On today’s programme we asked you to spare a thought for North Korean leader KIM JONG-UN who has reportedly been losing his beauty sleep worrying whether the worthy denizens of Pyongyang have enough food to eat.
So much so that he has ordered citizens to hand over their pet dogs to 36 well known dog meat restaurants in the capital.
Mind you dog meat restaurants elsewhere in the country are also suffering as the price of dog meat has skyrocketed!
Dog meat is especially popular with North Koreans during the hot and humid summer months as it is believed to provide energy and stamina.
Add to that is the view expressed by the Workers Party of the DPRK is that dog ownership is a symbol of “western capitalist decadence” and a tainted trend of “bourgeois ideology” and that ordinary people are expected to raise pigs and other livestock on their porches.
Whilst pet owners are reportedly cursing Mr Kim behind his back, there is little they can do, otherwise they might end up on the menu themselves!
Meanwhile it seems that Mr Kim is presently considering opening a restaurant in Scotland offering such delicacies as Dog Meat Soup and pine-nut gruel.
Sounds like recipe for success!
Returning closer to home, it seems that residents of Gloucester may be wondering if they’re health care has been upgraded to private, but no, that’s not the case, the issue is all down to misbehaving technology.
Apparently a persistent technological fault in the telephone system there has resulted in patients of the Aspen Medical Centre receiving telephone messages purportedly originating from the Liaisons Sauna Club, which is not even based in Gloucester – it’s actually in Rochdale.
The club in Rochdale describes itself as a “hot and sexy” adult entertainment venue which boasts sensual playrooms fitted with huge beds for group fun and lashings of lust!
The errors are not new and have been going on periodically for 2 years but during the recent heatwave an increasing number of people reported that they had received unexpected calls from the Sauna Club.
Patients have now been told that if and when they receive calls showing up as emanating from said club, that they should answer them because it is actually the GP centre calling.
Many have responded to the medical practice’s tweet by poking fun at the prospect of receiving calls from the massage parlour. One said: ‘I’m waiting on a call from the sauna. Will it show up as Aspen Medical Practice?’ Another mused that ‘this could get some husbands/wives in trouble when they look at the caller ID.’
Well that’s all from me for today, but I hope to see you on parade again tomorrow afternoon promptly at 1,
Scott
