- We needed a little bit of help in our house a few weeks ago. Nothing too heavy, but heavy enough for us to need some urgent advice and someone to talk to to help us solve some issues. Basically, some kind of Relate-style counselling forum. I look through the Relate website and find our nearest counsellor. I phone and it’s an answerphone. No problem, leave a message. No
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As an allergy sufferer (peanuts, cats, pine trees, penicillin and work, since you ask) I’ve got wearyingly used to “this product may contain cats” warning on things down the years. The trouble is that everything is now made in one massive factory in Krakow or someplace. There’s just no telling if Marta Jacynzk has wandered from the KP salted nuts production line to flirt with Tomasz Zkyncksji, the handsome operator… >> continued | 8 Comments
McDonalds in Ripon is Shite
Jan 28
Forgive me my intemperate language, but McDonalds’ systems are designed for morons. When you’re serving food that comes in at under a quid and your staff are a combination of minimum-wagers marking time during half term and people who would otherwise be retired or unemployed, you can’t rely on a willing attitude and customer service innovation arising from the ground up.
Even so, the McDonalds in Ripon must run… >> continued | 13 Comments
You’re shitting me, right?
Dec 10
The news baffles me sometimes. I know they’ve got to fill 24 hours and like a billion web pages with something, but seriously what the hell are they thinking?
Take this story from The Telegraph.
“Giant iceberg heading for Australia – A giant iceberg double the size of Sydney Harbour is on a slow but steady collision course with Australia, scientists have said.”
I have literally no idea… >> continued
So we owe £1.3 trillion. The economy will have shrunk by 4.75% this year alone. And Darling has made the following items his priority.
- 0.5% on N.I.
- A cut in bingo tax
- A boiler scrappage scheme
Well it’s good to know we’ve got a firm hand on the tiller. Fuck me. As he has learnt from years of sitting at the knee of… >> continued | 3 Comments
Sorry for the profanity. I know you don’t come here for that (statistically, you’ve accidentally arrived trying to find porn site Tube8.com, for which I inexplicably rank. Bwahahahaah, suckers!)
Twice this year, we’ve been on holiday with the kids – eager to show them the beauty of the English countryside. The first time, we were washed out after a single night during the heaviest rains seen since God… >> continued | 5 Comments
