Category: Piffle

  • The Weird History Of Deodorant
    The Weird History Of Deodorant

    Apparently, no one knows who invented deodorant. Seems a bit far fetched to me, considering the first trademarked deodorant was released in 1888. Someone must have the paperwork for that, surely. It was called Mum, and was invented by an unknown person from Philadelphia. It was a paste you glooped under your pits. No idea…

  • Friday Kwestjuns
    Friday Kwestjuns

    It seems like Friday has turned into the weekly Ask Me Shit slot, wherein REAL people, ask me REAL questions, and I give REAL answers. We’re keeping it REAL here, like in Sociedad or Juventus. Warning: That was a football joke. First up, Daisy has this to ask: How often do you write the word…

  • Types of Typography on Television
    Types of Typography on Television

    I’ve talked before about typography, and even appeared as a guest on The Z List Dead List talking about it. It got to the point that I noticed that the TV series Only Connect, for two episodes in a row, had taken inspiration for questions from the book Just My Type by Simon Garfield. So…

  • Simon Dunn Naked
    Simon Dunn Naked

    I’ve been getting a constant stream of visitors to this site, all bought here by the search term ‘simon dunn naked’. Now, I know I’m like a sex lollipop that you just want to unwrap and lick all over, but it’s weird to be objectified in such a blatant manner. To be honest, I know…

  • How Well Do You Know Your Friends?
    How Well Do You Know Your Friends?

    Try this fiendishly difficult quiz about your favourite sitcom from the nineties. [WpProQuiz 2]  

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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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