Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 1:22pm
Today’s GWF award (that will probably only mean anything to men around my age who used to read Loaded) goes to the sixth year of Banchory Academy in Aberdeenshire, who managed to get themselves sent home collectively on their last day of term for turfing their common room.
Personally I think this shows more use of initiative and “Get Things Done” skills than any other prank I’ve heard of, and can safely say that the sheer nous used to pull this off will serve those responsible better in time than any amount of algebra or art history.
I’d have given them a prize, myself.
–c.
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 8:36am
I had a chair.
It was a huge great black reclining job from Ikea, the Valhalla of household goods, and for a couple of years I loved it. I say reclining, it just had an extendable footrest that lifted up when you yanked the lever, a but like Joey and Chandler’s chairs in Friends.
But then I started to tire of the chair. The seat itself was a bucket style thing, and that just didn’t lend itself to eating dinner or sitting properly, so while it was great to recline in for an hour or two, it got uncomfortable after a while.
Recently I obtained a 2-seater sofa to replace the chair, and moved it into the bathroom until we could figure out what to do with it. It was going to go on eBay but we just didn’t get round to it, and this weekend - having suddenly been blessed with a load of free time in which to Get Things Done - I was threatening to take it to the tip. But my fiancée put an ad up on Gumtree and one on Craigslist saying that anyone who would come and get it could have it for free. It’s a big unwieldy thing too, so they would need a van or some such.
The next morning there were several replies, and a young chap with a Germanic or possibly Scandinavian accent said he would come round and take it, as he just moved into a new place and had literally no furniture. He turned up with his blue camper van, and liked the look of the chair, and we got it into his van easily, and he seemed very pleased with it. (I just hope he got it into his place OK.) At this point we had an idea regarding something else that I was needing to get rid of and couldn’t quite be bothered to eBay.
“Say, I don’t suppose by any chance you’d like an original Playstation? The PSX one? It has a few games with it…”
The look of unexpected joy on his face as he climbed back into his van carrying his new (well, quite old, but you get my meaning) Playstation was the highlight of my weekend.
What was yours?
–c.
Friday, May 9, 2008 - 9:12am
I feel this guy’s pain:
I’m deeply mebelimebelideeply fucking average at GH3, let me tell you.
–c.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 9:59am
As always, the Daily Mash brings us the straight dope:
OIL company executives were last night heading to undisclosed locations amid speculation that consumers were about to make the link between high petrol prices and corporate profits.
I expect they worked really hard to get where they are though. You know, good on ‘em.
…
No, wait… AAARGH. FETCH ME MY NAILED CLUB.
–c.
Friday, April 25, 2008 - 9:06am
The banks are fucked.
There are simply no words to describe how much I am going to enjoy fucking them.
I could literally not agree more. Speaking as someone who got fucked by Barclays on a monthly basis, but then successfully got ~£1300 back from them, let me say this to all who wish to do the same: Fill your fucking boots.
–c.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 3:12pm
You are please to vote for my cat Trevor on I Can Has Cheezburger?
He is full of LOL and WIN.
You vote 5 burgers, he happy! You leave comment (here) and if he gets on the site, I record him purring and send you mp3 file to prove how happy he is!
LOLCATS FTW!
–c.
Friday, April 18, 2008 - 9:25am
Thirtyeight
Originally uploaded by Clive Murray.
Thirtyeight
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 11:31am
If you’re wondering about the appearance of cm.com today, this link should explain all. 
And stop staring.
–c.
