Cerebral Satire “Ant’s News, GoT, and Walking Dead” Ep 21

Cerebral Satire Ep 21

Host:

Devilvamp, Ant

• Swedish MPs have backed a ban on unlicensed dancing in public or “illegally moving your feet to music”. Bar, restaurant and nightclub owners without permits can be fined if customers “dance spontaneously and without permission” as a result of a vote in the nation’s parliament. Police say dancing can cause fighting and disorder.

  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3020383/Sweden-s-continues-ban-dancing-Country-votes-uphold-law-stops-activity-taking-place-public.html#ixzz3W2e3IGzN

• Two unrelated men who look near-identical and live a few miles apart have finally been introduced. Neil Richardson, 69, and John Jemison, 74, both studied at the same college, worked as religious knowledge teachers, have accounts at the same bank and reside around Braintree, Essex. The two eventually met when they both took the same coach for a Friends of Braintree Museum visit to the Magna Carta exhibition at the British Library.

  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11505972/Priest-greeted-by-strangers-discovers-doppelganger-neighbour.html

• A US entrepreneur has pledged to rid China of “farcical” western names such as Lady Gaga, Elvis and Washing Liquid. Chinese people commonly take a “yingwen ming” or “English name” to help Anglophone employers address them. But often these result in them being “laughed at behind their backs” when they choose such monikers as Furry, Twinkle, Pussy or Volcano, says businesswoman Lindsay Jernigan, who has launched a website to help Mandarin speakers adopt more suitable titles.

  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11506375/US-entrepreneur-vows-to-rid-China-of-farcical-western-names.html

• Devilvamp and Ant Chat:

  • The Walking Dead

  • Game of Thrones

• Amazon has launched a button that goes on the wall of your home or a household appliance. When you press it, it will order something you’re running out of, for example kitchen roll or washing powder. Called the Dash Button, it is a little hook marked with a brand name. The button is free but only available to Amazon Prime members in the US. So far more than a dozen products are available.

  • http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32139432

• Outro