Author: ontheball1

Jokes Vol 4.

Jokes Volume 4 Joke #1: The Soviet A Russian, a Frenchman, and an Englishman are in an art museum admiring a painting of Adam and Eve in the gardens of Eden. The Englishman takes a look at the painting and says “They look so calm, they must be British!” The Frenchmen responds “no no! They’re […]

Serbia

OnTheBall Travels (Serbia) It’s an old place, covered in graffiti and it’s falling apart–but I like it Serbia… always something going on. We travelled here for over a week by bus from Hungary. Serbia has become an interesting place to get a flavour of Europe without spending your entire savings account. Read about our Hungary […]

Pok a Tok

Soccer or Football? Neither! You may have thought this article is a pissing contest on whether it should be named soccer or football–some have tried extensively to argue one name over the other. Although none of them go far as back as the similar game of Pok-a-Tok. It sounds like a Chinese microwaveable meal, but […]

Now, Jokes Require Certification

Digital Gulag for me… It is stuff like this that have motivated me to launch On The Ball. There is an immense amount of censorship on the internet and the space where we share information. I’m well aware I’m not the only person who had been censored on Twitter daily, it seems to be a […]

Urgent! Scotland is Going Extinct

Scots are not having babies According to the National Records of Scotland, Scotland’s experiencing the second LOWEST fertility rate since they began collecting such data back in 1855. The data released is from 2021, where 47,786 live births occurred, 2% higher than 2020, but this still being the second lowest. There were 10% more excess […]

An Overlooked Commodity

Platinum Play Platinum is a rare, stable metal that, owing to its diverse and distinctive chemical and physical characteristics, is often used in jewellery as well as medical, electrical, and chemical applications as we’ll discuss below. Most people who are into the metals space pay considerable attention when it comes to gold and silver while […]

Wanted! A Game of Riddles

I’m going to discuss a stock, but I’m only going to give you some numbers to shield your expectations. I have a position in the stock, but I won’t reveal what i’m doing till the end. I’ll do a type of company riddle I float on a sea of debt (Total Debt/Total Equity: 606%, Total […]

Common Love/Hate Attachments

I can’t fix my problem Doc, I need it! Do you have a friend where every time you hear them, they are complaining about the same problem? Maybe it’s their relationship, it’s their parents, it’s their coworkers… but you always have to hear about it. You love your friend, but you can’t help wonder why […]