Category: Piffle

  • Change Your Life In 7 Seconds
    Change Your Life In 7 Seconds

    I’m pleased to announce my brand new, life-changing, life-affirming, full life-overhaul system that is GUARANTEED to work in just SEVEN SECONDS. Change Your Life In 7 Seconds is a scientifically unproven method that will change your life in just 7 seconds. Yes, that’s right. SEVEN SECONDS. Most people think overhauling their lives will be a struggle,…

  • The End Of The Apocalypse
    The End Of The Apocalypse

    The League Of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse is a 2005 film, directed by Steve Bendelack, and written by Jeremy Dyson, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, and Mart Gattiss. And the more I watch it, the more convinced I am that it’s one of the best comedy films of all time. If you haven’t seen it, you should. And…

  • The Internet Owner’s Manual
    The Internet Owner’s Manual

    I found this. It’s the owner’s manual for the Internet. It was covered in dust underneath a pile of old 3.5inch disks, a 56k modem, and a shareware copy of Wolfenstein 3D. It might be old, and battered, and confusing to anyone who doesn’t know what an owner’s manual is, but it has some stuff…

  • 7 Places Not To Stick Cotton Buds
    7 Places Not To Stick Cotton Buds

    It appears I’m now taking requests for the blog posts. I just got asked to write one about all the places one shouldn’t stick cotton buds. Now, I thought these were called Q-Tips in the US of A, but that’s a brand name apparently, and they’re generically known as cotton swabs. So we’ve learned something…

  • My Favourite Words
    My Favourite Words

    I love words, and find anyone who doesn’t uniquely odd. There’s something delicious about rolling the word ‘loquacious’ around your mouth, like cleansing the palette with a Sprite after a chomp on a tasty burger. So, for your delectation, here’s a list of some of my favourite words. Bumface (noun): Most people, meant in a…

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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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