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JuneJun 14 Saturday 08
Things that make you go hmm!
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. I must confess to have never been truly into smoking dope and not really seeing the appeal. And when I see and smell someone wandering …
Wiggles go retro
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there.Since having a child, you end up discovering new 'worlds' you'd never ever encounter otherwise. Thus it is, I could go on Mastermind with my …
JuneJun 11 Wednesday 08
A Taste Of My Life - genius programming
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. In a world of celebrity where no-one famous appears on any medium without having something to plug, the current series of A Taste Of My …
JuneJun 6 Friday 08
The Apprentice's Lucinda got it wrong
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. So, according to Lucinda Ledgerwood, she was fired from The Apprentice last night because of her accent. Horseshit! She was fired because …
The Apprentice's Lucinda got it wrong
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. So, according to Lucinda Ledgerwood, she was fired from The Apprentice last night because of her accent. Horseshit! She was fired because …
MayMay 29 Thursday 08
The perils of Web 2.0
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. Social media is a fairly big part of my life. I'm a member of various social networks, …
MayMay 23 Friday 08
The Apprentice: Likely Lads all over again
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. I love The Apprentice - it always takes me a while to 'warm' to the characters every year (and let's face it, it's tough to warm to some …
MayMay 21 Wednesday 08
Anthony Head's right hand
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. One of the joys (or downsides, depending on your view) of the burgeoning celebrity culture …
MayMay 15 Thursday 08
What happened to basic maths?
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. We went out for some food and drink last night and ended up, after some tapas, in The White Hart in Crystal Palace. Since the birth of A …
MayMay 12 Monday 08
I wish I could fly...
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. Do the queues in the Post Office ever get any better? No matter how much you want to avoid them, there are some things that have to be …
AprilApr 30 Wednesday 08
Into the Gap
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there.I'm always really interested to see what happened to old pop stars, especially of the 80s' era. Claire Grogan of Altered Images fame, for …
AprilApr 27 Sunday 08
You know summer's coming when...
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. - You suddenly see all the rich kids out in their convertibles - Men drive vans topless …
AprilApr 26 Saturday 08
The indignity of youth
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. I was taken back to my childhood this evening as I was coming home from the station. As I walked down a public footpath, I came across a …
AprilApr 23 Wednesday 08
Snooker loopy
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. It's World Snooker Championship time again and the BBC goes into overdrive with saturation coverage on BBC2 for the next two weeks. I …
AprilApr 22 Tuesday 08
Evil baby
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there.Ahhh, now this did make me laugh!
AprilApr 20 Sunday 08
Bill Oddie's Bird Food
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. Bill Oddie is as well-known now for presenting Springwatch on BBC2 and being the acceptable face of birdwatching than as a comic in the …
AprilApr 18 Friday 08
Why should Gordon Brown be exciting?
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. In case you've missed it, and you wouldn't be alone in dozing off, Gordon Brown is currently in America glad-handing Dubya and all three …
Stuff white people like
Originally published at A few words from Rob Mansfield. You can comment here or there. Apologies if I'm waaaay behind the curve on this one, but thanks to David Hepworth on this week's Word Magazine podcast for drawing my …