….According to Google.
In a bid to produce the most utterly pointless, yet compellingly readable post on the internet. I’ve searched Google for all the fruits I could think of and find at Tesco Online to produce the definitive list of “What is the most popular Fruit in the world”.
Method:
- These are based upon Google searches with just the fruits name, I used Google UK.
- I did consider typing for example “apple fruit” to discount all the many hits Google would return for Apple computers (and ipods) – but in the end I thought no, the fruits impact upon contemporary culture and industry is all part of the popularity rating.
- All result are as of 19 July 2010, results can vary by region and time.
And so I give you the top 20, in reverse order. There are a few surprises.
Mystic Clegg
See the mysteries of the universe unfold under the strangely detached, sort of looking bravely into the future, gaze of the Deputy Prime Minister.
All your questions answered by … Mystic Clegg
Dear Mystic Clegg: I work on a Malaysian Rubber plantation. It’s my job to cut the trees and then tap the latex sap so it can be later collected …….. Please Mystic Clegg, can you tell me how deep the cuts should be?
Mystic Clegg writes: The mists are clearing. The mists are clearing. I see cuts. The cuts should be deep. This is the time for deep cuts, but not cuts so deep that the tree dies. Cut, as indeed you must, it is a time for cutting, but be like the wise gardener who cuts back in the knowledge that this provides the foundation for future growth.
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So, the weeks of speculation are over and Chancellor George Osbourne has finally revealed the details of his Emergency Budget, one that he believes will prepare Britain for a “Brighter future” but which Harriet Harman has branded as “Reckless” and “Bad for Jobs”. They can’t both be right, so which one is? Now if we were Harry Hill we’d say “There’s only one way to find out…..” etc, etc. However, we at IWIAL take this particular issue very seriously – I certainly hope that the day is very far away when anyone would accuse us of trying to be funny – so we’ve decided to take this to the ordinary, everyday British people to see what they think.
So, exactly how will this budget affect the Poor Little Victorian Match Girl and Outrageously Archetypal Public School Twit in the street? IWIAL correspondent Dave asked Poppy ‘Iggins and Cholmondeley (AKA ‘Binky’) Fortescue-Smythe-Barrington-Tudor…The Third.
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Kim Jong-Il beats Brazil single-handed
Pyongyang, North Korea: State television announces the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s great 50-0 victory over Brazil in their opening game of the 2010 World Cup.
Fifty goals, 49 of them scored before half-time, were all that separated Brazil from the mighty North Korea in yesterdays match according to Korean Central Television.
The hapless Brazilians, many of them probably American spies, never stood a chance when following a goalless opening five minutes the North Koreans bought on their star substitute – none other than the supreme Dear Leader and worlds most respected man Kim Jong-Il himself.
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Dateline: London.
By our Royal Correspondent, Dave Forelock-Tug.
The 18th Century yesterday
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and these are certainly desperate times.
With the country in the grip of the worst recession for 40 years, household names going to the wall and record numbers of house possessions and redundancies, we certainly need the government to pull that elusive rabbit out of the hat.
Against a background of inner city knife crime, get rich quick fat-cat bankers and declining moral and educational standards we need them to come up with the golden bullet, the panacea which would cure all our ills; and, following today’s unexpected and groundbreaking announcement, many believe that they may have actually managed to do it.
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A Rachael yesterday. Actually, I do want to protect her.
I was listening to Radio 4′s ’Today Programme’ on the way in to work this morning (Yes, I’m the one) and heard the Home secretary, Jacqui Smith, talking about some “re-vamped” policy or other.
Anyway, two things occurred to me:
Firstly, how, exactly, did we end up with a Home Secretary called ‘Jacqui’? And when I say “Exactly”, I mean exactly. I want chapter and verse on this one if I’m going to be able to prevent it ever happening again!
Secondly, she was talking about arresting people for ”Inciting Rachael hatred”! Apparently there’s a law against it.
Now, I don’t know who this Rachael is, or what she has done to deserve specific protection under law, but I’m saying right here and now, if it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for the rest of us!
