Category: Piffle

  • My First Insomnia
    My First Insomnia

    Strange, isn’t it, how memories stick with you, and how seemingly innocuous moments can trigger those memories? I was watching a film last night, and for reasons I can’t fathom, my mind wandered back to a moment from my childhood. It’s not the first time it’s strolled back to that particular event, and it won’t…

  • The Sartorial Stylings Of Nardole
    The Sartorial Stylings Of Nardole

    I want everything in Nardole’s wardrobe. Every time he appears on the new series of Doctor Who, he’s sporting a new outfit that I want to own myself. Witness. I’m not one for waistcoats, but I would happily wear this one. And I can’t stress just how much I want this duffel coat. Look at…

  • Fireball Excel 5
    Fireball Excel 5

    Remember that game about reminiscing? You know the one, it’s called Reminiscing, and has a box that looks like this? Here’s another memory that it threw up. When I was about eight probably, my brother saved up all of his pocket money for the longest time, and one day came home with a a go-kart…

  • Wedded Twits
    Wedded Twits

    We were playing a board game last week called Reminiscing. From the box it looked like one of those crappy games you might reluctantly play at Christmas, but it turned out to be a lot of fun, and encouraged plenty of story telling and well, reminiscing. One of the dozens of childhood memories it threw…

  • What’s The Opposite Of Thundercats?
    What’s The Opposite Of Thundercats?

    Here’s another lovely episode of the delightful podcast that everyone loves, setisoppO. http://traffic.libsyn.com/sundayssupplement/setisoppo039.mp3   This week, thanks to listener suggestions, we talk about the opposite of Thundercats, we explore the kinky world of Egg Whisks, and delve into the glitz and glamour of the Eurovision Song Contest. Along the way, we examine the deeper meanings…

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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