Fri - September 9, 2005

A couple of recommendations 



Last week, Elle and I finally got a chance to see the Aristocrats, a new documentary about a joke. Not just any joke though - an incredibly filthy joke, with roots in Vaudeville and the music halls, that comedians tell other comedians, but rarely on stage. I shalln't give much away, but to say it's incredibly funny and if you get the chance to see it you must.

Last night I saw Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventures . Some of you might remember "Are you Dave Gorman", which launched his style of documentary comedy onto an unsuspecting world. In this show, instead of having to find a load of namesakes, Dave has to make a chain of 10 googlewhacks in a row, before his 32nd birthday.

For the uninitiated, a googlewhack is a two word search string that, when plugged into Google, returns only one hit. Not as easy as you think, and it's a fluid sport. Perfidious autology was the last one I found, but now it returns more than one hit, so sadly it doesn't count anymore.
 

Posted at 10:41 am    

Fri - July 22, 2005

Meme Machine 



I caught this from Clint and Jacqui
 
A is for Age - 29 
B is for Booze - Bourbon (pref. Woodford or Buffalo Trace) 
C is for Cookie you crave - Jaffa Cake 
D is for Dating tip you’d give your son or daughter - Be nice 
E is for Essential items to bring to a party - rizlas 
F is for Favorite song at the moment - SOS featuring the Bush Babies - Mos Def 
G is for Goof off thing to do - talk to the cats 
H is for Hometown - London 
I is for Instrument you play - the fool 
J is for Jam or Jelly you like - marmite 
K is for Kids - not today thanks 
L is for Living arrangement - Lexington KY with Elle and the cats 
M is for Mom’s name - Philippa 
N is for Name of first crush - Celeste 
O is for Overexposed celebrity? - Aren't they all? 
P is for Phobias - Anything with more limbs than me 
Q is for Quote you like - "You've got two hopes - Bob and No. Bob's playing golf." 
R is for Relationship that lasted longest - Elle 
S is for Siblings - Louise 
T is for Texas, ever been? - Drove through the panhandle, and does changing planes in Dallas count? 
U is for Unique trait - I'm very unique. 
V if for Vegetable you love - broccoli 
W is for Worst trait - I'm an arrogant motherfucker 
X - is for Xtra Credit, did you ever do it in school? - you can tell this thing was written by yanks... 
Y is for Yummy food you make - all my food is lovely 
Z is for Zodiac sign - I'm a fishtank. 

Posted at 11:14 am    

Thu - August 26, 2004

Oops!



Interestingly I heard on the radio this morning that the town that Gibson filmed his blood libel in were expecting to become a tourist destination as a result. Instead they now have a plague of locusts. When I heard that the assistant director had been struck by lighting twice I said that god was unhappy about this movie. Now I'm sure of it...

Posted at 02:35 pm    

Mon - April 5, 2004

Dumber than a bag full of rocks...



A lot of English people I know like to remind me, often, that they view America as a nation of morons, by and large. Well, the Independent has the results of a recent survey that reveals a rather alarming shortcoming of the British public - they're also thick.

As many as 32% of the idiots approached for this survey did not believe the cold war took place. 32%!!!! Have a look around you. 1 in 3 of the people you can see are probably this dumb.

In other news, I went to the first game at the new stadium on saturday - beer, hotdogs and home runs. It's a nice place, and they gave me a free cap. Shame the Padres will never win anything.

Posted at 02:10 pm    

Tue - March 30, 2004

A passover joke...



A British Jew is waiting in line to be knighted by the Queen. He is to kneel in front of her and recite a sentence in Latin when she taps him on the shoulders with her sword. However, when his turn comes, he panics in the excitement of the moment and forgets the Latin. Then, thinking fast, he recites the only other sentence he knows in a foreign language, which he remembers from the Passover seder:

"Ma nishtana ha layla ha zeh mi kol ha laylot."

Puzzled, Her Majesty turns to her advisor and whispers, "Why is this knight different from all other knights?"

Posted at 01:50 pm    

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