The Spog Blog

In response to:Font or Cheese?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:41:19 +0200

Hah! Cheddar gorgeous typeface.

In response to:Font or Cheese?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:00:49 +0200

Ha! I was doing quite well for the first few, but then I got about six in a row wrong and got disheartened. I've bookmarked it, though!

In response to:Font or Cheese?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:18:42 +0200

Unlike this, which you could easily guess either way.

In response to:Font or Cheese?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:49:07 +0200

Pathetic performance. Gave up after a couple of minutes. The only one I got right was 'Stilton'.

In response to:So, farewell then Woolworths

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:12:46 +0100

They did indeed - from the place that did things you couldn't find elsewhere, to trying to compete with specialist music and clothing shops etc.

In response to:So, farewell then Woolworths

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:43:21 +0100

It is an age that is on the move. I wonder what will become of the 'empire' that was Woolworths.

Nicely reminisced Lois.

In response to:So, farewell then Woolworths

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:08:44 +0100

I love your tribute - somehow, they lost their way, didn't they

In response to:Cut-price ferry tickets for amputees?

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:08:04 +0100

"I booked ferry tickets for December 2008, but i am under utter confusion whther to have a travel insurance during my ferry travel. Can any one aware of such travel insurance?"

Ed: Ashley - you are a spammer with a poor command of the English language to boot. I hope no-one is paying you to add this inappropriate rubbish. If they are, they've been ripped off. Begone, foul fiend.

In response to:Bob and Barack

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:56:54 +0100

Good ol' Bob - it's a shame he couldn't be there in person. Though I suppose being a member of the hysterical backing cast rather than the 'man' isn't really his thing.

I hope it doesn't come back to haunt Mr. Obama. It was what I think of as 'a moment in history' speech and some of his statements were rather optimistic. Having said that, I hope he succeeds in changing things.

In response to:Bob and Barack

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:23:29 +0100

Hubby tried the same B the B on me this morning. It fell flat as I have never watched B the B and having it explained didn't have quite the impact hubby had hoped.

It is likely therefore, that there will be a swathe of Americans who know nothing of Bob the Builder and will relate the 'we can do' and 'Yes we can fix it' to what they have been taught from knee high, irrespective of whether the words have any substance or not. That's been a major part of the problems we now see; lack of substance.

In response to:Hedge fund traders emulate Beastie Boys fans

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:50:41 +0100

That's a nice reverse gear, isn't it Lois.

I was interested to hear about the hedge funds VW transactions; they obviously had not done their homework with this company.

However, I don't want to get into the one track blame game, that would be too easy. What the incident does demonstrate to us unwitting members of the public, is, how such trading does work and how it can be neutralised. Someone somewhere, should take keen note.

In response to:Hedge fund traders emulate Beastie Boys fans

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:53:54 +0100

here have one on me

In response to:Olympian idiocy

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:21:02 +0200

What are ducks doing in the swimming pool?

In response to:Olympian idiocy

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:10:31 +0200

They could use them as goggles for blind swimmers (ducks and runs away)

In response to:Olympian idiocy

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:58:11 +0200

- and wearing a grubby vest, just to get into the spirit of things. But hang on a minute, I haven't a telly. But I may well have a grubby vest. On the subject of which, our keep fit place is collecting old bras for some charity, for recycling. I don't see how mine could possibly be of any use - they're suffering from fibre fatique and are way beyond rejuvenation. Gahd, it's bad being over 50

In response to:Olympian idiocy

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:42:17 +0200

Countdown to 24 hour crap and boredom on telly imminent - instead of just 23 hours as the regular schedule offers.

We are planning to do something useful with our evenings 'til the whole tedious shebang is over. Starting with putting down a new floor in the office, and working up from there. Much better to know we've achieved something at the end of it, than slumping in front of world class doping, throwing cans of Kestrel at the screen ;)

In response to:The true cost of inflation?

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:29:28 +0200

That was enlightening then! :))

In response to:The true cost of inflation?

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:52:07 +0200

But just imagine if the eco warriors are right.

With global warming you will soon be able to bathe in nice warm melted ice cap.

In response to:The true cost of inflation?

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:16:05 +0200

And to think I thought the nearest Sainsbury's 35 miles away was a problem!

In response to:The true cost of inflation?

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:13:08 +0200

That, in a global sense, just about sums it all up. You're lucky you don't live in the colder North, where you probably wouldn't have even made it to the offer of 1000 Nectar points. Even if you did, they have no currency within any area I know within 300 miles or so.

Enjoy your long johns and make sure they are quick drip drying ones. :)

In response to:Cut-price ferry tickets for amputees?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:06:56 +0200

That should have been 30p per leg: now edited.

In response to:Cut-price ferry tickets for amputees?

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:34:48 +0200

30 per leg for foot passengers??????? er, and 30 what?

Rolf Harris' song comes to mind 'peg-a-leg'

What's the procedure if you're on crutches without the use of a foot? The base of a crutch takes a lot less space than even a baby's foot.

I wonder if babies will become a quarter of the cost if they are crawling or toddling, up to two and a half years, and kids up to size 9 children's fitting will become half price.

I have to say Lois, I wasn't aware that cars had legs.

Our body parts, and/or car parts, or any parts, are governed by Brent Crude Oil prices - that's whacky. Which communication department did the MD of Wightlink graduate from?

In response to:Cut-price ferry tickets for amputees?

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:47:51 +0200

But how many legs does he have? We should be told!

In response to:Cut-price ferry tickets for amputees?

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:31:57 +0200

the man's a fool

In response to:Am I being curmudgeonly?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:05:09 +0200

Foxes have a taste for bunnies.

But Kaninchen?

In response to:Sofa, so good

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:35:37 +0200

Somewhere near Glasgow I think...

In response to:Am I being curmudgeonly?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:29:46 +0200

Better than those poor headless German bunnies, thank you for enquiring. You didn't have anything to do with that did you?

In response to:Sofa, so good

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:05:18 +0200

So where's pollock then?

In response to:Am I being curmudgeonly?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:28:27 +0200

How are you?

In response to:Am I being curmudgeonly?

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:46:06 +0200

When asked if I am all right I place my fingers on the pulse in my wrist and say very faintly 'I think so'.