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Field reports of two OUTRAGEOUS breaches of pub etiquette:
1. From the PintJournal of our Glasgow correspondent comes a tale of someone ordering a very expensive wheat beer pint in someone else’s round and then providing a LIST of acceptably pr[…]

irony as history pt 2
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other things that i liked or made me laugh:
i. gambo wipin away a tear when sabbaf were inducted
ii. the general old folks reunion small-world-intit feelin
iii. angus young in LONG PANTS AT LAST!!
iv. p.townshend sounds EXACTLY LIKE (and looks a lit[…]

“tailored” shorts and long boots
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being an mang, and also being the opposite end of the spectrum from “fashionable” i am unsure as to the correct terminology for this au courant item of legcovering, but i know one thing:
ALL YOU LADIES LOOK RIDICULOUS IN THEM
i have only […]

irony as history
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inducting j.hendrix and b.dylan into the UK Rock Hall of Fame, the powers-that-institutionalise opted for STARS OF TODAY doing cover versions: slash (plus a winwood and some now-rotund jimi sidemen) for the former, alanis morisette for the latter
and[…]

In Search Of Space
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If this does not include some kind of ‘first contact’ I shall be bitterly disappointed with our Endemol overlords.[…]

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Box-ing Clever
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Is there much of a market for snarky comic pastiches of turn of the century adventure fiction? You’d think perhaps not, but then there shouldn’t be a market for dried up old harridans writing a book about grammar, but there was. Of course[…]

MYSTERIOUS GARLIC-FLAVOURED YUMMY CASHEW MYSTERY
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i. place cashews (in unopened packet) in fridge to keep mice from findin and gobblin
ii. garlic (open) in fridge while blast-cleanin kitchen from top to bottom
iii. forget remove from fridge
iv. cold cashews tastin of garlic!!
this wz delicious BUT […]

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Computers wind you up? Here’s one you can wind-up back
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Alan’s post a few below about the shenanigans on ILx just go to show that use of computers can wind you up. Now in a clever reversal of this trend for the purposes of a PBS piece, the UN have unveiled a computer you can wind up back. Here Nicky[…]

Fallingoverball
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There is more than a degree of hubris with the title of Murderball. Even its proper name, Wheelchair Rugby, is a bit misleading, as the rules are more akin to full contact basketball. No-one is murdered, forwarded passes are allowed and whilst the cl[…]

So I’m staying dry, and?
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(Inspired by Ned banter below) Wierdest on-street slagging I got this year = ‘ha ha love the umbrella mate’ (you need to read this with heavy sarcasm). Of course since it was pishing it down at the time, and I was (relatively) dry, should[…]

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