Friday, 1 October 2010
Alonso never had a chance
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Seeing is Believing
I have returned from Singapore to a country that takes people at face value; at least we take their qualifications at face value it would seem.
Apparently a Nigerian drug dealer has been successfully posing as a hospital psychiatrist in one of New Zealand's southern cities.
His patients apparently had no complaints about his diagnosis, which either tells us something about psychiatrists in general, or the state of mind of the patients in his care.
It was only when he applied for full residence that his bogus quailfications for the job were exposed.
This is not our first fake 'shrink'. A Polish transvestite and fake doctor worked in a regional hosiptal and was belatedly exposed when one of her released patients decided to decaptiate his girl firend.
Our chief scientist, a Stephen Wilce, laid claim to working for the British Intelligence services, being a Royal Marine combat veteran and a member of an Olympic bobsled team.
The Brit (pictured), lived a Walter Mitty life in New Zealand and conned his way into one of the most sensitve defence roles we have.
He got away with it for five years before being outed.
Our defence allies including Singapore will no doubt be reviewing their arrangements, especially those to which Mr Wlice has affixed his signature.
He clearly has a mental or fantasist problem and I believe know just the psychiatrist to examine him!
Apparently a Nigerian drug dealer has been successfully posing as a hospital psychiatrist in one of New Zealand's southern cities.
His patients apparently had no complaints about his diagnosis, which either tells us something about psychiatrists in general, or the state of mind of the patients in his care.
It was only when he applied for full residence that his bogus quailfications for the job were exposed.
This is not our first fake 'shrink'. A Polish transvestite and fake doctor worked in a regional hosiptal and was belatedly exposed when one of her released patients decided to decaptiate his girl firend.
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| NZ's recently departed Chief Scientist |
Our chief scientist, a Stephen Wilce, laid claim to working for the British Intelligence services, being a Royal Marine combat veteran and a member of an Olympic bobsled team.
The Brit (pictured), lived a Walter Mitty life in New Zealand and conned his way into one of the most sensitve defence roles we have.
He got away with it for five years before being outed.
Our defence allies including Singapore will no doubt be reviewing their arrangements, especially those to which Mr Wlice has affixed his signature.
He clearly has a mental or fantasist problem and I believe know just the psychiatrist to examine him!
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
The Curse Of A Million Dumplings
You have go to feel sorry for competition winners in Russia; they end up with the most unusual prizes.A recent karaoke contestant has the singular misfortune of winning 1 million Russian dumplings as first prize.
According to the organisers this amount is enough to last you 27 years if you eat 100 a day. Not that you would still be eating them in your 27th year of course; obesity would have claimed you long before then.
Spare a thought also for other winners, such as the Englishman who won three months use of a tractor and another who won a a 10 minute accompanied drive of a 20 tonne demolition excavator.
There are now competitons for everything including one for Rotten Sneakers.
The biggest prize in Singapore these past couple of days has been the top podium finish by Fernando Alonso in the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix. This is raced around a street circuit that some claim is a financial noose around unfortunate shop keepers.
The Chinatown merchants say that they lost 60% of their business over the event whereas the Singapore Tourism Bureau claims that it brought in additional revenue of $S100,000.
The Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, S Iswaran, is refusing to be drawn as to whether the current race contract of five years will be extended. He has pormised a "robust cost-benefit analysis" which would seem to suggest a renewal will be anything but smooth sailing.
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