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linkComment 8/12/01 - A story to bring a smile to anyone who's had to drive round my neighbourhood:
"WHEN Nadia Brooks was told she would be going on a difficult, hazardous and potentially illegal assignment, her mind started racing. An undercover drugs bust? The chance to take the controls of a flight out of Sheffield Airport? Trespassing on farmland in the Peak District?

No. Her task was to drive from Sheffield into the middle of Hillsborough from the city, via the most direct route, Langsett Road, and partake in some serious shopping.

"Ha," she scoffed. "How hard can that be?" She soon found out..."

linkComment 8/12/01 - What can you say:
"The "KISS® Kasket" is completely covered with a specially laminated photomural that features the KISS® logo and the images of the band members. The words "KISS® Forever" are imprinted on the side of the casket. In addition, "KISS® Kasket" can also be used as a Giant KISS® Cooler, enabling fans and their friends to enjoy ice-cold sodas and beer served directly from the ice-filled, completely waterproof "KISS® Kasket.""
linkComment 8/12/01 - And at a location nowhere near you soon, Mission of Burma are reforming.

linkComment 8/12/01 - How appropriate; Pulp is touring next summer at Forestry Commission venues.

linkComment 23/11/01 - Just saw an advert for an Anthony Worrall Thompson juicer, which begs the question, how much juice can you get from Anthony Worrall Thompson?

linkComment 20/11/01 - Financial incompetence at Cambridge University:

"The report said Oracle was given the contract because in "the jet-lagged confusion of the visit" to the company's US headquarters, university staff forgot that the computer system they were shown required vast effort and was not good on recording university research finances."
linkComment 20/11/01 - There are so many possible jokes, but I'll let the picture speak for itself:

George Bush and the turkey