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As crazy as it may seem, a similar thing to this happened to me once in the US. A student submitted a floppy disk with his assessment files on it together with number of photos that could only be described as very graphic porn. Thank goodness, in my case it was not child porn.

The BBC has a list of 100 Things You Did Not Know Last Year. Some of them are funny, like number 11 on the list, One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed. Hope you enjoy the list.

My man is “The Man”!

Henrik Larsson scored in his first game playing for Man United! He scored againest Aston Villa, to help United in the FA Cup. You can read about the game at BBC News. While Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted with Larsson, I thought his best praise came from his old manager from Celtic, O’Neill and now manager of Aston Villa, “Henrik is always capable of scoring a goal like that,” stated O’Neill. “People said he would only score goals in Scotland and I never thought for one minute he wouldn’t score in any league he chose. He has gone on to show that.”. Read more about what the managers had to say here.

Just to give you an update, the Swedish Straw Goat made it through the New Year! Read more at BBC.

A Swedish straw goat frequently attacked by vandals over the Christmas period has been taken down - unharmed - at the end of festivities.
The giant 13m (43ft) goat in the city of Gavle was dismantled after surviving Christmas for only the 11th time.

Goats of Christmas past have been burned down on 22 occasions, ram-raided or simply smashed to pieces.

Authorities said the goat’s longevity in 2006 was down to a special flame-resistant chemical coating.

“If the Gavle goat hadn’t been impregnated with flame-resistant chemicals, we would have been left with a black skeleton,” said Anna Oestman, a member of the city’s goat committee.

In 2005, arsonists dressed as Santa Claus and the Gingerbread Man burned the goat to the ground.

Secret storage

Gavle’s Christmas goat was first installed in the town’s central square in 1966.

Some have been burnt down within hours of being erected during the first week of December.

The culprits are seldom caught. However, a 51-year-old American tourist spent 18 days in jail after being convicted of setting it alight in December 2001.

The successful flame-proofing of the 2006 goat was not the first time authorities have put their faith in retardants - a substance tried once before washed off in the rain.

The undamaged goat would be stored at a secret location before being wheeled out for Christmas again at the end of this year, officials said.

Goats have a special place in Swedish tradition, delivering festive gifts - according to Swedish folklore - before Santa Claus took over that role.