Rabbit Thought of the Day

It’s a bit of a funny day today; I can’t seem to concentrate on anything, as my old mum used to say “have you got ants in your pants”. Am restless, channel hoping on the TV, can’t concentrate on my book and not really interested in browsing the net. I would go out but it looks like rain although it will probably remain dry.

Don’t you just hate days like this, and I still haven’t done the jobs I’m supposed to do.

I don’t mind ironing, perhaps that was my military training, but I doubt that anybody should complain about any more, read on: 

A father from Hampshire has broken the world record for endurance ironing. Ben Walton, from Andover, ironed 923 items in 60 hours raising about £5,000, towards buying an incubator at Winchester's Royal County Hospital. His six-month-old son, Zachary, was born 10 weeks premature at the hospital last December and weighed just 2lb 3oz.  

Mr Walton's attempt started on Thursday and finished at 2000 BST on Saturday. Now he awaits the verdict of Guinness World Records scrutineers. "Apart from the fact that my back is killing me, it went really well," said the 32-year-old. Mr Walton was allowed a five-minute break every hour and could accumulate them into a maximum 30-minute break.

The record stood at 55 hours and 5 minutes.  People donated £1 per item to have their clothes ironed. Mr Walton, who owns the dry cleaning outlet at the Asda store when he attempted the record, had two official adjudicators with him at all times and had to iron the clothing to a good standard. He added: "This is the first part of my attempt to raise £25,000 towards buying an incubator. "I think that next I'll do the Three Peaks Challenge - with the ironing board of course."

Zimbabwe is to introduce a bank-note worth Z$100bn in response to rampant inflation - but the note will barely cover the cost of a loaf of bread. Some Zimbabweans are already calling for higher denominations in a country where the official annual inflation rate has exceeded 2,200,000%.  Independent economists believe the real rate is many times higher.

Zimbabwe's meltdown has left at least 80% of the population in poverty, facing mass shortages of basic goods. The country's central bank has introduced several new notes already this year in response to the hyperinflation. In January, a Z$10 million note was issued, followed by a Z$50 million. By June the denominations had reached tens of billions.   

In a notice in the state-controlled Herald newspaper, central bank governor Gideon Gono said the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe would introduce the new notes - known as special agro-cheques - to help consumers. "This new $100 billion special agro-cheque will go into circulation on Monday," the notice said.  

But Zimbabwe residents say the latest note is already worthless, and does not even cover their daily lunch. "Nowadays, for my expenses a day, I need about Z$500 billion," one resident said.  "So Z$100 billion can't do anything because for me to go home I need Z$250 billion, so this is worthless."  

Zimbabwe was once one of the richest countries in Africa. But it has descended into economic chaos in recent years, with many international observers blaming the policies of President Robert Mugabe.

Which is your favourite car chase, I am afraid I would have to with the majority and go for the Italian job as well? But the Bourne series of films had a couple the mini car in chase in Paris in the first film and the taxi chase in the second film, shot in Moscow.

Film goers have selected The Italian Job as featuring their favourite movie car chase Two out of the three top car chases were done using a symbol of "British cool", the Mini Cooper, according to a poll from Pearl & Dean.

In a survey of more than 3,000 people at cinema website www.pearlanddean.com, The Italian Job was named as having the best car chase of all time with a massive 25% of the vote. The pursuit follows three Mini Coopers around the streets of Turin, Italy, at break-neck speed. In second place with 16% is The Blues Brothers car chase, famed for its car pile-up climax.

Other car chases in the poll were Ronin, shot through the streets and tunnels of Paris and Batman Begins, with the Batmobile traversing the roofs of Gotham City.

Seasideman should have heard this story after it’s in his area. I thought the film was hilarious and have seen it many times since:

Sue Jones-Davies is trying to overturn a near 30-year ban imposed by the town on Monty Python's Life of Brian - the film in which she played a role. Long before she donned her mayoral robes in the mid Wales town, she played Brian's girlfriend in the movie.

Opponents claimed it made fun of Jesus, but she says it's "amazing" that a town like hers still officially bars a movie now regarded as a comedy classic. In 1979, however, it grabbed the headlines for the wrong reasons, with critics accusing the Python team of blasphemy with its story about a Jewish man who was mistaken for the messiah and then crucified. Some religious groups picketed cinemas which screened the film.

It is understood a committee made up of church leaders in Aberystwyth recommended a ban in 1979. Ceredigion council has the power to lift it, but a spokesman said no-one in the licensing department knew about the ban. But Michael Davies, the owner of Aberystwyth's Commodore Cinema, said he was sure it was still in place.

"As far as I know the Life of Brian is still banned from being shown at the cinema," he explained. "My father ran the cinema when the ban was imposed and I suppose it would have had a commercial impact at the time because it was a huge film and made a fortune. "I don't think lifting the ban now would make much of a difference."

Stars such as Spike Milligan and ex-Beatle George Harrison, who financed the Life of Brian when no-one else would, played cameo roles.

A very lazy Sunday is on the cards I can feel it in my bones, as always I have a couple of jobs to do but nothing taxing and it should only take me an hour to do. Then it will laze around on the sofa with a good book and the paper. I might even put a DVD, I bought a few cheap ones from the supermarket a couple of weeks ago and I still haven’t got round to watching them.