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June 30, 2006 – 9:55 am

Another Windsor hits the headlines
   Honorary Lance Corporal William Windsor was
   stripped of his rank this week after attacking
   the arse of a military drummer. The regimental
   goat of the 1st Battalion Royal Welch regiment,
   otherwise known as “Billy”, refused to march
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What do you call an unemployed goat? Billy Idol.
What do you call [...]

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Mentos and Diet Coke 2.0

June 30, 2006 – 2:28 am

Well after all that, Revver allows embedding. Too bad WordPress doesn’t allow it, or I’d post the “approved by producers” version here. All I can do instead is link to it on Raj’s blog here.
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a video by two mad scientist types (one is [...]

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gherkin of terror!

June 28, 2006 – 10:48 pm

I resisted posting this for a couple of days…a couple of days too long. In future I resolve never to hesistate posting something just because it’s:
A) stupid
B) probably fake
C) really, really stupid.

Honestly, if she thought her life was ruined by her fear of pickles, just wait till she finds out what [...]

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Operation Global Media Domination: no more games

June 28, 2006 – 11:00 am

It seems nobody cares if Harry Potter is dead. Nobody but the BBC, that is, which commented on my post about the story in the Guardian. The BBC is trawling my blog for readers: while I am somewhat stunned at this micro-, nay, nanomanagement, I’m okay with it if they’ll only give me the linkie [...]

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knitiloids!

June 28, 2006 – 10:21 am

Two Squid-related posts in one day!!! Can you fucking stand it???
Pretty thrilling, eh?
From Knitie, via BoingBoing, comes news of these adorable knitting patterns. Craft your very own tentacled beauty from a vanished era; I prefer the longer, more squid-like version, but then I’m a size queen when it comes to Squid.
Hey, sometimes a Squid is just [...]

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Henry VIII: first known casualty of Atkins diet

June 28, 2006 – 9:08 am

From Fortean Times. I have friends who’ve been on the Atkins diet, megaprotein, zero carbs, avoid carrots and many other veggies, as they’re terribly starchy; each and every one of them swears it works. And each and every one of them is overweight. What do they teach them in school nowadays? (besides math)
June 28. Henry VIII, the king [...]

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fuddle duddle, the VIDEO!!!

June 28, 2006 – 2:05 am

One day in February, 1971: A great moment in Canadian history. Someone once said that in Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada has at last produced a political leader worth of assassination, and love him or hate him you just have to agree. Watch the video and make up your own mind.
Thanks to Raj for grabbing and [...]

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Japan surrounded by plagues of gigantic jellyfish

June 28, 2006 – 1:39 am

They might as well surrender. All hail our Scyphozoan Overlords! Really, tabloidy news doesn’t get any better than “Japan surrounded by plagues of giant jellyfish” unless we could somehow work KFed and Posh into it.
From the Daily Yomiuri Online, via Japanprobe, who blames it on China. I thought everything was Korea’s fault?
“Doctor, there’s trouble! The sea is [...]

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Potter must die!!!

June 27, 2006 – 10:39 am

Just ask JK Rowling.
“One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I did not intend to die.”
“They don’t target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well I do.” In a phrase sure to be closely analysed by the legions of visitors to Harry Potter fansites that deconstruct [...]

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but is it a hybrid?

June 27, 2006 – 8:24 am

Title heartlessly stolen from a commenter on Gawker. Picture heartlessly stolen from Curbed, which is where Gawker stole it from.
All the best thieves leave pingbacks, you know.
In its own way, this is perfect today: on the way home from the library I passed an electric skateboard, an electric Razor scooter, and an electric bicycle. And [...]

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