You learn something new every day…

There’s a little-known exemption in the Highway Code that says Mercedes drivers don’t have to stop at zebra crossings…

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Oh… I’m so awake!

I love being wide awake at 3 a.m. o’clock in the morning.

At least I feel wide awake; a quick look in the mirror suggests I appear like I’ve been recently dug-up and crudely re-animated.
It must have been the switch to daylight saving time that has ruined my body clock.

Or the delusional belief that I could handle coffee AND chocolate at about 9 p.m., and that SleepyMilk++ would knock me out sufficiently.

Well, it did, until I woke up at 2:45 with a minor hangover…

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Yarg?

For reasons too numerous and complicated to bore you with, I was embarrassed at work the other day by being unable to decide on a pirate name for myself when called upon.

A quick Google has enabled me to rectify this… although I’m not convinced it’s ideal, it will have to do for now…

My pirate name is:
Bloody Tom Cash

pirate flag

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it’s the open sea. For others (the masochists), it’s the food. For you, it’s definitely the fighting. You’re musical, and you’ve got a certain style if not flair. You’ll do just fine. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.

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Singing mortician

This picture & story about a singing mortician in the US worries me on so many levels…

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Green Wing on DVD! And competition at Amazon.co.uk

Apologies for the lack of any sort of posting of late… I am working on things, honestly.

In the meantime, you may be interested in the Green Wing competition being run by Amazon.co.uk – you can win a Green Wing poster signed by the cast, and an iPod nano. To enter, you either need to pre-order the Green Wing DVD before its April 3rd release date, or send a stamped-addressed envelope to Amazon – details on the competition page.

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I love goujons

goujons of haddock on a baking tray
Goujons of haddockOriginally uploaded by hooverbag.

There’s not a better way to commiserate one’s birthday than tucking into bits of dead creature that have been skilfully hacked into long strips and battered. None at all.

I also find that the older I get, the more easily pleased I get…

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Comedy freestyle DDR

Enjoy with sound for optimum effect.

(Edit 2009-02-13 – vid no longer at previous link, replaced with youtube video)

Kay0ss performs TSUGARU:

This is why I need an extra dance mat, a floppy hat, and a webcam. Oh, and some sort of vague semblance of physical co-ordination.
originally found: ddrfreak.com

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Help get Bill Bailey’s ‘Is it Bill Bailey?’ released on DVD

If you would, please sign the petition to get Bills TV series “Is it Bill Bailey?” released on DVD. (started by the Part Troll Bill Bailey fan site, I understand)
Cos I wants it, see?

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Quality British motoring

Having not had a look at sniffpetrol.com for some time, I was amused by this fake Austin Princess ad.

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Can’t write for sh*t

In an attempt to think up something of funniness to write in this ‘ere blog, I started making notes of anything vaguely amusing that crossed my mind on a pad of paper I carry around with me. Very sensible, one might think.

Alas, my handwriting is notoriously terrible. This can be made worse if trying to write on an uneven surface, while being jostled around. This is why it was such a fantastic idea for me to make notes while on a bus, leaning on my knee.

Having just reviewed these notes (a good side and a half of A4, I was certainly on a roll), I have discovered it is about 25% unfunny, and 75% illegible.

In an attempt to salvage something, I shall discard the unfunny, and share what I can make out of the rest. It goes something like:

Nose-pishing postman – in USSR
Not subtle, post-event finger impetus

2 conservatives, alimentary

sphere, laughter from somewhere else – always someone having a better theatre yawn

felt DN aching

being quite wrong, irrelevant, not funny? doesn’t matter [actually, I think that might be exactly what I intended to write]

missing pretzels [and some other stuff I can’t even begin to make out]

And there you have it. No doubt some nuggets of comedic wonder lost forever in that little lot.

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