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Ken Makes Outre Comparison: No-One Surprised
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Perhaps Ken Livingstone’s comparison of Tiananmen Square with Trafalgar Square was a little bit ill advised. However hios point remains completely valid. Both T-Squares are comparable:
a) They are squares
b) They have a tradition of not always […]

The Real Reason The Lib Dems Want To Lower The Electorate’s Age
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So they can bribe them to vote for them with toffees. Of course what they don’t understand is that there is such a thin line between some of the parties at the moment that frankly a bag of toffees, or at least Jelly Babies, I could probably be […]

LIFE IMITATES LAMEST ART EVER
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LIFE IMITATES LAMEST ART EVER
the latest white house scandal is developing an EVIL TWIN twist!![…]

In January/February 2006 Blog 7 was about Endings
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In tribute to Tom drawing NYLPM to a close.
And as a firther tribute to the top 100 tracks of that blog never reaching number 1, we thought it would be good to end the top 13 endings at number 4. But for anyone looking back in the archive and wonderi[…]

THE FT TOP 13 ENDINGS: 4. The end of the First Pokemon Movie
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Because all bets are off in a kids film, the outcome can be more outrageous, whether for good or bad. It’s the free-hand to go that bit further than the adults would stand that can produce a GAINT gem or a GIANT turd.
The end of the FIRST (gulp[…]

THE FT TOP 13 ENDINGS: 5. The corpse return to life
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BOOO! The genre is horror/thriller. It’s Carrie (good), it’s Fatal Attraction (bad). Just when you thought it was safe to relax a final jolt just to leave you a little bit tingly. This has fallen into disrepute of late as a trick that&#82[…]

Why The Man Is In The Moon
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I caught the first half of Man In The Moon last night, but we were too tired to stay up. So in answer to the “what did Andy Kaufmann die of” question, I websearched.
I did not imagine I would actually find his DEATH CERTIFICATE ON THE WEB[…]

THE FT TOP 13 ENDINGS: 6. Handing It In Late
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In my younger days when I had some sort of inappropriate belief in some sort of natural justice, I would routinely curse those who insisted on handing in essays and coursework late. Here was I, an organised chap, able to produce the work within the d[…]

THE FT TOP 13 ENDINGS: 7: It Was a Christmas Miracle
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This line was actually said at the end of an Xmo-special ep of the Wonder Years and it has served me well ever since. It can be used in voice over on ANY xmo-special. Add your own. As many times as you like. It’s always appropriate.
Number of t[…]

THE FT TOP 13 ENDINGS: 8: The Ending of TV Serials You Never Saw
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There was a time when if you missed a telly show, you really MISSED that show. Even when domestic video recorders came along in the late 70s this didn’t really change things that often. If you’d missed something there was never a way to f[…]

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