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Memories Of A Geisha Girl
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— 16 Jan 2006 Pete Baran 1 comment

I went to see the Memories of Geisha Girl Film yesterday and was surprised at the things I learned.
a) Geisha Girlz were all Chinese.
b) They can juggle fans, which to Japanese men are irresistible.
c) They play very out of tune ukeleles.
d) Everyon[…]

Well I Never
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— 16 Jan 2006 Tom Comment

Marvel’s 1985 photo-comic – ‘incredibly innovative’, costs 1xmillion dollars to make, etc. etc. – looks like screenshots from knock-off survival horror game. Oh dear.[…]

Best non-sequitur ever
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— 16 Jan 2006 Dave Boyle Comment

In this interview, football agent Jerome Anderson responds to a question about there the bad impression of agents comes from.
He can only speak for himself, he says. ‘I had a place at university to study law’.
Well, thanks for clearing t[…]

Doctor Who – What Were They Thinking?
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— 16 Jan 2006 Tom Comment

The book I’m reading about the 60s covers the beginning of Dr Who in some Carmodic detail (it’s a symbol for erm yeah WHITE HEAT OF TECHNO), and on Friday night I watched the first ep of the Eccleston series again, so time for a DR WHO PO[…]

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