Mr T writes - on MY LJ - the shameless little whatmit:

Right ok you lot aren't really getting this are you?

Well SHOW US THE MONEY!!!!

You'd be making Mr Tubbs very happy if you could raise enough for him to go to Rome in fact he'll buy you a drink for every 1000 pounds you pledge. Can't be fairer than that!!

Dear All

This is shameless request to start a campaign so my wonderful husband can go to watch the European Cup Final in Rome.

So anyone who has a heart and would like to donate a large sum of money for 1500pounds needed to buy a ticket, pay for the flight and accommodation then if you could pledge what you can he'd be most grateful.

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The Tubblet has been learning to read and write using letters and sounds (aka phonics).  This involves looking at the letters on the page and then spelling them out to work out the words.  She’s making reasonable progress.  Whilst walking home from school with Mr T this Friday, she spelt out C - R - A - P phonically and then told him exactly what ( Read more... )

Westboro Baptist Church have decided to export their unique (and extremely loathsome) version of Christianity to the UK.  The reasons for their visit can be found here - it wasn’t to soak up some culture and get rained on.  Several of them got refused visas as the UK government decided that some things are better off remaining in their country of ( Read more... )

Mr T sent me this yesterday and said he was considering using one of the designs to make his own Valentine’s card this year.  Probably the Hans Solo:


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Best student hack EVER.  (Thanks to Laura at Ship of Fools for finding this).  It’s too good not to share:


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Liverpool Victoria’s website doesn’t appear to be working, but I saw this in the paper this morning:

The cost of raising a child has risen by a third in the last five years - raising a child in the UK now costs £186k between birth and the age of 21. As things only ever go up,  by  2012 this is likely to have increased by an eye-watering 42%. That’s ( Read more... )

This is right up there with the Burger King scent for men (IMO).  Mac cosmetics has launched a Dame Edna limited collection of cosmetics:  "Hallo Possums!" As mirthfully minx-like and tongue-in-chic as her dazzling persona, Dame Edna's eponymous limited-edition colour collection reveals the wit of her makeup passions...Like our muse, it's " ( Read more... )

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I wouldn’t describe myself as particularly high maintenance in the personal grooming stakes, but I still find female grooming extremely time consuming.  Valuable time which could be spent doing something really useful - like nothing!

At night, the eyebrows need to be kept in shape; the legs de-furring and the make-up removed and moisturiser ( Read more... )