Archive for July, 2006



Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Ignorance is Bliss

Want to know what’s going on in the world? Then don’t move to France.
If you did - the only things you’d for sure right now are that:
1) Zizou (Zinedine Zidane) got a red card during the World Cup final for headbutting a naughty Italian player [NOTE: you wouldn't necessarily know who won the match];
2) [...]

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Friday, July 28th, 2006

Reasons not to move to France (update)

Just got back from a weeks hols in the UK - where I caught a cold. Yes, only in the UK is it possible to sit in 36 degree heat and catch a stinking head cold!
I refer you to my post of 3rd January earlier this year.

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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Avoid that clipboard / Hare Krishna / Charity worker

Here’s a tip if you want to walk across central London without getting stopped by a clipboard weilding survey-taking hawker, charity worker, Hare Krishna or drunken Scotsman:
Wear an ‘Equipe de France’ rugby shirt.
Trust me - it works.
Gimps hired by Mencap, MORI et al were all fooled into thinking that I was French when I strode [...]

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