Archives – 2006 – September – 18  

Straight from the kick-off. Really.
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It’s a cliche in football that a team is most vulnerable when they have just scored. It’s doubtful that the clichemongers had this in mind when thinking about just how vulnerable you can be.
It’s bound now to be described as like Be[…]

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National Talk Like A Pirate Day
The Internet’s own version of April Fool’s – but on September 19th. How long can we manage to keep our Pirate Filter in place…[…]

Climbing Up The News Ladder
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Have a country in turmoil? Want the world to know what is going on in your city? Want aid, want attention? WANT TO BE HEARD?
Well read the subtext of this little BBC editors blog piece. It starts off as a nice little compare and contrast piece, in th[…]

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Suckling Pig.
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Food Science Day Two: 2 – The Culinary Art of the Bad Pun Continued
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An ongoing Food Science Day enquiry is to determine whether tasty recipes can be derived from appalling puns. Previous experiments such as Lychees on Toast and the almost legendary Thymey Calaloo Dow’s Port have shown that there is much potential i[…]

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Serious Art Criticism
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Man dressed up as Terracotta Warrior infiltrates Terracotta Army for Art Sake. Well, really what other sake would there be? This would be one in the eye for Banksy if Banksy ever did anything in person*. But why can’t it just be called a practi[…]

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