Author: Tim

  • Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 7

    (Rubbish Clothes) A long time ago, Mr Levi started making work wear called jeans. He put a little label on the outside (and a rivet in the crotch). It was good work wear and very successful. Some time in the 1950s people decide that it was comfortable to wear (without the rivet in the crotch,…

  • Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 6

    This one is for Gill. What do you send to someone who has everything? Mouse RADAR – The World’s Smartest Mousetrap “The cleanest, kindest, smartest mousetrap yet. Problems with mice? Let RADAR take care of them. RADAR stands for Rodent Activated Detection And Riddance — which describes exactly what it does. We identify rodent runs,…

  • Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 5

    (rubbish presents for rubbish people) “Unleash the sex kitten inside…simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go! “Soon you’ll be flaunting it to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars”. Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toy – too bloody right. Tesco are…

  • Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 4

    (Things that look like other things) Some of you are probably thinking, “but I would love a guitar for Christmas”. Well wish on, because this is not guitar, it is a really nasty, nasty telephone.   Another phone. Anyone fancy sitting in the office holding a toy car to their head? No? If you want…

  • Some Fun and Fascinating Stuff

    Here It Goes Again (YouTube 3 mins) Police hunt breast enlargement cheats (Reuters) Lords of the Logistic (Gallery – only in Asia) Building Stonehenge (YouTube 6 mins)

  • Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 2

    I mean, why? Why would you do that? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?   But hold on, it gets worse. In my view, anyone insane enough to attach a tree to their mobile phone deserves to get banged on the side of the head with a tree. But a bloody great…

  • Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 1

    I think I am going to buy a few of these, and see how many people I can get to make themselves look utterly ridiculous by trying them on. I mean a Petzl head torch is one thing, but a Maglite stuck in a headband? Don’t think I know anyone who can affect a vacuous…

  • One For Gill

    WOW South Park Very funny, in spite of (or maybe because of) my not being a tremendous fan of either World Of Warcraft or South Park. Well worth the mega download for the full screen version of this special South Park episode.

  • Making plans

    This week seems to be rollover week and I generally only buy lottery tickets for rollovers. The Euromillions fund is at £54,000,000. I have splashed out and bought a whole two tickets. More or less guaranteed to win then. Also a triple rollover on the UK lottery, of £20,000,000, I have bought another two tickets…