Want an iPhone for Christmas but can’t really afford the huge monthly charges? Well here is something that is a lot cheaper and yet still reassuringly overpriced for what it actually is while being strangely desirable despite everything. Easier to use than a real iPhone as well!
Entries Tagged as 'WTF'
Badly Drawn Boy wanted for taxi murder
November 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
Hat tip to Angry people in local papers You know what? I reckon even I could get a job as a police artist in Bolivia. Love the way they keep zooming in on the picture to try and make it scary… You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Postal miracle
October 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Postal miracle · Life
I received a letter today and I have no idea how it got to the right house.   The address on it was my name but the address of the secretary of Horsham Labour Party – yet it was delivered to my house. In the past if anything has gone to Ray’s address he has either […]
Tags: Royal Mail·WTF
Run that by me again
October 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on Run that by me again · Politics
At work we have TV screens in various public areas like in the canteen and the lobby area outside the lifts. The screens display a slideshow of company information, but also have a scrolling RSS feed of the latest BBC news headlines. On Friday one of the headlines was “French ‘boy sex’ minister issues denial” […]
Happy 23rd?
September 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Happy 23rd? · Life
The Wikipedia page on wedding anniversaries looks like a popular one for vandalism at the moment. Somebody was looking at it at work today and I noticed, in the section on traditional and modern gifts, that the traditionl gift in the UK for a 23rd wedding anniversary is “dirty protest”.
Tags: WTF
Can Dec anally match Ant?
September 1st, 2009 · Comments Off on Can Dec anally match Ant? · Life
A question we have all pondered, but not dared to voice aloud… see the Guardian for an explanation of exactly why and how the Express ended up with such an eye-catching headline. It turns out there is a perfectly logical explanation – they cocked up!
Tags: Doh!·Newspapers·WTF
Small world indeed
August 19th, 2009 · Comments Off on Small world indeed · Life
Chrystal is still in touch via the interwebs with some of the people we met in Tunisia in February. Last night she was chatting to them and it turns out that some of them had just come back from Crete, where they were staying in the same resort and Jayne & I.  As it was […]
Gazprom with attitude
July 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Life
The catalogue of brand-naming disasters got a new entry this week, when Russia’s Gazprom entered into a joint venture with Nigeria’s state-run gas company and decided to call the new entity… Nigaz. What could possibly go wrong?
Glasto
June 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on Glasto · Music
I did not see much of Glastonbury this year, not compared to last year anyway – although I have a few hours’ worth recorded for a rainy day.  One thing I did see was Spinal Tap singing Big Bottom, which was pretty bizarre. They had Jarvis Cocker joining them on bass guitar, but I’ll swear […]
Tags: WTF
Get your wellies on!
June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Get your wellies on! · Life
Looking at the BBC News website today I found some Google ads displayed.  I’m still smiling over the juxtaposition of the last two…
