Category Archives: Ridiculous Tosh

Perky sauntering

Posted on May 31, 2016 by janh1

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

Posted on December 3, 2014 by janh1

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

Posted on April 1, 2013 by janh1

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

Posted on March 25, 2013 by janh1

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

Posted on March 11, 2013 by janh1

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

Posted on January 3, 2013 by janh1

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

Posted on March 5, 2012 by janh1

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

Posted on January 17, 2012 by janh1

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

Posted on December 14, 2010 by janh1

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

Posted on September 26, 2010 by janh1

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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