Posted on March 22, 2010
Everyone has a thing about brussel sprouts. People either love them or hate them, and both are fine. Because the brussel is not a pretender. It knows its place and it stays there out of harms way. It knows it will never be a main-stay vegetable and it is fine with that.
But I am not fine with cabbage. In fact, I am disgusted by it. It is a pretender, a faker, and constantly trying to get into as many Read more
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Posted on March 19, 2010
I want to tell you about one of the London Comedy Circuit’s best kept secrets. Rob Broderick is an amazing improvisational stand up comedian and I’m sure it won’t be long before the rest of the world knows it. I first saw him at the Tooting comedy club Comedy at the Kirk where he was headlining and he absolutely killed the crowd. I’m a big comedy fan and have seen loads of acts ranging from frightened open spots to comedy Read more
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Posted on March 18, 2010
People will always be people, obviously (I mean that not literally, but as the prominent and powerful start of a speech I am about to make): as long as some reputable companies keep producing quality things, there will be others that delight in copying them just for the sake of it.
Take the best blackcurrant drink that exists and will ever be made, for example (I can’t name it here but no problem, it rhymes with “Have you met Read more
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Posted on March 9, 2010
Socks: who is actually responsible for making socks fit comfortably around the human foot? And how is it possible for some socks to be a joy to put on, and other socks to be a total nightmare? I can see how the man or indeed woman on the street, having stumbled across this article, might think ‘this is ridiculous, what problem have I ever had with socks? What is this guy on about?’ But I ask you to have patience. Read more
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Posted on February 26, 2010
You know that the world-wide-web has got everywhere when even the child on the bus, a child barely old enough to hold his own head up and have hair, I should say, points rudely at your not-quite-new mobile phone and says to his mummy, “Mummy, what is that?” And the Mummy looks at you with embarrassment—not for herself, but for you—and winces. “Oh, that’s just a man with a non internet phone, darling,: she says, turning away from Read more
Posted on February 25, 2010
Do you remember when you were at nursery school and you had to become a tree or a fish or somesuch? Well it was fun and some of the kids got a little bit overexcited! All drama schools have improvisation (impro) classes for their students. Things hadn’t changed much - it was still trees and fish and the like but it was all a bit more precise - cuttlefish/shark/squid/oak tree/willow etc.
However with the ever growing film industry impro started Read more
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Posted on February 22, 2010
I am a massive fan of Edward Norton in his version of The Incredible Hulk, but I don’t know what to think about him reprising his role in the new Avengers movie. As much as he did a fine job, isn’t it a bit dodgy to keep letting the same actor play the same role over and over again? (Not to mention he might make everyone else look bad, since anyone in their right mind has to admit that The Read more
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Posted on January 11, 2010
I have spent several years of my life being stalked by an Italian plumber. He was there when I had an old black and white Gameboy and again after I bought an SP Advance. And, as if that were not enough, he re-emerged when I got my Nintendo 64. Mario has starred in many of the very best games that I’ve owned.
But my favourite one of all was ‘Mario Kart 64’. What a truly brilliant game! The single player Read more
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Posted on December 3, 2009
Are you bored of your job? Perhaps you fancy having a career change, but you are unsure of the right direction? If so, then here is the perfect blog for you! Welcome to the ‘Walnut Smoothie Career Personality Test’.
When I found this page I filled in the questions carefully and honestly. It did not take long for me to be given wise advice about employment… Within a few seconds I was informed that I was artistic, almost certainly gay and that I would die from some form of VD. Walnut Smoothie ten recommended that I consider a career in prostitution.
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Posted on November 12, 2009
‘The Karaoke of Comedy’ has made me realise just how much fun it can be to make yourself look like an absolute fool… in public!
I have never had the privilege of taking part in a karaoke competition but I can imagine that it’s a really good laugh. I have just been sitting here wondering if I could rope a load of family and friends into having a go at it sometime. I’m all for making myself look like a right idiot and a lot of the time I manage to do it with only the minimal amount of effort…
Wow, I could be a natural!
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