December 2008
DecemberDec 9 Tuesday 08
Strictly Come Dancing: what if there's a tie?
I was sitting watching Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday and a thought suddenly came to me. What happens if all 3 or all 4 couples end up with the same number of points?
It's not such an implausible scenario and one that Bruce and Tess never allude to, which leads me to …
Now Christmas has really started!
No matter how many adverts I see on TV, how many times radio stations play Wham!'s Last Christmas or the number of presents I have/haven't bought it never really feels like Christmas until the tree is up.
Yesterday, we tootled down the road to a man selling trees from …
DecemberDec 5 Friday 08
Does anyone give a stuff about the Guardian's celeb wrapping paper?
Sometimes I wonder if the head honchos at The Guardian have their own little in-jokes and like playing tricks on their readership.
How else to explain their current bizarre promotion of celeb-designed wrapping paper. So far the likes of Johnny Depp, Jonathan Ross, Paul …
Andy Burnham sticks up for the BBC again
The ongoing saga of topslicing the TV licence fee to help prop up the likes of Channel 4, but at the expense of the BBC, has been a thorn in the side of Ofcom and the government this year.
No-one in power wants to rule out topslicing, but no-one wants to come down …
DecemberDec 3 Wednesday 08
Is 40% off really such a good deal?
So we beetled off to our local Wine Rack on Sunday because, like many thousands of other booze-buyers, we had a 40% off voucher that seems to be doing the rounds.
It's quite an exciting prospect to be told you get 4 bottles free for every 10 you buy, isn't it? I mean it …
DecemberDec 2 Tuesday 08
Homemade album covers
This challenge from the ever-brilliant b3ta.com made me laugh insanely.
These two are two simply brilliant examples.
- Don't know it? One of my favourite albums
- In case you don't recognise it: My favourite Pink Floyd album
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DecemberDec 1 Monday 08
When au pairs are a bad idea
Yesterday we enjoyed the delights of Beckenham and had some lunch at the local Pizza Express, taking advantage of their Buy 1 Get 1 Free deal - no shame for me!
Not long after we arrived and had ordered, a young woman came in with four kids, varying in age from around …