While I clear the sewage out of my monitor, enjoy:

• Currently flying around email…Giant RTE map fail on Georgia (
  Twenty has it.):
  
  
  Not that it’s important compared with what’s happening, but obviously there’s no official word yet on what will happen with the world cup qualifier we have in Tblisi on September 6th. I wonder what happens in such a scenario?
• The story of a Cork Air Traffic Controller helping a plane to land safely via SMS is currently flying around the internets at high speeds, it’s hit Slashdot, giant nerd news site.
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  The Irish Times asks in the wake of his big win in the US last night: Is Padraig Harrington now in the same league as Tiger Woods?
• Le Craic has the creepy story of Dublin traffic cameras pointing in at windows instead of at the streets they’re supposed to.
• Yay, we’re still crowning a goat king of Ireland.
• Someone has posted a list of the Top 5 Hot Irish Girls and stuck Grainne Seoige at number 1.
• The Department of Education is considering a return of third level fees. I’ve always liked pointing out our free education system. But what the hell is the solution? Speaking of education, the helpline for Leaving Cert students has opened, just ahead of the results which are due this week. I did a shit leaving cert, and got offered none of my chosen places on the CAO. And wow, take a look at me now. Also on the subject, are the smart kids jumping ship to the UK to get to study things they can’t get into here?
• Jeez, look at the scouts: Still rocking despite the shit weather.
  
• Speaking of the weather, there’s more of it coming.
• I fucking hate these Meteor mobile genie ads:
  

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I saw an overweight kid about two or three days ago, wobbling along. Suddenly, he broke into a run, and I thought maybe there’s hope. Then his overweight father came running up behind him, and then they both burst through the door of burger king. True story.

Yep, our children are little fatties and it’s all everyone’s fault. Pfizer, as part of its corporate responsibility jazz, has been running ‘way2go’ in consultation with the

Department of Education & Science, the Irish Heart Foundation, Dublin City University and The National Parents Council Primary

They do educational stuff and their latest bit was surveying of kids attitudes in relation to weight.

The Sunday Business Post has:

The children surveyed also expressed little sympathy towards people who are overweight. The perception is that such people are lazy, spend all their time watching TV and are therefore responsible for their condition.

Which is great. But what do fat kids think? I have no idea what kind of parental attitude lets a child get fat, but the independent.ie commenters are away on a hack:

I’m quite convinced about the correlation between poorer households and poor food choices.

I think the missing link between the two is education. Poorer households put less importance on education and informed food choices are part of an educated process.

Its so much cheaper to buy some veg and fish/lean meat for a family of 5 than to go out and get 3 chicken boxes, 1 cod supper, batter sausage onion rings and 3 cokes 2 fantas.

Would a tax on fatty foods be possible? Would it have any effect?

More: [Examiner] Obesity crisis - Death by a thousand calories.