Now this a real crisis!!

We haven't had to look far for our share of international crises this year, have we?
The chaos in Syria continues.
Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza (again!!)
Pro-Russian murderers shooting down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine.
The list goes on and on.

But there's one crisis that has been conspicuous by its absence on the news channels of the world, and that's the loss of about 70% of the hazelnut crop harvest in Turkey due to the frosts in March.
So why is this a crisis?
Well, hazelnut prices have gone through the roof and hit a 10-year high and this will undoubtedly have an effect on the price of that most delicious of spreads…NUTELLA.

Each jar contains 50 hazelnuts!!

The obvious thing to do is to stock up on as many jars of Nutella as you can get your hands on.
Just one problem though - the Best Before date.
Let's face it, people, there's only so much Nutella spread on toast that a man can eat before they either get tired of the stuff (heaven forbid) or their arteries finally clog up for good…but wait, there is salvation!!!
Click on the link below and feast your eyes on fifteen examples of utter fabulousness!

THE MOST AWESOME NUTELLA SITE IN THE WORLD!!

Okay, it won't stop your arteries from clogging up because it'll mean you do actually consume the contents of those hundred and fifty jars you've just bought, but at least it will add that much needed variety to the consumption of that fantastic hazelnut chocolate spread.

I'm going to have a go at this - Banana and Nutella-Stuffed French Toast!

Nom, nom, nom!!!

Riots - Who's are the best?

I'm not sure if any of you were aware, but there is now in place an unspoken international agreement that any country which hosts a major global sporting event must, in the preceding year, also host the World Riot Championships.
The 2013 World Riot Championships are currently taking place in Brazil in preparation for the 2014 World Cup, and, in a strange twist, that same country will be hosting the WRC again in 2015 in prelude to the 2016 Olympics.
Of course, many people following this blog in the UK will remember the London riots of 2011, which was the first occasion for a number of years that the WRC had been able to achieve the prominence which its 'world championship' status supposedly warrants; after all, the WRC in South Africa in 2009 went largely unnoticed and unreported (many people claim that this was because it was difficult to differentiate the WRC from the perennial urban discontent in that country), whilst the WRC in China 2007 really failed to get off the ground because the Chinese authorities were worried that such an event may resurrect memories of Tienanmen Square and young men in white shirts standing in front of tanks.
There is also, I understand, already preliminary discussions taking place in Doha regarding the 2017 WRC, where a request has been made that the riots take place in the cooler winter, rather than the raging heat of summer. No agreement on this has been reached.
It should also be noted that the WRC have filed an injunction against the rival Riot World Championship, claiming that its current championship in Turkey is illegal, a view (bizarrely) shared by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Finally, both the WRC and the RWC have welcomed the demise of the rival World Rioting Association, which had previously organised its riots to coincide with G8 summits; a spokesman for the WRC claimed that the WRA had 'failed to recognise the rioting ability of developing nations, and had paid the price for its elitism'.