Archive for the ‘the telegraph’ tag
$18 Transatlantic Flight #
I wouldn’t be surprised if this never happens, but Ryanair’s CEO is willing to postulate that they’ll be able to cross the “pond” for £10 some day. The way:
It believes the crisis in the aviation industry and the prospect of more airlines collapsing is set to bring the cost of aircraft down, with a glut of unwanted jets coming onto the market.
(via PSFK)
Another Recession Victim: The Toothfairy #
While recent unemployment numbers give us more reason to fear, it’s worth considering the oddball effects of the recession, like that the toothfairy can now only afford about $1.50 per tooth. The rate was over $2 not more than six months ago.
(via Ideas)
Postscript: I’m aware I may be inaccurate in calling this a recession, but I prefer it’s brevity to “economic crisis”, “credit crunch”, “economic readjustment”, etc.
Hitler in Wax #
Speaking of removing the heads of dead dictators… the Hilter featured in the recently-opened Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds was decapitated recently. As a MetaFilter commenter points out, Hong Kong’s Hitler was similarly decapitated in 2004.
Winnie the Pooh Foreign Policy #
Teddy Roosevelt’s famous model for diplomacy was “Talk softly but carry a big stick.” Barack Obama’s model for diplomacy is… Winnie the Pooh?
Mr Danzig [an Obama advisor] spelt out the need to change by reading a paragraph from chapter one of the children’s classic, which says: “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump on the back of his head behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming down stairs. But sometimes he thinks there really is another way if only he could stop bumping a minute and think about it.”
(via Passport)
The Real Indiana Jones #
Speaking of Hitler… The Telegraph tells the rather interesting story of the German archeologist who inspired Harrison Ford’s character:
Like Jones, Rahn was an archaeologist, like him he fell foul of the Nazis and like him he was obsessed with finding the Holy Grail - the cup reputedly used to catch Christ’s blood when he was crucified. But whereas Jones rode the Grail-train to box-office glory, Rahn’s obsession ended up costing him his life.
(via kottke.org)