I rarely bother to drink alcohol, but when I was up in London on Wednesday I had a couple of pints at the Foundry Arms for old times’ sake – I used to go there before the Tate Modern opened next door when it was a quiet local pub and not a tourist magnet. Its […]
Entries Tagged as 'WTF'
Ghostbusters
August 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Life
Did you know that there was such a thing as the Crawley Paranormal Investigators?
Shed-dweller
July 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Shed-dweller · Life
While the kids’ bikes rust away in the garden I keep mine in the shed to protect it from the rain and damp, but there may be a flaw in this plan.  I’m not saying that our shed is damp, but when I took the bike out this morning I had to be careful not […]
Twins Basil!
July 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Twins Basil! · Life
“There must be a twins conference going on somewhere…” You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
You couldn’t make it up
July 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on You couldn’t make it up · Life
From the Argus we have the headline Arsonist handed lighters by mental health staff. The amazing thing is that if you read the story it is even worse than the headline suggests. A man was sectioned for repeatedly starting fires. Staff at the place he was kept say that they deliberately did not take lighters […]
JZ PS
June 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life
Can’t decide whether I was more surprised by the end of today’s Dr. Who or the start of Jay-Z’s set at Glastonbury, but I know which one gave me a bigger laugh.
Tags: Dr. Who·Glastonbury·TV·WTF
Percussive Maintenance
June 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Technology, Work
I can’t believe this worked: a colleague had a problem with her TFT monitor today. All the icons on the screen had shadows to the right of them, as did the letters of any text. It was a mess. I tried the reset function on the menu, with no effect. As far as I could […]
I’ve come over all Victor Meldrew
June 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on I’ve come over all Victor Meldrew · Jane
I really don’t understand the thinking behind this news report
Tags: WTF
Standing down
June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
I don’t really understand this business about David Davis standing down. I know what they are all saying, but it just all seems so implausible.
Dave does it again
June 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Dave does it again · Music
Dave Grohl really does seem to be the collaborator of choice these days for surprise guest appearances at concerts.
