Category Archives: Humour

The goose is getting fat

It bugs me every single year. Christmas decorations, music and advertising campaigns all seem to commence somewhere around the end of October. I usually allow myself to start feeling festive somewhere between Thanksgiving in the USA (today) and St. Andrew’s … Continue reading

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Election ’08

He who slings mud generally loses ground. – Adlai stevenson Well that’s it. Nobody landed a knockout blow to dramatically alter the polls in the final pre-election debate last night. Race over I reckon. The USA has a new leader. … Continue reading

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Investment advice

From The Independent last week: If you had purchased £1,000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth £4.95, with HBOS, earlier this week your £1,000 would have been worth £16.50, and £1000 invested in XL … Continue reading

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How quaint

Historic ‘Blockbuster’ Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past Update 19/08/08 I think I may have found who may be responsible for Blockbuster going down the tubes. When your CEO is this out-of-touch this you should … Continue reading

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Toronto – Vancouver (2088 miles)

Isn’t technology wonderful? I was worried about missing the Champions League final and probably would have had to change my flight had Liverpool beaten Chelsea in the semi but it turns out that I needn’t have worried. WestJet had ESPN … Continue reading

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Amusingly named eateries

Was it not for Kottke, I would have missed this paper on restaurant sobriquets and subsequently an earlier piece on the Guardian food blog. There are some absolutely hilarious examples in the comments but here are some of my personal … Continue reading

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WTF?

“For my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier. I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.” – Steven Wright I was out and about in Edinburgh this afternoon to blow away the cobwebs … Continue reading

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Sometimes I’m just not that bright

Of late, in-and-among the pop-culture dross that seems to somehow pass itself off as newsworthy, I’ve noticed a lot of items on the state of the stock markets. I do understand the basic tenets of commerce. However, the exchange of … Continue reading

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Final awards of 2007

“Final” in every sense of the word for the nominees and eventual winner of the Darwin Awards 2007 (ironically announced in the same week as 12 school districts in Florida effectively banned the teaching of evolution). For the uninitiated among … Continue reading

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Déjà vu

Something was very familiar about the Love Mattress I saw on BuzzFeed the other week. I knew that I’d seen it somewhere before but as it was still a prototype I couldn’t think where and it certainly wasn’t going to … Continue reading

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