Category Archives: Drivel

Oct
10
2008

More Wordplay Jokes

by lunc

There are so many, it seemed a shame not to devote another post to some of them. Like this old classic, that should be taught to every linguistic student: A panda bear walks into a pub and asks the landlord for some bamboo. The landlord, although a little stunned, cuts some stalks from a bamboo [...]

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Sep
24
2008

12 Golden Rules for Writers of Family Rated Sites

by lunc

I run a number of sites.  Some (like this one) only I write the content but on some others the content is also written by other people.  This doesn’t mean that they can write what they like nor does it mean that they must write only what I like.  I issue them with guidelines which [...]

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Aug
27
2008

Wordplay Jokes

by lunc

Today I’m thinking about jokes.  Mostly I’m thinking that I don’t remember them very well.  I suppose I prefer a visual gag (Harold Lloyd especially), but I also enjoy spoken gags that play on words.  My favourite being the Two Ronnies sketch in a hardware store where Ronnie Barker as a yokel asking for a [...]

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Aug
13
2008

101 things in 1001 days

by lunc

I was searching around the Internet due to boredom and somehow I ended up on the blog of Lindsay Morgan Wright (how cool is that name?), I learned about banned books and a bit about what she does and doesn’t do.  She also has a page about 101 things in 1001 days where she lists [...]

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Aug
11
2008

Just Say No!

by lunc

No.  No Facebook.  No MySpace. No I won’t fill up my page with embarrassing photos, personal information or my private life.  I am not an idiot and I won’t let everybody have access to information about myself that I wouldn’t tell the government, even under treat of jail.  Hell, no I’m not stupid enough to [...]

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Jul
29
2008

A Taste of Autumn

by lunc

Autumn (or Fall as you septics say) is my favourite season.  I just had a small but fantastic taste of autumn today in some sandwiches.  Granary rolls, buttered with thick-cut shredded roast beef, raw mushroom, and a soft blue cheese called Saint Agur.  These were made fresh this morning and left at room temperature until [...]

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Jul
25
2008

Fire Non Alarms

by lunc

Five false fire alarms this morning.  A new record.  It’s was all a ruse to steal my apple because after I ate it, they stopped.

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Jul
23
2008

Do you know your Onions?

by lunc

I expect that most of you can calmly go to your local grocer’s, market or lay-by and point out some onions in a crowd of other veg without breaking a sweat.  However these onions didn’t always look like that, with their dry light brown skins, their little root tufts and the crispy bit that sticks [...]

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Jul
22
2008

Bell Ringing is Loud

by lunc

Bell ringing is the only activity where you are activety encouraged to be loud enough to annoy the whole of a small town.

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Jul
21
2008

Around Bergen

by lunc

I was lucky enough to live in Bergen (Norway) for a time.  I look back on it with a real fondness.  It’s a fantastic place to live if you love the outdoors – walking, sailing, canoeing etc.  In fact if it wasn’t for the enormous and crippling taxes I’d still live there now and I [...]

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