December 2009
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My Thoughts During "The All Star Impression Show"
- “Welcome to The All Star Impressions Show, the show where Stars do Impressions”. Not the greatest catchphrase ever, but, we’ll see. - Someone I don’t know does an impression of some sort of mystic chef - Someone I don’t know does an impression of an autistic pop star - Mackenzie Crook and Iain Lee do reasonably good impressons of Steptoe and Son, but start spouting...
Dec 30th
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Jingling in the Name Of
I understand people are downloading Killing in the Name Of in order to boycott The X Factor getting another Christmas number one. I suppose the campaign fully, but can’t help but think it could be a bit more… Christmassy. So, I’m trying to juxtapose the lyrics with existing Christmas songs. Oh some of us that wear forces / Are the same that burn crosses / Since there’s no...
Dec 18th
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Take a Break
This happened during a coffee break at work the other day. Somebody was doing the (aptly named) Take a Break Crossword. “What’s the opposite of tight?” “Loose” “No no… ‘tight’” “Loose!” “No! You know.. somebody who gives money to charity” “Charitable?” “Yeah” (There is a brief...
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 5th
An Actual Conversation I Had
“You have a kid, right?” “Yeah, a son” “Aww. What’s his name?” “Flynn?” “Aww, nice. What’s that short for?” “Excuse me?” “You know.. is it short for something? Like.. Flynnip?” “Flynnip?” “Yeah. or.. Flynnyl?” “Yes. It’s short for Flynnip Flynnyl Frizzle....
Dec 3rd
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