No taboo
CANADIAN AIR travellers who use the word bomb or gun will only be arrested if it is deemed that they are making a serious threat. Staff got tired of investigating
Busty bus
A BUS driver in Germany threatened to throw a young girl off the bus because her cleavage was distracting him from driving. He stopped the bus and shouted for her
Boozy brawl
PILOTS ON a flight from Russia to Turkey decided to return to the airport after a drunken brawl broke out on board. It is believed that a man slapped a
The true voice of God
By: MARGARET BROWN pointofview@portugalresident.com JESUS SAID to him “I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me”. John 14:6 For
Real people make the best stories
By: JENNY GRAINER istjustme@portugalresident.com ONE OF my favourite pastimes is studying people. It’s a perfectly normal pastime for writers because people provide most of the inspiration they need to write.
Computer mad
A GERMAN man who threw his computer out of the window in frustration and woke up neighbours will not be charged with disturbing the peace. Police in Hanover arrived to
Fury over giant Homer
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com PAGANS WERE horrified when the image of Homer Simpson wielding a doughnut was painted next to the chalk outline of their famous fertility symbol, the Cerne
Count to Ten
Count to Ten by Karen Rose in paperback at 11 euros. Abandoned to the foster care system, two young brothers are inseparable until one dies and the other vows revenge
A Step in the Dark
A Step in the Dark by Judith Lennox in paperback at 11 euros. An epic novel featuring great, old-fashioned storytelling, A Step in the Dark begins in Simla, India in
Snitch on your neighbour
By: MIKE JOHNSON johnson@portugalresident.com ONE OF the first things Gordon Brown did when he took over from Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK was to announce that he