Things from the internet:

1. A government e-petition to "Make wrongly describing a casserole with a pastry lid as a pie a criminal offence." (Thanks to Will for the tip-off.)

I'm torn; clearly this is a cause after my own heart, but I feel slightly bad about wasting Government time. On the other hand, as onebyone pointed out, the "review" stage has ( Read more... )

Yesterday, a bunch of us headed off to check out a Sunday-night pub quiz in our local area. We used to be regulars at the Duke of Kent's Sunday-night quiz, until they sacked the guy who did it and replaced him with a vastly inferior bought-in quiz run by a guy who should never have been allowed a microphone. We've experimented with various ( Read more... )

Today, as per usual for a Friday, the degenerate end of the office hived off to the pub for lunch ( Read more... )

I had a baby's head for dinner!

Well, OK, I'm in Reading so it wasn't called a baby's head, it was called an individual steak and kidney pudding. But I grew up in that north and I know a babby's 'eid when I see one ( Read more... )

Anyone fancy an evening doing silly things in the Oxfordshire countryside ?

Next Tuesday (June 30th) my dance team, Mabel Gubbins, are inviting all their friends to the Red Lion in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell ( Read more... )