Dog Gone

Love it or hate it, Family Guy has gone from obscure cable show to a staple of British television, much like The Simpsons before it, and the Flintstones or indeed any other show that has exactly the same basic premise.

I don’t watch television: I would sooner read an improving book about the Sikkim expedition or similar. However, I do understand its power, and a recent hoax that threatened to kill off the beloved Family Guy character Brian understandably touched a lot of nerves. Quite how, then, Michael Taiker managed to keep it all in perspective I will never know:

Michael Taiker, 1:12 PM on 26/11/2013

@wormcake

"just a cartoon"...........

At a time when the world has been bombarded with ridiculously over the top coverage of the 50th anniversary of the shooting of JFK who was 'just' a politician. He was not a god. He was 'just' a pokitician.

This is serious. Brian was able to shape moral and cultural landscapes. He was way beyond being just a cartoon dog. The impact of his demise will be more far reaching than that of a politician fifty years ago. It is of far greater significance than the demise of that bloke in the Beatles who was shot in New York. It puts the passing of Wacko Jacko in the shade. 'Just a cartoon'. Imagine if you had said that to Walt Disney when he drew that mouse for the first time. In time you will learn.

A couple of tits

Lord Percy has always been on the cutting edge of the news agenda, and once again has the scoop with Angelina Jolie’s breast cancer revelation.

Now, as terrible as it is that she has the condition, we should remember that she did it to herself, as kathhh8 explains:

97. kathhh8

Acidic body pH=cancer.You can prevent this from eating right and being aware of things.Refrain from using toiletrees in 'normal' highstreet shops, and replace them with naturally derived alternatives. Personally I have replaced my branded moisturiser for organic virgin coconut oil. It works better, smells delightful, is completely natural, and it even has health benefits (prevents alzheimer's)

Bloody hell, who knew! Here they are doing all this research into breast cancers and all they needed to do is ban acidic toiletrees! User “They would turn in their graves” agrees, but goes further and tells those bloody arrogant cancer surgeons where they can get off in the process:

22. They would turn in their graves

Women do this kind of stuff. I thought most cancers were lifestyle triggered, the latest being drinking and eating out of heated plastic containers (look it up).

mMen don't seem to want to have their men's areas removed 'to be on the safe side'. Maybe it is just a different attitude to risk or an acceptance of life's uncertainties. Perhaps we just don't want our bits removed. FULL STOP.

Perhaps the most tragic aspect however is that she didn’t even need the surgery, because makarios has heard of someone who can cure cancer but who isn’t very famous - sounds legit.

99. Makarios Nju Nde

It is really a good thing that she did what she did. But in my own humble opinion, i don't think removing ones breast is the best option. I know of One who can heal women around the world who have such problems! You do not need to spent such amounts of money for whatever mastectomy to do operation and replace the breast tissues with artificial something. Ladies think about it!

Well, I hope that Ms Jolie has learned her lesson and will never again have unnecessary surgery which is of course so unbefitting of a Hollywood actress.