....when they tell you that the reason why the system is running so slowly that I'm on the verge of throwing my PC out the window is because people are using it, and that the best way to get it to run more eficiently is to not use it. Twats.

When the face painter at Dylan's birthday party yesterday asked him what he wanted to be painted as, did he reply:

a) A lion
b) A tiger
c) A dragon
d) A diesel locomotive

Anyone remember early 1990s "controversial" (i.e. annoying) BRMB disc jockey "Jezza"? Did you know it was the future champion of daytime TV chav-baiting Jeremy Kyle.....?

You are a major manufacturing company's IT department, and you notice that a job that one employee is running is snarling up the whole company-wide mainframe. Do you ( Read more... )

This evening I was greeted with "Daddy! Daddy! Draw me a picture of a funicular!!"

(hands up if you even know what a funicular is without looking it up....)

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Anyone with fond memories of Edwards may be interested in this YouTube video. And see if you can spot my wife! :-)

When Vic mentioned this to her parents and used the words "Edwards No 8" Dylan piped up with "No mummy, Edward's number 2!! Duck's number 8!!!!!!"

Bad news - I got pipped at the post by one of those annoying "someone nips in with two seconds to go while your screen's refreshing" bids on eBay and therefore did not win a copy of this CD

Good news - Vic would have killed me given how high the bidding had gone ;-)

.....if anyone's interested

A new show started in ITV1 last night called "Tough Gig", in which a comedian goes and spends some time with a "minority subculture" and then at the end of their stay has to perform a stand-up routine to the group based on their experiences with them. Judging from the clips in the opening sequence one of the later shows in the series features Dara ( Read more... )