Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Best Used With New Gillette Ebola

According to a 1920s advert reproduced in an A-level English Language exam paper:

"Deadly Anthrax, present in so many foreign Shaving Brushes, can never be found in the all-British "Culmak", - says eminent Bacteriologist."

I worry that, should this paper fall into the wrong hands, we may have a horrific biological terrorist attack on our hands. Or, more accurately, our faces.

Monday, January 23, 2006

Thank Goodness For The Saurus Thesaurus

I spent an hour and a half today racking my brains trying to remember the word "manifold". If it hadn't been for the Collins Thesaurus I would definitely have failed my Maths Exam because of that accursed niggling.

Hurrah for thesauruses!

Sunday, January 22, 2006

9.00pm - Richard Dawkins in: Commando

This week, there has been a whale in the Thames, a piece in New Scientist written by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a comprehensible comic in the Metro's "This Life".

I think I may have broken through into a parallel universe.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

They Also Sell Soup

It has been entire weeks since I last visited the Italian Wrap Van.

I fear I may be exhibiting severe withdrawal symptoms before long.

Ah, the Italian Wrap Van.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Variations On A Theme

Announcing the First Official Variation of The Seven Of Diamonds Gets You Stabbed In The Eye.

The variation is known as Tavistock Yard. Its rules are remarkably similar to the common trick-winning game Hearts, only whoever takes the seven of diamonds gets stabbed in the eye.

From all of us here at The World Is Lovely: have fun playing!

And Now, I Will Bring Them Down From The Inside

I got into Cambridge!

The fools!