Saturday, 25 July 2009
Friday, 24 July 2009
Newspaper Headline Of The Week
From The London Lite, This Thursday...
Jesus wept.
WINEHOUSE 'UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL'
No Shit, Sherlock! What other insightful stories can we expect from your not-as-good-as-TheLondonPaper publication? Bear Caught Shitting In The Woods? Pope Confesses To Being A Catholic? Phil Collins Gets Divorced?!
Jesus wept.
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Saturday, 11 July 2009
Bollock's Hero: Chris Packham
Tit-watching, wildlife-botherer Chris Packham has long been a hero of mine. His work with Fungus The Bogeyman is among some of the finest to have ever graced the silver screen.
Growing up, it always seemed that Packham was playing third-fiddle to teenage prick-tease Michaela Strachan and the ferret-severed hand of 'brave' Terry Nutkins (he was attacked by an otter, you know? Not that he likes to bang on about it). But Packham was always my favourite; one of my childhood crushes, and the cause of several joyous wet patches through my early years.
While Nutkins stays at home applying TCP to his nintey-year-old flesh wound, and Miss Strachan has fled to Australia to escape the shame of being lauded by tedious one-line-chorus-repeaters Scouting For Girls, Packham's career has gone from strength to strength.
After a brief spell playing Max Beasley in Hotel Babylon, he has replaced Bill Oddie (codename: Cantankerous Furby) as Kate Bumhole's co-presenter on the BBC's flagship birdwatching show, Springwatch.
As if to hammer home his absolute genius, Lord Packham has found a novel way to spend his spare presenting time. In between eyeing up feathered fowl, he has been slipping in The Smiths' song titles into his broadcasts.
The Smiths. Birdwatching. Why has no-one put the two together before? The man is a visionary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9hGAlt89o
Growing up, it always seemed that Packham was playing third-fiddle to teenage prick-tease Michaela Strachan and the ferret-severed hand of 'brave' Terry Nutkins (he was attacked by an otter, you know? Not that he likes to bang on about it). But Packham was always my favourite; one of my childhood crushes, and the cause of several joyous wet patches through my early years.
While Nutkins stays at home applying TCP to his nintey-year-old flesh wound, and Miss Strachan has fled to Australia to escape the shame of being lauded by tedious one-line-chorus-repeaters Scouting For Girls, Packham's career has gone from strength to strength.
After a brief spell playing Max Beasley in Hotel Babylon, he has replaced Bill Oddie (codename: Cantankerous Furby) as Kate Bumhole's co-presenter on the BBC's flagship birdwatching show, Springwatch.
As if to hammer home his absolute genius, Lord Packham has found a novel way to spend his spare presenting time. In between eyeing up feathered fowl, he has been slipping in The Smiths' song titles into his broadcasts.
The Smiths. Birdwatching. Why has no-one put the two together before? The man is a visionary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9hGAlt89o
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