Too Much Monkey Business

Last night in Tomahawk Towers the Wee Fella came running in to the kitchen to tell Mrs TK something...

"Mum, I've just seen an advert on tv for a game that I would like to get for my Wii"

"Really? What game is that then?"

"It's called Donkey Dong and it looks really good"

Cue raised eyebrows and stifled laughter...

No Golf Practice

No Golf Practice, originally uploaded by Vambo78.

Its no the golfers the cooncil need tae be wurryin aboot...

... its thae pesky scuba divers!

Where's My Jet Pack?

Discovered a great blog, Paleo Future, which gives us a glimpse into previous years predictions of what our futures may look like. Weird and wacky alike are gathered here and though some of the predictions are remarkably accurate the context and presentation of the ideas raises a wry smile.

I love this film. The concepts presented are hardly groundbreaking in today's terms but the homely presentation is fantastic.

The Future is Now (1955)
Uploaded by donaldtheduckie

Must go and have my lunch...in tablet form of course.

'Is this me or Dead Shot Keen?'

Strange how things just pop into your head sometimes isn't it?

Today I was walking to a meeting in another building when out of nowhere I started thinking about the old football comic strip 'Billy's Boots' which originated in 'Scorcher' comic in 1970. This used to be a particular favourite of mine but I have no idea why it suddenly rose up out of the dim and distant past.

Anyway, doing some quick research on the interwebthingy turned up this old but fine article on the 10 best comic book footballers . How does this list compare to your top ten?

Bearly Believable

Maybe everybody else is already aware of this but it came as rather a surprise to me to discover that the very first recipient of a toy Paddington Bear was none other than...

...Top Gear's very own homophobic xenophobe mild mannered presenter, Mr Jeremy Clarkson!

NB : Paddington is 50 years old this year

A Danger With Find & Replace

The Find & Replace function within word processing packages can be an absolute boon, saving valuable minutes of drudgery spent trawling through a document looking for and correcting instances of an incorrectly used word or phrase.

You should always, always, ALWAYS check the results of the changes though.

I was recently checking a Child Protection Policy document for a youth organisation and came across a rather strange heading in one of the appendices dealing with allegations of child abuse.

The wording in the original version of the document was :

"Procedure for managing the staff member against whom the allegation has been made"

The person who had produced the revised version of the document had obviously decided to globally replace the term "staff" with "club members". Sensible decision for a club environment with no employees as such.

The revised heading did read a little strangely though...

"Procedure for managing the club members member against whom the allegation has been made"

Perhaps this would be a better procedure after all!

Festive Greetings

Today is the last day of work before the Xmas break and one cannot but help but ruminate on the festive period ahead.

 

Some people fail to appreciate the true meaning of Xmas, trying to bring religion into the equation.  What rot.

 

Xmas is all about excess:

 

Spending to excess on ridiculous presents that are this years "must have" gifts - time for a Wii anyone?

 

Drinking to excess, expecially drinks that wouldn't normally pass your lips at other times of the year - eggnog, that stuff that is black and white - comes in a bottle with two openings...

 

Eating to excess (my personal favourite), what other time of the year could you get away with insisting that it is essential that you have a choice of three puddings, and that you want a helping of each one.

 

 

Excess - putting the X into Xmas for as long as I can remember.

 

 

Enjoy...

 

p.s. The Great Escape is on the box again this year, after being notably absent for a while, surely this time Steve McQueen is going to make it over that bloody fence....