the 'aren't children adorable/stupid' entry (delete as applicable)

I get some rather strange stories when I log on to Hotmail to check my emails, today was no different. I was intriged by this headline:

"Flush puppy survives toilet scare
A puppy who was accidentally flushed down the toilet has been plucked to safety. "

It turns out this poor one-week old cocker spaniel was flushed down the toilet when the owner's four-year old son put him in the toilet and flushed the chain to 'wash' him after playing in the garden. The ordeal lasted for nearly four hours before a drainage worker managed to rescue him after the fire brigade and RSPCA failed to do so.

Without meaning to sound harsh (I really don't like children, sorry parents but they are overrated), but which nursery does this child go to?! I'm pretty sure that by the age of two, I realised washing things in a place where people relieve themselves of poo, wee, and vomit was the worst idea ever.

Either that, or this child took the Andrex adverts far too literally...

Susan Boyle: a new rock'n'roll star?

In the past few weeks I have been absent from the blogging world, two things have been staple front page new stories, both utterly bewildering as one another. Rather than talking about story number one, the MP expense row (too much information for me to process right now, but The Telegraph will no doubt milk this story for a while, so get your updates there), I'm going to sneak down the murky path that is Britain's Got Talent.

I appear to be the only person in the UK who hasn't been following the programme because, well, it's embarassing (and Piers Morgan doesn't deserve any of my viewing time) so I was astonished with the hysteria surrounding Susan Boyle, the overnight singing sensation it seems.

It has transpired today that Susan Boyle has been admitted into The Priory, probably due to the stress of having sudden media attention focused on her.
I was impressed; does this make her more rock'n'roll than Amy Winehouse? It took Winehouse a few years before she got to rehab level, it took Susan Boyle about two weeks!

I think these rock stars should watch their backs, Boyle has set quite a record for the fastest time getting into The Priory, even they would find this difficult to conquer.