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DIY
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…No, fear not gentle reader, I do not mean the classic curse of the property-owning classes’ weekends, but something EVEN MORE EVIL!!! It is CD players wot insist on doing DIY glitchy remixes of all yr favourite records, despite all teh c[…]

You’re Only Hurting The Kurds
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Stories like this are very funny as Ananova quirkies: the Swiss boycotting kebabs because of violence after the football with Turkey. But they do highlight the stupidity of knee jerk cultural assumptions. The entire British public as far as I remembe[…]

SPECIAL FEATURES
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is there any possible reason why a HOLE PUNCHER — or BODGER as my mum wd have called it — has a LOCK on it, to keep it in the shut position?
except so as to cause ensuent hilarity from afar when it clicks shut by itself and no one in the[…]

Double Deck ‘Er
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I get up from my seat and walk to the stairs at the front. A neatly dressed woman has decided to stand at the top of the stairs so I slow to let her swing out – perhaps she’ll take my seat – but no move does she make. With the usual[…]

“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 […]

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[…]

Memo To The Hairdressing Profession
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Would it be impossible to learn not only the arts of scissor and comb but also the basic social art of knowing when somebody wants to chat to a stranger and when they don’t. Just because you have me trapped in yr chair with a blade near my thro[…]

Is it just me…
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or have the insults and heckles of teenaged hoodlums gone somewhat downhill recently? Here are some, entirely true, examples of abuse hurled at me recently on the streets of Glasgow.
4. “Here, mate, d’ye want a chip?”: This one puzz[…]

Hey Mr Science The Clue Is In The Name
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Being cold might make you get cold, SCIENTISTS REVEAL. My irritation with THIS SORT OF THING is summed up in the final sentence – “Mothers can now be confident in their advice to children to wrap up well in winter” b/c of course the[…]

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