It's In The Times So..

[FredPuli43]

It must be true. A selection from The Times latest online headlines:

Rise in oral cancer caused by oral sex (Eh? Who smokes or chews tobacco?)

Greek neo-nazis rush to remove tattoos

Leighton Buzzard Town Council takes down circus posters because a resident said she had clown phobia

Deep-fried Mars bars on Glasgow hospital menu.

Department of Transport proposes the return of third class carriages on East Coast mainline [ they propose 3 tiers of , er, comfort]

Any preliminary thoughts on these major stories? With luck full accounts will be online without a paywall: the clown poster story belongs in the Mail

[pixie373]

The first one makes sense, as sex can pass on the hpv virus and trigger cervical cancer.

[LazyGun]

There is more than one cause of cancer, Fred.

Sunset for Golden Dawn? They really should consider having a furry kitten or something, rather than a swastika lookey likey

No idea why anyone would be making a fuss about having 3 classes on the railway.

Clowns are scary.

And deep fried mars bars sound just about the worst culinary experience I can imagine

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article3898752.ece

[ELVIS68]

3 classes of railway carriages?

1st class.... Crowded

2nd class.... Very crowded

3rd class.... Sardines

[baza]

1st class stay where they are
2nd class get out and walk
3rd class get out and push,
sorry, very old joke.

[FredPuli43]

There was a time when there were only two classes, first and third! When it became first and second, my late mother still referred to them as first and third.

[boxtops]

the first one's correct, remember the Michael Douglas furore?

[jno]

tis was the Michael Douglas story

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/14/health/michael-douglas-tongue-cancer/

and this is fear of clowns, which isn't a made-up phobia

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-History-of-Scary-Clowns-217771511.html#Scary-Clowns-Halloween-parade-631.jpg

[jno]

and this is third-class rail travel

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10388634/Third-class-rail-travel-on-the-way-back.html

As someone says, it is a trifle paradoxical from a government that pretends we're all in this together.