Saturday, April 30, 2005

Politics meets Speed Dating

Or perhaps doesn't, as you'll find out if you read this.

My favourite paragraph:

"As they cast their eyes towards the two blondes in the corner they were no doubt wondering how to get their telephone numbers. I was wondering what they thought of constitutional reform."

Story of my life.

Monday, April 18, 2005

By jove, I think I've done it

here's a photo of Nick Cave



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Sorry, started scaring myself then. I'm a bit tired, so I'll take all this down tomorrow, but I am quite proud of it so I want to leave it up for a bit.

I'd like to thank Will Jackson, virgin.net, WS_FTP (whoever they may be), and North Carolina State University for their HTML commands.

Sunday, April 17, 2005

And how could I forget to mention...

one more link for the Election category that you may have noticed appear to your right. Here's Alastair Campbell's election blog. Or maybe not...

And one more...

From: Kevin Young
Sent: 04 March 2005 16:41
To: Will Jackson (E-mail)
Subject: Will's dad is the dawg!

Snoop "Dogg" has a website which translates any webpage into gangsta speak. See for yo'delf:

http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://freespace.virgin.net/will.rjackson/dad.htm

KY

Not a morning person

The TV listings from the morning paper whilst in Ireland made me laugh:



Does it make me racist if I describe this as "Irish"?

And will the Tories turn that last line into an election poster?

Things I've been sent...

From: Mac Jackson
Date: Apr 16, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Beer
To: Will Jackson

Will,
Following on from PL "who let the dogs out"
try The dangers of drinking beer - so, soooo true.
Dad.


Which reminds me of the old joke:
Q: How do you turn a dog into a fox?
A: Drink eight pints of lager.
Boom boom.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Gardner
Sent: 25 March 2005 22:38
To: Will Jackson
Subject: contribution to the guide for ya!

Take The Alcohol Knowledge Test


I'm pleased(?) to say my score was "Bourbon":
Congratulations! You're 104 proof, with specific scores in beer (80) , wine (83), and liquor (60). Screw all that namby-pamby chick stuff, you're going straight for the bottle and a shot glass! It'll take more than a few shots of Wild Turkey or 99 Bananas before you start seeing pink elephants. You know how to handle your alcohol, and yourself at parties.

Tell me how you did.

From: Anthony Rudd
Sent: 13 April 2005 16:22
To: Will Jackson
Subject: The 10 worst album covers of all time

This made me laugh so much, I had to pass them on.

The 10 worst album covers of all time

Anthony Rudd
Area Manager
Trafficlink (UK) Ltd


From: Ian Gardner
Date: Mar 23, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: Fw: FW: [Fwd: Beer Theories]
To: "Will Jackson (HM)"

W

Beer facts related email for the guide - if it's any use.


> Beer Theories
>
> Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed.
> Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the
> brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this
> beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered.
> I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams
> come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
>
> -- Babe Ruth
>
> An intelligent man is sometimes
> forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
>
> -- Ernest Hemingway
>
> When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
>
> -- Paul Hornung
>
> 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case.
> Coincidence? I think not.
>
> - H.L. Mencken
>
> When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
> When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go
> to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!
>
> George Bernard Shaw
>
> Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
>
> - Benjamin Franklin
>
> Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind
> is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention,
> but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
>
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Beer: helping ugly people have sex since 3000 b.c.
>
> -- W.C. Fields
>
> Remember "I" before "E", except in Budweiser.
>
> Professor Irwin Corey
>
> To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a
> "support group." Salvation in a can!
>
> -- Leo Durocher
>
> One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the "Buffalo Theory" to
> his buddy, Norm. "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of
> buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the
> herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that
> are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a
> whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps
> improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much
> the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the
> slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kill
> brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest
> brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer
> eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and
> more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a
> few beers.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Webspace photo things

Thanks Pie Lord and Deegers for your help. Sorry also for the swearing, I was getting frustrated with my own incompetence.

I've started something

I think.

Read this, go to the website, sign the petition!


RE: NEASDEN!

'After the LBL petition to get the tubes to run all night, I
have a slightly less ambitious campaign to run past you. The
pre-recorded train announcements on the Jubilee Line are fine
apart from when the train is stopping or terminating at
"NEASDEN!". If I see my next train is terminating at
"NEASDEN!", I tend to wait for the one after, or I'm subjected
to recorded announcements ending with "... this is a Jubilee
Line service to NEASDEN!" at least twice per stop, all the way
home.' - Nick

..

It has always amused me at how amazing Willsden Green sounds on
the jubilee line announcements, and always raises a small cheer
from me whenever I hear the Jubilee lady announce that this train
terminates at 'Wiiiillllsden GREEN'! She sounds so pleased with
herself, that I've often wondered what fantastical sights
actually behold mankind there!

And last weekend, image my amazement that there is somewhere that
excites the Jubilee lday even more; 'NEASDEN'! It didnt strike me
as anger in her voice, just even more magical!

Made me titter anyway.

- Jubilee-ent

..

I agree (although admit it is a somewhat trivial matter), so have
started a petition for you/us:

http://www.petitiononline.com/neasden

Go sign it people!


- Dave

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Sunday, April 10, 2005

I have webspace.

I have a digital camera.

I have downloaded an FTP program.

But I still have NO FUCKING IDEA how to post photos online.

Please will somebody help me?

No?

I am willing to pay cash money. Does that change things?

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Childish Humour

Literally.

Watching "The Sweeney" on BBC4 the other night (part of their "TV On Trial" week, which came to the conclusion that the Seventies were the best period for television EVER) dredged up a schooldays memory.

Even though I was too young to be allowed to watch "The Sweeney" during the seventies, everyone in the playground knew the theme tune. And what often happened during the cold-filled months of winter was that a boy (it was always a boy) would pick his nose and keep the snot on his finger, running around the playground poking it in people's faces singing "The Greenie! The Greenie! Ba-ba-baba-baah-ba-ba-ba-ba!".

It's not "Are you a bummer tied to a tree?" but it's still pretty funny.


Put some clothes on, girls - you're knicked.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

Street signs

A couple of corkers I've seen recently...

A unisex tanning/nail salon near Timperley Metrolink station called...

Fem'n'hims.

A fast food restaurant on the London Road selling...

"Caribbean and Urban food to take away".

Now I thought I knew what "urban" music was a euphemism for, at least until Joss Stone, from the mean city streets of "Ashill near Cullompton" (according to BBC Devon), won a Best Urban music award, but I've no idea what kind of food it might be. Cream teas, perhaps?



The urban ghetto of Ashill (also near Bishopsteignton)

Bailey...


What bison?

I don't know why this picture made me laugh so much.
Anyway, Bailey the Bison lives with his owners in Alberta. He seems happy with it, from his website.