A round of recent studies have confirmed the health risks inherent in sedentary office work. The Zambian Independent Online has recently summarised the main maladies associated with office work. Colon cancer People who work in sedentary jobs for 10 years or more double their risk of colon cancer. Some make a link between prolongued sitting […]
A toilet-mad German has opened his own museum dedicated to all things lavatorial. Sixty-nine-year-old Michael Berger opened the Harlekin Toilet Museum of Modern A*** in Wiesbaden, Germany, last week. It exhibits his personal collection of toilet rarities. The centrepiece is a urinal adorned with the face of Adolf Hitler, designed after World War Two to […]
In addition to artificial satellites and the Moon, the Earth is orbited by man-made space debris, a collection of objects including anything from spent rocket stages and defunct satellites to collision fragments and astronaut pee. Some 3,000 still useful communications satellites orbit the Earth while the US military tracks about 20,000 pieces of space junk. […]
The major causes of work absenteeism are colds and ‘flu and the major contributor to the spread of these lurgies is poor hand hygiene. That’s according to an independent survey of UK office workers by Bradford University. But while most workers (87%) recognise the importance of hand-washing in preventing the spread of infection, a small […]
If 50 Cent wasn’t your thing, you may still enjoy this bit of rap by Mc Frontalot (I can think of far more appropriate names). Using Sesame Street’s tried and trusted formula to liven up otherwise an otherwise dreary subject matter, this cheeky wordsmith manages to squeeze quite a lot out of the production of […]
A toilet-themed restaurant in China is proving rather popular, reports Orange News. Patrons of the Modern Toilet restaurant in Kunming, Yunnan province, eat on toilet seats. Urinals adorn the walls while off-putting dishes include ‘excrement ice cream’, ‘toilet bowl hot pot’ and ‘fried poo sticks’. The toilet restaurant has been a success. “Sometimes unusual combinations […]
As you will probably now be aware, one of the best known advertising icons, the Andrex puppy, has been replaced with a digital version. In a brand “refresh”, the Labrador puppy, who first appeared for the toilet roll brand in 1972, has been reinvented as a character in a digital “puppy world”, joined by British […]
The Victorian middle classes innovated where we now consume without self-reflection. One example is toilet Paper dispensation. The Wellcome Library has recently drawing attention to Victorian toilet tissue. The library is one of the world’s largest repositories of medical history and in addition to Victorian tomes on sanitation, patents for toilets and descriptions of systems […]
A 5ft 2in Edinburgh woman has been fined £50 for leaving a full rubbish bag beside a new style of wheelie bin because she was too short to pop the waste in the container. Miriam Leighton, 29, appealed the fine because she could not operate the tall and complicated rubbish receptacle. Her appeal failed. “I […]
If you thought “air fresheners” was a stale subject in relation to current affairs, you’d be wrong. At least, air fresheners have been hitting the (minor) headlines for the last several weeks in varied contexts. Last week, air fresheners led police in Worcester, Massachusetts to a sizeable cocaine bust. When a Jeep Cherokee was pulled […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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