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by  N.Morgan Many decades before graham crackers were used to make s’ mores or the tasty crust of a Key lime pie, graham crackers served a more puritanical purpose in 19th-century America. The cookies were invented by Sylvester Graham, an American Presbyterian minister whose views on  food ,  sex , alcohol, and nutrition would seem a bit extreme to today’s cracker-snackers. Much like the mayor in the movie  Chocolat , Graham and his thousands of followers—dubbed Grahamites—believed it was sinful to eat decadent foods. To combat this moral decay, Graham started a  diet regimen  of his own. Graham ran health retreats in the 1830s that promoted a bland diet that banned sugar and meat. According to  Refinery29 , Graham’s views ultimately inspired veganism in America as well as the “first anti-sugar crusade.” He condemned alcohol, tobacco, spices, seasoning, butter, and “tortured” refined flour. Caffeine was also a no-no. In fact, Graham be...

( N.Morgan ) You have to wonder what this guy did to tick someone off this badly. Wow!  A Scottish householder returns home to find that some idiot has took a shit down his chimney. Mike Williams is furious as the chimney had only just been cleaned.. Mike raged: "I was just getting home from work when a neighbour ran up and said they had seen a wee ned ( Scottish for ruffian) shitting down the chimney. "He's even taken a wee photo on his phone.   When I open the door the smell was incredible. "The wee bastards's shite had landed in the grate, it was all over the place! "It was all on the rug in front of the fire. There's no way it'll brush out. What the hell am i going to say to the insurance? 'Och, a ned shat down the chimney'? "If I get my hands on the little bastard I'll kick him so hard in the arse he'll never sh*t again." A source at Grampian Police said the crime was "Unpleasant and unusual". ...