Archive for November, 2006
Mystery Man
Nov 29th
I asked a member of my family the other day if they knew who Bruce Lee was. The answer I got left me speechless – not because I was awed by their general knowledge or anything, but because I was laughing so much I was physically unable to speak.
According to them, Bruce Lee is infact Batman. The ledgendary caped superhero who drives a sweet car, might I add. I mean, cmon, if you owned the Batmobile, you’re set for life.
Anyway, so Bruce Lee is Batman, and upon my laughing fit, they assumed it was the wrong answer and attempted to cover it up by getting the right one. This was an excellent plan, and would have been sheer brilliance, had they actually got the right answer…
So the next suggestion was that Bruce Lee was Batman’s Butler (I’m being serious!). This guess was followed by even more laughter upon which this poor, unfortunate individual decided to dig an even deeper hole by saying:
“Oh no! Its that guy from the Sixth Sense isn’t it!!!”
*Me slaps forehead and dies laughing* No dear, thats Bruce Willis…”Oh”, came the sheepish reply. “Any other guesses?” I asked…
“Oh wait, wasn’t he in Friends?!”
Cue me with a mental image of Bruce Lee appearing on the set of Friends. Oh how I roffled.
So for those of you who don’t know, take note: Bruce Lee was a ledgendary martial arts expert and was famous in a couple of films which were popular outside of China. He was well known for his great strength, skill and speed, and also easily recognised for the amusing chicken noises he made when fighting…Check out the video clip of his “One Inch Punch” and if you can, the films “Way of the Dragon” and “Fist of Fury”. Lee unfortunately died at an early age but is still considered to be one of the most influential people who brought martial arts into mainstream films. For more information see the Wikipedia page:
Paying the Price
Nov 21st
If you went to buy a pair of shoes and you are a UK size 6, you usually end up paying the same as someone who is a UK size 11. But hold on, those size 11’s must have taken more material to make so does the person with the bigger feet get the better deal? Are they infact getting more for their money when innocent people with smaller feet are getting a bad deal?
The same would apply for any item of clothing. If you are smaller in physical stature then I think it should only be right that your items of clothing should be cheaper than those larger sizes. Otherwise, the big corporations who make these garments are only laughing all the way to the bank whenever a smaller person buys clothes.
The solution therefore, is that the prices should be reduced for smaller sized items in proportion to the amount of material used (or not used, should I say). Either that, or small people everywhere should unite and protest about it. Naked. With whipped cream. Ok, ok, minus the cream…
Family Guy
Nov 18th
I think this awesome show deserves a mention on my equally awesome site.
I have been spending the last few days watching episodes of family guy all the way from season one through to whatever the heck its up to now…
It just keeps getting better. I mean, you get brilliance like:
Peter: Wow this is almost as intense as that time I forgot how to sit down.
*Cut scene to Peter walking towards an armchair, pause and then dive headfirst into the chair*
How on earth do you come up something like that. I was seriously rofl’ing after seeing that the first time! Another one that always gets me is when Chris goes to get some milk from the supermarket refridgerator and gets pulled into that Ah ha video!
Lois: Chris, where have you been?!
Chris: I DONT KNOW!!!
Just LOL.
The best character for me has to be Stewie though, just for the crazily perfect english accent, murderous tendancies and insane plans followed closely by Peter for just plain stupidity. I like the random sort of humor – hence my liking for Ross Noble…:P
Great Discoveries and Historic Events
Nov 10th
I often wonder who the first person to decide to take the swollen root of a plant, skin it, chop it into slices and serve it, deep fried with battered fish. How did anyone discover that certain fruits, vegetables and meats are edible? More to the point, how many people died trying to find what was and wasn’t edible!
And its not just individual food items either – who decided that eggs, flour, sugar and butter mixed together and baked for some time makes a cake?! Seriously how much more random can you get!
Also, which important person decided that a chair should be called a chair and not a turkey? Answer that! Or don’t…your call…
And its not just individual food items either – who decided that eggs, flour, sugar and butter mixed together and baked for some time makes a cake?! Seriously how much more random can you get!
Also, which important person decided that a chair should be called a chair and not a turkey? Answer that! Or don’t…your call…
New Site Up!
Nov 10th
Just having a play about with some new stuff (well, new to me anyway…), so I put this site up to see what people think. As always, comments and suggestions welcome. I’ll be working on a new image gallery which I hope to keep a bit more up to date and put actual photos there this time.
Also, I’ve added links to my YouTube video page and MySpace profile – any comments about these or anything else – just post up in the forum 