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May 28, 2002

Unrelated Points

Prince Phillip’s title is the Duke of Edinburgh

And I can see why it’s not widely known.

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May 13, 2002

mis-take?

What on earth are mis-teeq doing on Later With Jools Holland…? (For those not acquainted with Jools, it’s a show where musical people from all over play live in a mystical circular studio with celeb audience - cameras in the centre with audience and acts on the outer perimeter.)

So here they are *right now* doing some next-two-step-choone, but they’ve got it choreographed (though luckily they’re not miming). What has Later become, Top Of The Pops for f**k’s sake?

Variety is indeed the spice of life but Jools is revered, it’s a music show in it’s purest form, people playing songs live and enjoying it. Not trying to shift their latest bandwagon-jumping, generic chart record. A while ago they had So Solid Crew with most of them just mugging the cameraman and only three of the assembled masses actually doing anything musical.

Still at least they’ve got The Hives on as well…

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May 8, 2002

Doug vs lefty journo bastards

After reading the Yorkie article on the Guardian’s website, Doug was annoyed enough to put finger to keyboard:

Dear Julia,

I have just read your ‘banana skin’ article on MediaGuardian.co.uk featuring the Nestle ‘For Men Only’ Yorkie ad and I find it highly amusing. A ‘rabid Bernard Manning without the jokes’? What?

I know its your job to highlight this sort of issue, but for God’s sake, stop taking it so seriously! Have you noticed how many adverts tear it out of men? Loads! Do we moan about it? No!

For once, some advertising people have got off there arses and turned against the usual PC rubbish we’re forced to watch, by actually making an advert that makes an impact! If you find it offensive, go and make a cup of tea or something! Its that simple! I hope you read this e-mail, and I’d just like you to know I’m no woman-bashing MCP; I just wish that people would chill-out about this sort of thing!

Yours sincerely,

Simon Dawson

And in shock of shocks, she actually replied to him:

Oh, now she thinks she’s down wid the kids:

simon, thanks for your mail.
i think the thing you’re missing here is that top banana is for fun. er, like, not serious. i thank you. julia

My arse.

It just goes to show that these lefty journo types are far too post-modern for their own good…

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May 7, 2002

ieSpell

Spell checking in Internet Explorer? Whatever next? - ieSpell

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May 6, 2002

Lock up your pot plants…

Do you have pot plants similar to this little beauty with the racey stripes?

You may think that your pot plants are safe from the advances of charming, silver tounged Casanovas, as you tuck them away in their compost fed, water tray supplied bed. But you’d be wrong. With this man at large, no pot plant is safe:

He’ll charm your prized begonia with tales of more temperate climates and stories about paths lined with Baby Bio.

Lock up your pot plants!

(Posted as a result of Doug’s comment in an earlier post)

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“Look a big hairy spider!”

Jamie’s room - It’s Not For Girls:

(Taken at Jamie’s house party on Saturday)

Just how Jamie managed to squeeze well over 60 people into his house, I’ll never know. Anyways, more Yorkie based linkage via Simon via Sarah.

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May 5, 2002

Uni$ rip-off

In response to the University of Surrey’s plan to increase the rent for campus accommodation by 24%, may I present yesterday afternoons work - Uni$ rip-off

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May 4, 2002

“Where’s the King of Ireland?”

I recently purchased ‘The Very Best Of James‘. Listening to it brought back memories of one particular evening back in the summer 1998. It was one of those long summer evenings full of underage drinking that seemed to go on forever. I remember it being a boiling hot that evening. It was even hotter inside Victoria Wine, where Darren and I went to purchase that evenings booze. Once again everyone elses money subsidised our own drinks. This was one of the perks of being the only ones to look over 18.

We headed back to Hayward’s house, queued up the music and the drinking commenced. It wasn’t long before we were all pretty much inebriated and screaming along with the music. There’s one song we played that night that really sticks out in my mind - ‘She’s A Star’ by James. I remember all of us screaming along to the chorus, full of drunken enthusiasm. I also remember being the loudest of us all. This was just the start of the drunken madness. Darren was crawling around the floor getting confused by the fact there were two washing machines in Hayward’s kitchen. Darren also managed to fall off a wall in Hayward’s back garden and stick his head in a compost container thinking it was a cement mixer. As for Scott, he drank so much he spent most of the night chundering in Hayward’s toilet. Unluckily for him, he had Peter singing to him all the time he was throwing up.

Oh, and I was proclaimed to be the King of Ireland by Darren. Can’t say fairer than that.

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‘Ang on a minute… Nigella’s already got two already! Nice one!

Simply oooooozing with juices - Scott’s Message Board…

RAUS!

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May 3, 2002

Pissing it against the wall

Todays words of wisdom as taken from the wall of the gents toilets in the library:

“If you can read this then you’re probably pissing on your shoes.”

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