To quote Gwen;

"You know, I don't think I've ever heard Unicorn. Should I?"

Set alarm for 5:30am - check
Aquire dead pig for breakfast - check
Find thermos for vast quantities of tea - check
Set backup alarm for 5:35am - check
Sort band uniform - check
Select book to read on the coach - check
Attend final rehersal - check
Set backup backup alarm for 5:40am - check
Remind parents so free lunch can be blagged they can come ( Read more... )

The folowing amused me somewhat;

1) "... formation of sea ice, which rejects Brian.. er.. brine"
2) "There are no gnomes carrying buckets of water to the surface."
3) "... compared to the Antartic, which is absolutely bloody freezing.. literally"
4) "Any questions? No? Right then, go forth, and do Science!"

.. or is there something intrinsically funny about an equation that starts thus;

height (target) = height (fish)...

Maybe revision is getting to me.

So a quick scan of the BBC news site today threw up these two stories that might be of interest;

1) For those driving to events from Holyhead
24th Jan - 24th April, repair work on the Britannia Bridge, temporary traffic signals. Doesn't mention anything about the trains.

2) Anyone near Chirk/WrexhamChirk Castle is looking for volunteers to be ( Read more... )

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I fear I may have made a slight error last week in stating that the Great Escape is the best Christmas film/film most associated with Christmas. Don't get me wrong, it's still up there with the best, but there's a contender for the title I had utterly forgotten. Chicken Run[1 ( Read more... )

Okay, so as many of you may know, I'm a typical Brit in many ways, not least in that I can only speak one language. Okay, so I have Spanish GCSE, but that was over a decade ago now and I'm pushed to do anything beyond 'please', 'thank you', 'my name is' and 'a beer please'. I also spent Monday nights last year doing Level 1 BSL, but I've moved ( Read more... )

Have at guys :)


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Well, having utterly failed to find a copy of the poem I was going to post (serves me right for waiting until the last minute to seek it out really) I've decided to fall back on Eric Bogle's other WWI song (he has 3 great ones, 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda' and 'No Mans Land' (more commonly known as Green Fields of France or Willie McBride ( Read more... )