90 for 90

prince philip is soon turning 90, and in grand british tradition, a list of 90 of his gaffes, faux-pas and general rudeness has of course been compiled. i do not think this is exhaustive.

and...everyone have a nice day....thankyou

La Miss

Susan Travers would have been 100 this week. Who was she?
The only woman to ever be admitted to the French Foreign Legion.

Respect.

what compels a man to wear a hat?

Once upon a time, men felt naked without hats. That's certainly not the case anymore. But we shouldn't be too quick to pronounce the death of the hat, however.

guess what happens next

All these talent shows on TV, and just not enough talented people to fill the airtime. In this cynical world, it's easy to write someone off. See if you can guess what happens when this lady gets on stage in Britain's Got Talent . Did you get it right?

diet tips from old people

it's a simple question to ask people who have managed to make it past the big 1-0-0. "What's the key to getting as old you?" This article will get you started . However, a rather important answer is missing. "A large pension".

ashes to ashes

i LOVE "improv everywhere" and hope to be part of one of their projects someday.

however...i don't know how i feel about this mission: "Best Funeral Ever" . part of me thinks, that's a lovely idea. then again....

p.s. apparently, this was an april fool's

the world beard championships

the next world beard and moustache championships are to be held on May 23, 2009, in Anchorage, Alaska. "Wonderful", you say, slightly confused. Have a look at this gallery of previous winners to get an idea of what it's all about. I think my personal favourite category is "freestyle moustache"...kinda sounds like a bad teenage band

grissom and sara

i ♥ csi:las vegas. i love the colours, the characters and the music. and i also agree with Bill Savage in this article about the unconventiality of grissom and sara .

♥beautifullosers

like a lot of great cool films made independently, i'll probably never get to see this. which is sad. Beautiful Losers from NYC.

let's get sushi.

it's a slow news day (2)

this time, the BBC is reporting on how the woman with the world's longest fingernails has lost them after being in a car accident.

what would be more interesting would be a report on WTF she does all day with those huge creepy talons...

oddities

When I tell people where I live, I get slightly odd looks and questions as to why I'm living in 'the ghetto'. Now, mindful of the definition: "a ghetto is an area, usually within a city, in which members of a particular cultural, ethnic, religious or national group live in high concentration" - simply read "foreigner". Anyway, I was waiting at the bus stop one snowy Thursday afternoon last week when from down across the road, snippets of a rather loud conversation could be heard. The group of us at the bus stop all turned to see where this was coming from, and noticed an older man, speaking into what looked to be a rather large mobile phone from a distance. He was merrily chattering away about terrorism, which websites it was important to look at ("make sure you put in .ch, not .com!") and other odd things, coming ever closer to us. It was then that we saw what he was actually doing.

Having a conversation with a bag of bananas.

He looked at us looking at him. He removed the bananas from his ear, looked at them, looked at us....then continued as before.

It made my day.

old age pensioners get down with the kids....in their own special way

I really love old people sometimes.

[discovered on the wonderful Hecklerspray]