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Day 45: Hawaii:
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
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— 1 Sep 2005 Tanya Headon 2 comments

One the bright side, I did not get any flour in my hair. On the down side, I got thoroughly vansick and the bumping up and down was redolent of sitting inside one of Ringo Starr’s drums, it had absolutely no rhythm at all. Luckily I could vomit[…]

“Two small teats”
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— 1 Sep 2005 Tom Comment

Mysterious goat defies so-called gender. Note the forthright advice from a vet.[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS OF ALL TIME No.81: The JAMMS – It’s Grim Up North
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— 1 Sep 2005 Tom 6 comments

The JAMMS – It’s Grim Up North (Part 1)
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This record is ten minutes long (exactly). On it, Bill Drummond reads out the names of (approximately) 70 towns in Northern England over a beserk techno backing, containing bursts of train s[…]

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FOOD SCIENCE DAY 6: Whipping Marmite Til It Goes White
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— 1 Sep 2005 Pete Baran 1 comment

AIM: To confirm that Marmite, when whipped, goes white: as claimed by me for so long that I cannot remember if I made it up or not.
APPARATUS: Small (but surprisingly expensive) jar of Marmite. A bowl. A fork. Lots of men with strong wrists.
METHOD: […]

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FOOD SCIENCE DAY 5: Feast of Flying Fruit
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— 1 Sep 2005 Rob Brennan 1 comment

Aim:To determine the most aerodynamic fruit by means of distance travelled when hurled through the air.
Apparatus: Park. Measuring Device (Interweb journalist Tom E.). Throwing Device (Interweb hardman Mark C.). The following varieties of fruit: appl[…]

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ROCK BOTTOM
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— 1 Sep 2005 Sarah Comment

I need say no more.
Your humble correspondent must point out that she merely photographed this Beast in Finsbury Park Tesco, has not and does not intend to consume said ‘beverage’, and is convinced even more so that things are very differ[…]

I never met Michael Sheard (1940-2005)
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— 1 Sep 2005 Alan Comment

In 1997 I went up to Edinburgh to sample the Fringe. It was the year that the League of Gentlemen won the Perrier, and I saw their show. Matt Lucas was in the audience laughing his arse off, but i didn’t get much of a kick out of it. Mark Gatis[…]

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Mmm, Salty 2
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— 1 Sep 2005 Pete Baran Comment

Look at all the Sea Minerals!!!!
And no dandruff either![…]

mysterious disappearances
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— 1 Sep 2005 mark sinker Comment

i have an excellent coffee-table paperback from the late 70s called STRANGE PHENOMENA which has a cover decorated with falling fishes and tells many excellent tales eg of the French coalminers who dug a strange leathery bird out of a seam of living r[…]

Mmm, Salty
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— 1 Sep 2005 CarsmileSteve Comment

There is a slight problem with the new Head & Shoulders advert. Their latest wheeze is Ocean Spa flavour smell fragrance (is that right?) “inspired by the sea” it says here, which features the now standard dandruff-free beautiful co[…]

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