Apparently in Vietnam they’re not allowed to put up Christmas decorations this year.
They will, however, be hanging glitter.
(That was courtesy of Micky, by the way.)
Archive for November, 2005
Christmas in Vietnam
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005Jane Eyre vs Compo
Friday, November 25th, 2005Sorry about the recent lack of posts. Louise and I have had a bit of a holiday. Taking advantage of the lovely weather at this time of year, we headed up north to Yorkshire and Lancashire to visit friends. We also managed to fit in a bit of touristy stuff and went to a couple of towns made famous by their links to important artistic works. We went to Haworth, where the Brontes lived, and to Holmfirth, where Last of the Summer Wine is filmed. Don’t bother going to Holmfirth.
Email problem
Friday, November 11th, 2005Thanks to a problem with FastMail, it looks like I’m going to be without my email for the weekend. So apologies if you’ve emailed me and were expecting a swift reply. I’ll get back to you next week.
Pity nobody’s reading this, otherwise it would have been quite useful!
BBC News Biology quiz
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005I only got 7 / 12 on the BBC News site Biology quiz. How embarrassing!
Update: Louise got 10 / 12. I feel stupid.
Dog zoo joke
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005A quick joke courtesy of my sister:
This bloke goes to a zoo, but when he gets there he finds that there’s just a single dog.
It was a shitzu.
Two Radcliffes
Sunday, November 6th, 2005On our way back from Bristol this evening, Louise and I spontaneously decided to take a detour and drop in and visit A-M and check for ourselves that her belly button has indeed disappeared. It has.
Here’s something that might be helpful to people with friends in the John Radcliffe Hospital. It’s not the same hospital as the Radcliffe Infirmary. In fact, they’re three or four miles apart. And it’s quite difficult to park around the Radcliffe Infirmary, which is particularly annoying when you find out you didn’t actually have to. Apparently the Radcliffe Infirmary is being closed down. Presumably to stop other people getting confused.
Tesco joke
Sunday, November 6th, 2005This joke was sent to me by Jimbo:
So I was in Tesco and I noticed this rather lovely blonde in another queue. Our eyes met, she raised her hand in a wave and smiled a “Hello” at me. I was rather taken aback that a looker like her would be waving at me. She did look familiar, but I couldn’t place where I might know her from. As luck would have it I saw her a few minutes later in the car park as she was unloading her shopping, so I approached her and asked, “Sorry, but do you know me?”
She replied, “I may be mistaken, but I think you might be the father of one of my kids.”
Suddenly I was in a panic. My mind shot back to my one and only sexual indiscretion.
“F*ck!” I exclaimed far too loudly. “Are you the stripper from my stag do that I screwed on the pool table in front of all my friends?”
“No,” she replied, “I’m your son’s English teacher.”
Best Mate joke
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005Best Mate now Pedigree Chum.