Category: Piffle

  • What (Fisher) Price Bad Memories?
    What (Fisher) Price Bad Memories?

    Yesterday evening, I got laughed at by a man in the street because I was talking to a cat. It made me sad. Mostly because it reminded me of the time when I was little when two teenaged girls laughed at me for taking my telephone for a walk. That may need some explanation. When…

  • I Can Make You A Billionaire
    I Can Make You A Billionaire

    I am going to make you rich. But bear with me. If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it’s that rampant consumerism and the internet have mixed to form a potent cocktail that just makes us all incredibly angry. “I didn’t order a new Ghostbusters movie.” “I ordered a referendum, and it came…

  • The Hardest Three Words
    The Hardest Three Words

  • Insta-Topical Reacto-Post
    Insta-Topical Reacto-Post

    I have an opinion on current matters. It’s impossible for me not to have an opinion, and opinions always need airing in public forums, so this is a vehicle for the opinion to be expressed in a pithy/controversial/satirical/moderate/extreme manner. The Opinion is sacrosanct. The Opinion is too big for a tweet, but The Opinion is not…

  • 7 Amazing Life Hacks
    7 Amazing Life Hacks

    We could all do with making our lives that little bit better. So with that in mind, here are seven life hacks that will quickly, and irrevocably change the way you live forever. Halve Your Laundry Duties In One Go We all hate doing the laundry. But there’s a simple way to reduce just how…

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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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