Archives for “Made me laugh”

Predictable

Predictive text for Unilever is Toileter.


Predictive text for "tow rope" is "toy pope".


A joke my son told me

A man walks in to a library and says "Fish and chips please" The librarian says, "Sorry sir, this is a library" So the man whispers "Fish ...


What’s in a name?

A gem from the East Dulwich Forum... A friend once met an American called Randy who complained about "you Brits always sniggering at my name”, stifling ...


Not many people know that

Rory Bremner watch out!


Child genius

Channel 4's Child Genius made interesting viewing. In a Seven Up style format, it will follow several "gifted children" - they are so bright their IQs ...


Job title mash up

The BBC is currently advertising for an "On-Demand Scheduler" (n.b. this link will self-destruct on 15th August) The idea of scheduling on-demand content struck me as ...


Thought for the day

Great promo video for the British Humanist Association Find out more about Humanism


After a flying visit to Copenhagen, I was piecing together a lego helicopter with my three-year-old and telling him about Legoland coming from Denmark. After a ...


What makes people tag?

Why Do Taggers Tag? Recognition Low self-esteem Peer recognition For recognition; a distorted view of "fame" See it in the community and want to try it too Via Vandal Watch: ...


The London Pube Mat

Newt Arrester was where my journey started. After a minor delay at Hawthorn-Hero-Ill, I wound up down Bowel Mind way. For a while Queer Spank was where ...


Fab photos

You just have to see these amazing photos. Brilliant! [Via The Obvious?]


Thigh Tech

Just wondering... Was this intentional? Does it bring in more business than if they'd placed their logo somewhere else?


Old Git

When a man gits old he jist likes to sit without botherment. From a book on photography from 1943.


There I was staring at the Independent on the District Line this lunchtime when I heard this slightly high-pitched voice coming from a seat nearby. "Can ...


Japanese slang

Japanese slang for a man with a combover hairstyle is "barcode head" Heard on Anita Anand's show on Radio 5 Live last night.


Priceless

My three-year old son and I went on a walk to Lordship Lane yesterday afternoon to pick up something to cook for my parents for ...


I'm happy to fall for this great publicity for the film which I'm really looking forward to and will gladly walk under a ladder to ...


Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq". "OH NO!" the President exclaims. ...


Locked out

Thanks to my feedreader getting in a muddle over what year it is I got to see this the other day which really made me ...


Finally got to see Sideways

Definitely quirky


Doh!

From The Register: Chav burglar collared by webcam A 19-year-burglar has just begun an 11-month stretch at Her Majesty's Pleasure after he was captured burgling a house ...


Good name for a hairdressers

This is on my bicycle journey to work.


Four year-old joy rider takes the wheel From Oddly Enough on the Reuters website: "What he was doing was jump down, hit the accelerator, and get back ...


Knock Knock Who's there? Michael Jackson Michael Jackson who? You're on the jury! Joke heard on this morning's Broadcasting House on BBC Radio 4 They've got a point