy and general problems with their reproduction. Poor little amphibians!
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/For-frogs-and-perhaps-humans-there-s-384390.php
ok that's it…I'm joining in next week
I especially love the bit about the double yellow lines. Dave will appreciate that!! 🙂
Where on the Severn did you live?
I always look forward to your random posts and sunny rain is the best 🙂
Rachael
I thought we have already determined that YOU are the queen of random–I'm just the conduit.