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I Wanna Make You Sweet
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— 4 Jan 2008 Pete Baran Comment

Sweetbreads: culinary term for the pancreas or thymus. However a lot of people (myself included) still think sweetbreads are testicles. I mean its al OM NOM NOM NOM as far as I am concerned, and once prepared I am not sure I could necessarily taste t[…]

Brandwatch AKA Snifflewatch: Lemsip Cold & Flu Max Strength Direct
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— 4 Jan 2008 Tom 2 comments

This is not a new brand but Lemsip’s latest salvo in the war against the uncurable common cold (via our wallets) was new to me when I tried it yesterday. You might think that putting a couple of capsules in your mouth is pretty direct, ditto dr[…]

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Chestnut Kit Kat (KitKat Wa Guri)
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— 3 Jan 2008 Sarah 2 comments

Mmm chestnuts, how festive! I know it’s January, but I bought, and ate this Kit Kat last year so it’s still okay and bah humbug to the haters. Chestnut Kit Kat then: I’m sad to say that I am not really a big fan of this one. It felt[…]

Self-Organizing Systems In The London Bridge Pret A Manger
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— 14 Dec 2007 Tom 13 comments

I have been re-reading Philip Ball’s Critical Mass, his book about “social physics”, how the study of physics can lead us to understand aggregate human behaviour better. It’s very wide-ranging and interesting, with pretty obvi[…]

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