Dispensary Corner

THE owner of a gymnasium in the USA has caused a social media sensation by erecting a billboard that some people found offensive - but many were highly amused.

The advertisement outside Pell City Fitness (pictured) says “Tired of being fat and ugly? Just be ugly!” and was initially the subject of a removal order by city officials.

However after much online banter enforcement officers relented and said the only issue was he had put up the sign without a necessary permit.

He has now filed the correct paperwork but warned “if you were offended by the sign, you would not fit in at the gym”. SALES of sticking plasters are likely to plummet if a British judge has his way.

Retiring magistrate Nic Madge has proposed making kitchen knives more blunt, as a way of curbing Britain’s “soaring knife crime epidemic”.

Knife crime rose 22% in the UK last year, while stabbing deaths among teenagers and young adults reached an all time high.

Laws aiming to curb availability of weapons had had little effect because offenders had simply taken knives from a cutlery drawer.

He urged authorities to consider preventing the sale of long pointed knives, also suggesting police could organise a program to grind down the points of lawfully obtained sharp kitchen utensils.