Sitting in the corner of my lounge are a set of three small tables. These could be referred to as ‘occasional tables.’
My question is this: If they’re occasional tables, what are they the rest of the time? Furthermore, if I have a set of three occasional tables, should I be using them for different occasions [...]
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The Occasional Table
Questions Not To Ask On A First Date
We’ve all been there – the nervous first date. You meet up with your victim/date and sit down to chat over a coffee. But, after a while you’ve exhausted the regular questions like “so, what do you do for a living?” and “lovely weather, isn’t it?” There’s an awkward silence as you both reach for [...]
Funny Slogans In Online Dating Profiles
Ok, I admit it, I’ve been dabbling in the world of online dating. It’s been an interesting and, occasionally, eye-opening experience.
Earlier today, I was looking through a few online dating profiles and the following irritating phrase came up several times:
“I’m a lil like marmite – you either love me or hate me.”
Ah, ok, so you’re [...]
Are You A Facebook Addict?
Are you addicted to Facebook – the social media website? Do you find yourself logging on whilst at work, at home in bed, on the toilet and in the bath?
Following on from my popular article, The Self-Importance of Facebook & Twitter, I aim to find out just how addicted to social media you are, using [...]
A Reason To Hate Snow
You know what? Snow reminds me of a distant Auntie’s visit on Christmas Day. Everything seems very pleasant and enjoyable for the first 5 minutes and the children enjoy playing with her. But then you realise that she hasn’t really brought anything nice with her. She then overstays her welcome, irritates you to the point [...]
Funny Google Search Suggestions
Google’s Autocomplete service has provided some fun and quirky suggestions since Google fully launched the service back in 2008. For those who don’t know what Google Autocomplete is: when you start typing words into the Google search engine, Google provides a list of possible suggestions to complete your query. I tried a few searches today, [...]
The Ultimate Christmas House Decoration
I saw this on another blog and thought I would share it. Jonathan Macdonald decorated his house with this brilliant Christmas creation this year. However, it proved rather controversial and he had to take the fake man down after only two days. The most impressive incident occurred when a 65 year old lady picked the [...]
The Christmas Word Tree
So, what does Christmas mean to people? As a festive experiment, I used the information provided by Wikipedia’s Christmas article to produce this . By inputting the text into the fantastic tool at http://www.wordle.net, I was able to produce a tree shaped word cloud. I then used some basic Photoshop Christmas artistry for extra effect.
The [...]
Christmas Is For Animals Too…
A funny Christmas music video created by the BBC’s Breathing Places team…
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The Ultimate ‘Secret Santa’ Gift
So, you’re taking part in the office Secret Santa for this year. You’ve pulled the name ‘Derek’ out of the hat and you really have no clue what present to buy him. You don’t know much about the guy, other than that he is impartial to a curry on any night ending in ‘y’. Last week [...]
