Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Happy birthday, walrus! Aww, you shouldn’t have…
Today’s Digg phenomenon:
Can anyone come up with a good Lolpolz joke for it?
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Well, SOMEONE was bound to do it
With all the talk of the iPhone being launched yesterday, it crossed my mind - as I’m sure it crossed many others - that somewhere in the USA, somebody would be opening an iPhone and manage to break it immediately. Well, this guy didn’t do it immediately, but he probably came pretty damn close:
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Someone ELSE wants to eat my clothing, part 1
Following on from earlier, I was walking out of the library room in the Law building at the Uni just a few minutes ago, and went in briefly to the cloakroom to check my bag was still there (oddly, you’re not allowed bring bags in with you to the library itself - an overelaborate security [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
I want to eat my clothing, part 1
I have a Fratellis t-shirt. I’m wearing it today.
And it smells of the vinegar you get in a chip shop.
Bear in mind that I haven’t been at a chip shop since April and this t-shirt has been worn and washed at least four times since then.
Any suggested explanations would be most welcome.
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Paris Hilton’s Jailhouse Rock
Well, obviously not rock. More reggae-lite, but here you go:
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And okay, okay, I’ll let the Paris Hilton thing die soon. I promise.
As soon as it becomes unfunny.
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
The Waterfordish-English Dictionary
blaa n. a type of bread roll in one of three varieties i.e. floury, chewy and crusty: “Mammy… make sure you put loads of red lead in me blaa today, there wahent a bit in it yesterday girl boy!”
boi n. boy: Waterford word, normally put at the end of each sentence,said when waterfordonian is speaking [...]
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Come back, Blogorrah!
Sliabh.net, UnaRocks and Present Tense have all sent out their feelers. Where is it? Can anybody tell meee? We miss it!
As Sliabh.net so aptly put it:
Who will poke fun at girls in bikinis on Stephens Green?
Lads, we miss you. Come back soon.
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
A real-life airline complaint…
This thing is getting Dugg by the second right now. Take a look - and next time you’re flying, it might be worth paying the extra few quid so you don’t have to sit where this guy did.
Talk about toilet humour, huh?
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Well, you can ban Manhunt, but…
Ian O’Doherty gets it, as per usual, pretty much on the button. From yesterday’s Indo.
Ban it. For God’s sake, ban it now
Computer games like Manhunt and Fall Of Man have come in for stern criticism in recent weeks.
Politicians, activists and even our own normally sensible censor have been jerking [...]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Larry King meets Paris Hilton: the transcript
Larry King: We’re happy to welcome Paris Hilton to Larry King Live. Good to have her with us. Her parents have been with us. This is her first appearance on this show. Why are you doing this interview?
Paris Hilton: I consider you an icon and I really respect you and it’s an honour for me [...]
