Matt comments

Some very good suggestions here.  If only the government would take advice and make changes now, not years down the road (sorry).

Roundabouts, thumbs up!

Yearly tests for over 70s, big thumbs up!!

.All teachers know that physical discipline to a student is against school rules, those rules that apply to the staff.  He knew this but, even in his anger, chose to escalate the situation.  We all must adhere to the same rules of conduct.  This is not a point of negotiation.  Taking the boy to the staffroom and including other teachers would have been the right action.  We all filled out the bullying/violence questionnaires and things have changed somewhat since then.

The boy is clearly out of order and deserved discipline, not violence.  The teacher will loose his job.  Prison time seems harsh, a suspended sentence would suffice.

Hi is all smiles as long as no one asks him any questions!

It will never catch on in Japan.  Just being at work is the norn, even when there is sweet fanny adams to do.  Sleeping at your desk is a common teacher activity.  I prefer Youtube or a good book, but you didn't hear me say that!

Impossible to comment on this as the details are so vague.  I expect they will find the truth either way.

'Amidst a busy party on a bus' - As opposed to a bus party on a train...?

Kudos to Shiseido for obviously not being run by old farts stuck in the Edo era.

Nice to see a train set.  Looks like G scale to me.

The land of the 'capy' and 'face' product.  So sad!

Sad to say, it won't change those that still do it.  Just like the parents who buckle-up but let their toddlers stand between the front seats in the middle of the car  waiting to smash their head into the windscreen when the crash happens.

the phrase 'beyond reproach' comes to mind.

Well done, Naomi.

Williams should publicly apologise for her petulant behaviour.  Reminiscent of McEnroe's tantrums we were all up in arms about at the time.

2 more for prison!

"Once more unto the breach..." comes to mind here.  That, and:

"The game's afoot"

This is power harassment, the term for managers ( or ones with senior positions) bullying others.  There is no excuse for what they reportedly did. 

Please children don't copy these smegheads, just be totally appalled!

"No"...'Meaning no, and whatever I was thinking at the time, didn't I say what I was thinking?  I usually do, oh well...' 

Some might think Trump was being vague on purpose so that he could change the meaning later to suit the media reaction, fake news or not.  But that credits him with far too much intelligence.

When I want to teach my high school students about vagueness and generalising I often quote Trump as a prime example.  It seems to come naturally to him.

"Let's make Russia great again!  Ooops, I misspoke, I meant to say America."

This is normal for orange babies.

Schopenhauer - Be careful, your first comment:

'Women are very sensitive about passive smoking and they look at smokers as if smokers are criminals'

Makes you sound very old indeed.

Firstly, I confess I'm not a soccer fan, though I did watch the Japan vs Colombia game.  The first half of the England game was good, entertaining even.  Buy I soon got tired of the second half.  It often seemed that some England players didn't want the ball and passed it as soon as they could, backwards mostly. This is probably a standard soccer technique, designed to tire and infuriate the other team, but it had the same effect on me.

It appeared that the Panama team had much more possession in the 2nd half, even though they are such a lower level team by comparison.  Their manager said as much.  Seemed as if England thought they'd done enough.

I'm afraid I was expecting more from our team, but this morning's Telegraph piece congratulated them because they weren't embarrassingly pathetic.  I shall lower my expectations and try to raise my hopes as well.

Still, glad we are through!

That's how my living room looks, without the horrible pegboards, of course.

Another sexually deviant teacher bites the dust.  Good riddance to him, the perv!

More dinosaurs with their heads up their bottoms!

I see this sexist thinking all over the place.  Change is awfully slow here, but it may happen...but I'm not holding my breath!

Trump making up his own 'fake news'.  Just a tad hypocrytical?

This borders on racism.  Making your own country the victims of another country, stamping on others to raise yourself up. 

Joke?  Was the punchline 'It's horrible, the way we're treated. It's horrible'?  Doesn't sound like a joke to me.

Shades of Aso and putting your foot in it.

In the end, Trump is, again, giving negative, derogatory comments about other countries based on...well, nothing really.

John Cage (Ally McBeal) would have one word... 'Please!'

Oh, for the days when there was less predictability and drivers were the focus not the car developments.  A two car race?  That doesn't sound like dramatic racing.

Let's hope the Mercs won't dominate this year and the qualifying won't dictate who wins the races. 

Hate the phrase 'Pole to win'.

Forcing US companies to spend more on steel and aluminium, meaning they will have to raise their prices and consequently make cuts...jobs being the easy one.  This hasn't been thought through properly.

One would think that fuel tanks that are dumped would be automatically sealed so that if the tanks don't break on impact no fuel would escape.  Preventing spilage is not that difficult.  Then, no rist of environmental damage would need to be assessed.

Doesn't that sound like a standard feature?

Big surprise, Trump makes this about himself as the victim.  No wonder the people close to the shooting are angry at his selfish comments.  I'm afraid Trump can't help saying what he really thinks,  which always centres around himself.

"Let's make 'ME' great (again)."  That's what we are all thinking he really means!

Let's show sympathy for the families of the victims!

Also, let's focus on the lack of 'gun control' that has made it possible for pretty much anyone in the US to hold a gun.

In Japan, the reality is that school children/students are safe so we never even think about this except as a sad problem in America.

The US will not attack N Korea.  Not unless it is after N Korea attacks somewhere.

Yearly driving tests for the elderly are a good way to physically see whether they are still capable of driving.  But, in reality, his family are the most likely to know how bad he was.  They should have taken the keys away! 

I really hope both girls recover, they have long lives to live yet.  One is well known on Insta.  It is close to home this one!

Not again?

And Trump is unconnected to this US problem, so far as we know.

Sheesh!!!

I think many Brits see the Trump news stories and feel that little bit better about Theresa May as PM.  "Well, at least..."  Anyone else think so?  Not much positive about Brexit but far less negative than the continuous mess Trump is making of the US and his 'foreign' policies.

I keep thinking of the TV drama Scorpion and how often they quote their own IQs so we don't forget.