Up, up and away

After the death of Hunter S Thompson one thing all of us who loved him and his writing asked was, would his ashes get the send off he wanted. I'm pleased to say the answer is yes.

Thompson's ashes to be shot from cannon

The Flying Dog Brewery are busy brewing a porter in memorial to the great man, though the guv'nor is concerned that the AFT will have a problem with the label which, of course reads "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." If the AFT do pose a problem, he can always ship the lot over to the UK. We don't worry about that sort of thing here, although at 9% it's a bit on the weak side for our refined tastes.