Category Archives: Ridiculous Tosh

Perky sauntering

I once overheard someone saying ‘When I see a runner smiling, then I’ll run.” Well, when I’m out for a trot, I do smile but you’d have to say something vaguely amusing, obvs. To be fair though, compared to proper … Continue reading

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Apple-bobbing + a pudding joke

I’ve just been amusing myself uploading tonight’s photography class pics to the laptop. It was the last class of the term and we were in the studio again – this time doing high speed photography. There was a fishbowl without … Continue reading

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Don’t make me hate you, Colin

It’s oddly paradoxical isn’t it, how someone being ridiculously over-friendly, over-solicitous and nice makes you want to kill avoid them? No? Just me then. Colin, the irritating chap from the Fast Show sketch who tells terrible jokes and laughs at … Continue reading

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La Gira del Vago

Eurospurt’s TV coverage of La Giro de la Incertidumbre. Try and imagine the visuals ok? This is just a blog after all… Alan: Welcome to La Gira del Vago more accurately known as La Gira de la Incertidumbre and you … Continue reading

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That Tesco flyer – first draft

Seriously                      (Ed: Delete. No-one’s going to believe that) We are changing. So yeah, we usually send you envelopes full of so-called offers that we’re confident you’ll never use but this … Continue reading

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Mainly fair with occasional rain blog – 2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading

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Guten Tag

Pseu tagged me! So it was only good manners to answer her questions: Cat or dog? Or what?  In a perfect world, dogs, (gundogs ie cocker spaniel, German Shorthaired Pointer) cats, Kunekune pigs, roseate cockatoo… but just the two tabbies, … Continue reading

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2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,100 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading

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Feeling proper Christmassy now

So, I’m feeling a lot more Christmassy now. This is about right less than two weeks before the big one. I’m counting the days. It’s going to be a traditional family Christmas, maybe the last one for a while where … Continue reading

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Paranoia I

They’re definitely out to get me, you know. I can’t think why. It’s disabled people, mostly. It started in Waitrose. I was nipping around getting a few things – essentials like milk, duche de leche, bread for the office – … Continue reading

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