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Everything should have strings attached

5 hours ago

A new EU directive requires that all plastic bottles being manufactured must now have caps that are attached to the bottles. What tends to happen when a bottle is carelessly discarded, is that the cap often falls off and ends up being part of a separate clean-up process. When it’s attached

The world is apparently no longer normal

03 Oct 2024

Since the pandemic in 2020, the world has become weird. Why do I see young men shopping or sitting around in shopping malls on a weekday during working hours? Why aren’t they at work? Moreover, why aren’t men going to the office anymore? Why do I see grown men

Bad parenting is leading to mayhem for all

26 Sep 2024

A young teen was marched into a police station by his mother when she found out that he was involved in the recent Southport riots in the UK. Right in front of the police officers, she scolded the teen so badly that the police officers decided not to charge him.

When is a freebie not a freebie?

19 Sep 2024

There seems to be a common and amusing thought process that is shared by anyone who stays in a hotel. Remember that episode of ‘Friends’ in which Ross was packing his suitcase with almost everything that was not fixed to the walls of his hotel room? His suitcase

Letting your past rule your present

12 Sep 2024

Someone wrote to a newspaper Agony Aunt recently saying that several bad events that happened to her stopped her from enjoying her life. Well, she could be right, or wrong, depending upon the events, their severity, their frequency and the overall repercussions

The word ‘sorry’ has lost its true meaning

05 Sep 2024

‘Sorry….not’ is a phrase often said by people in a sarcastic tone when they want to emphasise that they are not sorry. These two words are purposely inverted to indicate they are not at all sorry. Did you know that four out of 10 adults between the ages of 20 and 50 do not like to

Ditch that old device? Or not?

29 Aug 2024

Tech experts say that most people who buy new phones in the UAE are reluctant to discard their old ones. They’d rather store them in a cupboard or hand them down to close family members like a child or a parent. But this is not just a UAE phenomenon. Everyone feels that way. Many people have old smart

The Attack of the Keyboard Warriors

22 Aug 2024

I was reading posts on Quora the other day and am very shocked to find that many of the responders to the questions posed are either very arrogant, very sarcastic or just rude. Many people have asked why so many of the respondents on this particular forum are rude and unpleasant. I’m not really a

Kids throw tantrums when you take away their tablets

15 Aug 2024

Blaming everything on technology and social media is very easy. You see something unpleasant, blame social media. You read something that riles you up, blame X or Facebook. Your kid is behaving badly, sure, go ahead and blame the tablet they have. Wait, hang on…you gave your kid a tablet, now they’re

Make this summer less sweet

08 Aug 2024

Summer can be sweet in more ways than one. But I think we need to make it less sweet. When it’s hot outside, the first inclination is to drink or eat something cold and icy. People reach for a cold can of a soft drink, a cold coffee or tea, or an ice cream. These may taste nice but are chockfull of

Birjees Hussain

She has more than 10 years of experience in writing articles on a range of topics including health, beauty, lifestyle, finance, management and Quality Management.