Time to catch up on all those vitally important news stories and research findings that I've been meanly keeping from you in recent days and weeks - but for no longer. Nay, let nothing more stand in the way of me bringing you all up to speed on such critical developments as:
- The launch of No Label, the world's first transgender beer which has just gone on sale in the UK and has been produced from hermaphrodite hops that have undergone a 'sex-change'.
- Or the news that sales of slippers have increased by nearly a fifth in some retail outlets compared to last year despite a rise in sales of shag pile carpets and underfloor heating.
- Or the fact that life now 'begins at 60' and middle-age carries on 'til 68 according to a new report.
- Or the finding that that obesity has more to do with eating too much than with consuming 'junk food' and sugary drinks, according to research.
- Or the astonishing finding that people who buy newspapers live longer than those who don't!
- Or the good news from Holland that three cups of tea a day are yer only man when it comes to reducing blood pressure, diabetes and stroke risks.
- Or the not so good news that slim people with beer bellies are at greater risk of heart disease than those who are obese but with a more even spread of fat.
- Or the revelation that the words binge-watching, clean-eating and shaming are among Collins Dictionary's latest 'Words of the Year'. Others include dadbod, ghosting, manspreading, mansplaining, swipe and ragegasm!
- Or, finally, the news that the words dacoit, katti and yow were instrumental in securing the World Scrabble Championship for Nigerian winner, Wellington Jighere. The words respectively scored 36, 27 and 27 to give him a winning tally of 448 in the final game.
So, at least now yizzers all know, and I can get back to watchin' me kettle boil.
More anon ...
Really, how very interesting!
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