Shit I Learned - things you pick up on the way

Nov 22

“It’s hard to tell with fat people. They’re sort-of puffy and don’t have wrinkles” — Louisa P, Prague, November 2012. I asked her how old she thought our barrel-chested barman might have been.

Oct 11

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Oct 05

Doesn’t Kenny look stoked to get the top job at Port? Don’t worry, mate, there’s some good news too…you have to have all your teeth removed and a third eye inserted in your forehead. You choose where.

Doesn’t Kenny look stoked to get the top job at Port? Don’t worry, mate, there’s some good news too…you have to have all your teeth removed and a third eye inserted in your forehead. You choose where.

Sep 06

“Every politician would like every voter to think that he had been born in a log cabin that he had built himself.” — Bill Clinton, National Democratic Convention, 2012.

The laxative effects of exercise such as hurdling. You should have been in the crowd at the London 2012 Olympics. The long-jump pit was a minefield.

The laxative effects of exercise such as hurdling. You should have been in the crowd at the London 2012 Olympics. The long-jump pit was a minefield.

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OK, all you AFL buffs. Did you know that it is 15 years to the day since…

…Garry ‘Whiskas’ Hocking took the field. Allright, so the first bit is bullshit - I have no idea how long ago it was, although I must be somewhere near it. 

Buddha’s tie-in with the cat food company may have been a master-stroke of marketing and anointed him a genius ahead of his time…although watching any interview footage of him would suggest otherwise.

Anyway, got me thinking, what other AFL player promos would be a nice fit?

Jul 30

“Come ON”!!

Watching Lley-Lley playing at the Olympics. Amusing how different it is from Wimbledon. Crappy camera angles, ball boys and girls who look they were only told what to do at the beginning of the match.

Jul 18

Irishism of the day

Wandering along in Co. Down. ‘So, whereya from?’ says rotund Oirish ma’am. ‘New Zealand,’ replies mother-in-law. ‘OOOH,’ she says, excitedly, ‘oive got a cousin down there. Don’t ask me where he is. South Africa, oi think.’

May 30

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