2 years

2 years is a good length of time. It’s the amount of time it takes to: witness a baby learn to smile, laugh, walk, talk, and feed herself pass 5 A-levels explore the world, visiting all 193 member states of the United Nations spending at least 3 days in each learn to speak a new [...]

Déjà Vu

noun   Psychology – the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time. disagreeable familiarity or sameness: The new television season had a sense of déjà vu about it—the same old plots and characters with new names. [Origin 1900–05 from French: literally ‘already seen’ ] Déjà vu is a phenomenon [...]

5 Fruit a Day

A few years back the metaphor for global domination was McDonalds – for example this book by John Drane. Completely unrelated, in a drive for healthy eating the NHS has been pushing their 5-a-day campaign. Well, I feel like I have combined the two by buying an iMac today. In many ways, the Apple corporation [...]

Caption Competition #1

I’ve decided to start a regular feature where I post a randomly-found random picture and readers of my blog then pick a funny caption to accompany it. The rules are: (1) Don’t resort to crudeness or other forms of base humour to get a cheap laugh. (These will be deleted.) (2) You may only make [...]

Drama at its (wor/be*)st?

So, I watched this YouTube clip of an American Christian theatre group doing a skit, and I’m not sure whether it’s really great, or really cheesy. Probably a mixture of the two. Check it out and tell me what you think. It’s 5mins32 so be patient whilst loading – and please stick with it through [...]

The Comprehensive Guide to Making A Perfect Brew (= Cup of Tea)

INTRODUCTORY NOTES > In researching this I am indebted to Mr. Daniel Jones, MBA. > Up North, cups of tea are called ‘brews’. As I perfected this guide in Manchester I shall refer to them as such throughout. > Any key instructions I will mark with an asterisk. Don’t stray from these! THE KEYS There [...]

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