Regular readers of Freaky Trigger will know that we’re sceptical about blaming all kinds of ills on ‘marketing’, because most marketers are rubbish bunglers and the whole thing tends to be based on very shaky statistics and assumpti[…]

The argument between whether computer games belong on TMFD or Do You See continues to rage on the futuristic battlescarred world that is Freakytrigger editorial in the pub. I sit firmly on the TMFD front. All of which is naught because there is now s[…]

Ananova misses the spooky subtext of this Unicycling Doctor story.
The doctor was clearly possessed by the spirit of the Robin Williams film Patch Adams. More proof that Robin Williams is the spawn of Satan*.
*Also quite spooky in his own right.[…]

i. you are on a bus
EXPLANATION: you are going to work or back home or somewhere and yr ROLLS is at the MENDERS
ii. you are gazin idly out the window
EXPLANATION: you are IDLE
iii. you are at bus stop
EXPLANATION: you are ON A BUS
iv. on the top of t[…]

Here at Freakytrigger we are always scouring the papers for pointless phrases which are rounded up in dispiritingly small minded articles. And now to join our perennial favourites “Political Correctness Gone Mad” and “Just A Bit Of […]

Once upon a time, if you found yourself at the bottom of Tottenham Court Road and fancied a Whopper, it was easy. You would just pop into the Burger King next to you and be sated. This is no longer the case dear readers, there is a crisis in the worl[…]

So yes the return of Doctor Who has been a massive success. Awards and viewers galore. So how do the BBC capitalise on it. No fair, they raid ITV’s closet.

BBC TO BRING BACK ROBIN OF SHERWOOD.
PROBABLY WITH A DIFFERENT NAME.
AND PROBABLY A BRU[…]

We have talked before about the Pillars of Hercules, but really only in terms of PIE, rather than in terms of it’s pubbishness. It’s a funny place, FAP rightly point out that it’s a good place to meet but it seems a shame to think […]

Its probably the (dwindling) mathematician in me: I have always hated the phrase “Less Is More”. Without using < or > (or even ))(( if you know what I mean), I can happily prove that less is not more thank you very much. Perhaps what is r[…]

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