Archive for August, 2006

Humming without a licence


Want scary? I can do scary. Scary this: I’m coming down the stairs and I’m humming a song. I realise it’s The Wanderer by Status Quo. That’s Staaaatus Quo. S-T-A-T… Look, you get the idea. I was terrified. I may have to turn Catholic just to do penance for this. I blame being forced to watch Top of the Pops with one of my big sisters back when I was a kid…

Have YOU ever found yourself humming without a licence – that is, humming a song you really don’t like or doing it in a strange place – strange as in anywhere public, anywhere other than the privacy of your own home – and then you only realise you’re doing it when you grasp that people are staring at you? Uh-huh. Yeah, me too. That last part, I blame Apple for – those white devil boxes that breathe music into your ears wherever you go once they have your lobes enmeshed in their silky chains. They call those implants buds.

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Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Last chance for a Spicy!


You’ve now got less than 24 hours to get those entries in to win a Spicy. I’ll take as long as I need to do them all justice and announce the winners most likely next week!

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Thursday, August 31st, 2006