Wonderful 1960s spy-fi campness from a time when not many people knew Dirk Bogarde was gay:

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I've got the full version somewhere...

Best thing to do with a dead Badger - use it as the control-console on your Theremin!


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My local branch of Waitrose was selling off hams, so I bought one. Looks like I may have got more than I bargained for:


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Strange but hypnotic beastly video by the band "Bat for lashes:

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More info on this wonderfully disturbing operation Here.

The weather's been rather hostile here: locally the roads are flooded and it's still raining.

From the attic I could hear dripping sounds so I grabbed my handheld fluorescent lamp, dug out the ladder from the shed, and clambered up into the realm of spiders and bats[1] to try and identify where said drippage was taking place ( Read more... )

You are hereby invited to accept [in accordance with UK contract law, with no obligation overt or implicit] my best wishes for an environmentally disrespectful, sexually-licentious, socially irresponsible, ethnically-unencumbered and religiously-disregardful celebration of the 'winter solstice' holiday ( Read more... )

Albert "Cubby" Broccoli was the producer behind the early James Bond movies.

I always think he sounds more like a brand of vegetarian baby-food.

In the election for the pet dog clothes, in the "Length" can not meet the case, first consider the "bust" is appropriate, because, according to the size of the dog baby, bust big 1-5cm more appropriate. NECK: (see the figure) is your baby neck circumference. General measurement to calculate one centimeter more ( Read more... )

I claim first-use of the term "Hen-warm: used of an egg to describe when it's so fresh it's still got some of the hen's body-warmth feelable.

The Swiss have comprehensively rejected a plan put forward by the Trade-Unions, the Greens and the Socialists to prohibit anyone in a company being paid more than 12x the lowest-paid employee.

All of Switzerland's 26 cantons and a total of 65.3 percent of voters were against the measure

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