I don't see the word 'balloon' in the title, so how can this be funny?

"the element that cannot be named" ?

why would you let somebody else peek at your email? It's not strange they found relationships if they examined *all* the email data of some firm. I hope they had permission to do so... Okay, the email you send as an employee is property of the employer, but still...

I pay over 100 euros per month for medical insurance in the Netherlands. Yes, that covers 1000's of euros of possible prescription drugs or other medical treatment. But still, I'm paying. Oh, and the first 170 euros I have to pay myself.

Excuse me? Are you saying Europeans don't pay for their medicine?

eehhhmm... bees don't make honey from pollen. But you knew that already, didn't you?

but they did already: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15060310

The list is about "challenged" books, not about them being censored. Please RTFA!

Have you seen that satellite?

No, it is indicative of the presence of methane.