So … have you had enough of your boring office job? Sick of endless meetings and sharing a smelly lunch room microwave oven with your feral workmates? Do you fancy a job with travel, white fluffy beasts and just a wee bit of counting involved? Then how about embarking on a new and exciting career […]
Is it time for a new career? Read Post »
You’ve probably seen the “makeup-free selfie” memes all over social media lately, the latest in a seemingly never-ending stream of near-pointless “awareness” memes. In case you didn’t know: the makeup-free selfies and earlier bra colour memes were meant to promote awareness of and bolster the fight against cancer. Riiiiight. The colour posts apparently help to
Undercover awareness a bit pointless Read Post »
Who’d have thunk it: I know some clean jokes! OK, so they aren’t particularly funny but it’s a hard road finding the perfect joke. Why is the ocean wet? Because the sea weed. »»»»«««« Why did the fly fly? Because the spider spied her. »»»»«««« What do you call a kungfu pig? Porkchop! »»»»«««« What
In the greatest scandal to rock children’s television since Big Bird started toking up and imagining a big hairy critter named Snuffy, a mum in Cardiff reckons her young daughter has picked up a naughty word (starts with F, ends in UCK; rhymes with duck) from Peppa Pig. To be honest, I initially thought she
No wuckin’ furries Read Post »
I make no secret of the fact that I am no fan of any of the Kardashians (famous for fuck all apart from dodgy marriages and, well, actually that’s about it). But I really think it’s scraping the bottom of the barrel to be banging on about Bruce Jenner’s puckered jawline being a combination of
Shock, horror: Wrinkle alert! Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s been an interesting start to autumn so far, with the new season appearing to arrive hand-in-hand with winter. This follows on from our remarkably summer-ish spring and a decidedly “a bit of everything” summer so who knows what we’ll get by the time the
Even the weather app throws up its hands Read Post »
When I was a kid (admittedly that was many, many, many years ago) we had birthday parties only for significant years. Turning 5, and so beginning our school career; birthdays ending in a zero; the 13th marking official teenager-hood; a maybe a 20th or 21st to get trolleyed with your mates. Now, it seems there’s
Birthday party bitching Read Post »
The sad death of Charlotte Dawson at the weekend has reignited the whole debate over online assholes being, well, assholes. Not that it’s much of a debate: “if you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, then keep your trap shut” is probably a good code to live by. Unfortunately, there are plenty of trolls out
One for the haters Read Post »
