Mark Palmer's "The Best Medicine" Blog

Yes, it’s true, sometimes as men, we like to read when we’re on the loo. It’s something in our genetic makeup, I can’t pinpoint it, but that would be my best guess really. If there’s a magazine, a book, a pamphlet, heck our wife or girlfriends new shampoo or facial scrub bottle, if it has… read the rest of this post …

This has got to be one of the silliest, but coolest things I have ever seen. If you are a Star Wars fan (like I am) then this will definitely put a smile on your face. If you’ve never seen Star Wars before and this video is the first time you’re seeing it, then please… read the rest of this post …

I know plenty of funny female stand-up comics, not just funny, but really, really funny. Yet there seems to be this opinion in the world of stand-up that women comedian’s aren’t as funny as men. This is a debate that could go on and on and on. But at the end of the day, everyone… read the rest of this post …

Cell phones going off constantly can be an irritation, especially when trying to sit quietly in a coffee shop, or in a restaurant or even in a movie. Being a comedian, we do ask the audience to please turn their phones to silent, many times this being ignored and then the offending phone owner gets… read the rest of this post …

A company has seen a huge rise in demand for odd shaped coffins, ranging from ones which looks like a human-sized skip, to others that resemble the Angel of the North. Bosses at coffin makers Vic Fern and Co say people are turning their back on the traditional wooden box and opting to spend eternity… read the rest of this post …

Now I’m not normally a fan of TV ads but every now and then some advertiser pulls a rabbit out of a hat or in this case a smart crook almost pulls of an amazing theft from an electronics store. The “CCTV footage” makes it look like the crime of the century and you’d think… read the rest of this post …

We’ve seen this moment in movies so many time. The lovestruck guy gets down on his knee at a sporting event and proposes to the women he loves. She says “yes”, the crowd cheers, the couple kisses and then it cuts to a movie montage of the couple over the next couple of years. So… read the rest of this post …

Talk about a close-call people. American footballers had a lucky escape recently, when a camera which had been suspended above the field fell and almost hit them. Click here to check out the video: CAMERA CRASH I love it when the commentator talks about the cost of the camera and then goes on to talk about… read the rest of this post …

You’ve seen every possible “cat” video on Youtube and I thought I should share something just a little bit different with you today. This video (in slow-mo and with music) shows these pooches, heads out the window, just enjoying life. Make you wish that it’d be this easy for us. So, I’m not going to… read the rest of this post …

For ages people have wondered what the “secret formula” behind the worlds favorite soft drink is. And no, it’s not Mello-Yello I’m talking about, it’s Coca-Cola. Well, you can keep on wondering because the secret recipe just became a little bit more secret and and a whole lot more secure. The secret formula had been… read the rest of this post …