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Obscure Advice #2

Friday 8th January 2010

Happy 2010 everyone, and I hope you all had an enjoyable “Wintermezzo”. Let’s kick off the New Year with some handy advice gleaned from one of my son’s Christmas presents, a radio-controlled toy. Useful information on how to deal with any psychopathic megalomaniac, I’m sure you’ll agree. Next Week: Is Pol Pot machine-washable?

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Phill Out

Tuesday 3rd March 2009

Following weeks of speculation it has been announced that Phill Jupitus is to resign as a comedian. In a statement read out earlier today by his agent it was confirmed that Mr Jupitus is to wind-up all his comedic responsibilities by the end of the week. While for years Mr Jupitus’s continued employment as a [...]

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Word Of The Day

Wednesday 15th October 2008

Gove [gōv] v.i. to stare stupidly. eg. The Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families was happy to criticise government policy, but could only gove when asked to describe how his party would do things differently. No, really. (Hat-tip: Mrs. Quinn.)

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Morning Bell

Friday 4th July 2008

I drive my own car. I fill it up at the pumps, and when diesel hit 121.9p per litre, which I paid outside Chipping Norton a couple of weeks ago, it really struck me that there was an intriguing advert on the forecourt of the filling station. “A great way to start your day,” the [...]

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Jumped Up

Thursday 12th June 2008

Yesterday our aging Rover 216 sailed through its MOT*; much to our surprise, and that of the mechanic at the garage who, following a cursory look at our car, was astonished and gutted to find that, try as he might, he was unable to locate anything he could fail it on. As a treat we [...]

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