Month: November 2007

Below is an excellent clip from Michael McIntyre. I fell about laughing when he started talking about Scottish people. It’s all so true.. :) Link – YouTube.com Read more →

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) produce reports on any incidents and publish them on their site. Here’s one from last week, detailing “vibration in the number 2 engine”. The plane turned back and landed “without incident”. Here’s the report…   **********************************************************************************   Report created 11/27/2007   Record 1                                     ********************************************************************************** IDENTIFICATION  Regis#: SWA438        Make/Model: B737      Description: 737  Date: 11/17/2007     Time: 2110   Event… Read more →

Call me childish here, but this made me laugh :) This BBC News story covers the striken MV Explorer, which is currently sinking in the Antarctic Ocean. The BBC calls it a “fist-sized crack” (ahem), while over at Sky News report they’re saying that the ship, “suffered a 25cm by 10cm rupture in its hull”….. Now, I’m guessing here but… Read more →

My darling wife pointed me towards the new Spice Girls video a couple of weeks ago. The video is cringe-worthy to the extreme, with each girl trying to out-sex each other and Posh looking like a constipated skeleton. Seriously, check out the video and see how the girls distance themselves from each other in this boob-fest. Why the hell are… Read more →

Now, if this isn’t a good enough reason to get a check-up I don’t know what is. :) I saw this van as I sat in a massive traffic jam on the M6 at 8.30. Get your company to sign up to their occupational health solutions and you too could have a nurse in the back of a van….. (ahem)… Read more →

Oh dear, the UK Government seem to have completely lost their heads and have lost a CD containing the personal data of 25 million people. The details include names, addresses, dates of birth, child benefit numbers, bank details and National Insurance numbers. The Prime Minister (Mr “I look permanently drunk” Brown) said of the news.. “We take the protection of… Read more →

Last night I had a bit of a rude awakening. I woke up to hear some banging in our kitchen downstairs. Presuming it was the cat knocking something over I checked the time – it was 4.30. I was about to roll over and get back to sleep when I realised that the cat was actually curled up on our… Read more →

Sorry in advance to everyone who drives a 4×4 / SUV / large vehicle but, after getting stuck behind one of these things SLOWING DOWN TO 15MPH to go over speed-humps yesterday, I have a new-found hatred of them.. Link – Nissan Advert (Adam Buxton version) Read more →

Here’s a couple of vids I just had to show you. I don’t know quite why I like them so much, they just made me laugh out loud. They’re both from the Lord Mayors Parade in London this last weekend. It’s basically a bit of pomp and ceremony to welcome the Lord Mayor. Anyhoo, the BBC covered it and sent… Read more →

In Cannock the big Christmas light switch-on has taken place, but it’s not in the town, oh no. Locals may be aware of a certain lady who’s a massive Elvis fan. She lives on the road going from Stafford to Cannock and many will know about her Elvis Presley gates and cars on her drive. The Beeb decided to cover… Read more →

Well, I was fortunate / unfortunate enough to watch “I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of here !” tonight. I’ve got some alternative titles for this show.. “I’m apparently a celebrity, although you’ve no real idea who I am.” ..or perhaps.. “I’m a celebrity who’s desperately in need of a career.” ..or maybe.. “I’m a celebrity, please call the premium… Read more →

After paying a visit to Cheshire Oaks on Saturday I ended up strolling into Carphone Warehouse. The iPhone was on display with eager members of staff leaping on anyone showing an interest in the phone. It was busy, but it was far from the rugby-scrum I’d expected for a Saturday morning, especially as this was the first full day it’d… Read more →

A while back I blogged about a dangerous section of the community who choose to stick their satnav / phone holder slap-bang in the middle of their vision whilst driving. Last night I saw this lady. Although the picture isn’t great you should just be able to see the light from the TomTom – it was stuck on the window… Read more →

Here’s a couple of great news stories I’ve just stumbled on. The first one is pretty funny, especially when you consider that the mother of this lad organised the whole deal. I doubt it’ll be a birthday this schoolboy will ever forget! Meanwhile, there’s a lady down south driving around with her dog all the time, just so that the… Read more →

It’s official. One US dollar is worth just 47p. Blimey! It’s getting daft now. 1 will get you nearly $2.11. If the dollar tumbles any further I’m going to buy a ticket to New York and do all my Christmas shopping there! Hmm.. 200 to get to New York and back, cheap hotel, a weekend in New York and pretty… Read more →

Mighty forum moderator Spook has just sent me this link to a great new advert for Hampshire Police. The police do a fantastic job, but I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw this picture. I think someone should’ve thought about the exhaust… This is a real shot, because you can see the bus artwork on the Hampshire Police website.… Read more →

OK, I’ll admit it. I am on facebook. So, it would seem, are a lot of my friends. However, I have a confession. I fupping well hate it. Every time I receive a friend request through the email I log in and find that I’ve either been invited to some online game, group or meeting within the site. I also… Read more →

I’ve got to give ten points to the owner of this Smart car. With road tax going up and the pressure of green issues all too apparent there’s more and more smaller cars on the road. Whilst we were out in Lichfield yesterday the owner of this one made use of a space which was too small for normal cars… Read more →

Another YouTube moment for you, direct from Channel 4 news. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia controls almost a quarter of the worlds oil, so he perhaps has quite a few similarities with Darth Vader. A lot of news channels brushed over this, but this is what happened when he visited the UK (and the Queen) just the other day… Link… Read more →

All the way through this video I sat with an extremely puzzled look on my face. I love it though, especially the fact that it really forces the point by being 7 minutes long. Plus, of course, there’s the fact that four guys are in the middle of India dancing like absolute nutters, complete with white gloves and faces –… Read more →