Its True

Men are happier than women

20 Years of Chuckles

To you, To me....To you, to me.....I mean who doesn't remember the Chuckle Brothers, I'm not sure they ever actually made me laugh....in fact I remember them as a weaker version of Cannon and Ball.....and i'm actually sure they were ever funny....in fact I don't know if anything was funny back then, or maybe I don't want to think back and realise that I found Les Dennis funny, I used to laugh out loud at Dusty Bin in 3,2,1....I would roll around my front room at Brian Connolly.....I don't want to remember that so, I keep thinking I didn't....So, maybe the Chuckle Brothers were so hilarious, I damaged my long term memory laughing with them.

Its a bit sad that one of the chuckles got beat up recently as well....maybe they didn't realise they weren't the stunt men they imagined they were....and the Slapstick just went too far.

Goodbye to the Special One

I was at the train station this morning when I saw the bews ticker from skynews flash up on the cafe stop tv that Jose Mourinho had parted with Chelsea Mutally.....I mean....the best managerial record in the history of Chelsea has a slightly shaky start to a season that promises to be more competitive than ever and he is let go! I'm sure the teams in the second tier are rubbing their hands with glee....finally Man City, Everton, Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa and Portsmouth have the best chance yet to catch up on that fourth place. I can't see Chelsea being as dominant without his personality......he was nearly bigger than the club. But as we can see, no one is bigger than Abramovich.....

Why are Paninis so Expensive?

Okay, now this a question I have mulled over in my head for quite a while, I mean, as far as I know the humble panini landed into my life about 6/7 years ago, when the sandwich toastie was seen as too poor a meal and some bright spark saw the gap in the market. So, whats the difference between 2 slices of bread and a filling, lightly toasted and a longer piece of bread with the same filling, that makes the price so different. Now, its not likely you can buy a panini for less than £4.50 in the city here, maybe £3.90, while a massive sandwich costs about £2/3. So where does the extra £1.50 come from? Is there special training involved? Are the ingredients fresher? Does Mr Panini get a huge cut of the commission? There are some small restraunts in which you can get a full meal for the same price....with chips and meat and gravy....even a full breakfast....

This is what Wikipedia says:
A panino (IPA: [pʰəˈninəʊ]) is a sandwich made from a small loaf of bread, typically a ciabatta. The loaf is often cut horizontally and filled with salami, ham, meat, cheese or other food, and sometimes served hot.

So can anyone answer this question?

Hand dryers

I was preparing myself for work today, while listening to an entertaining podcast of a BBC 6 Radio show called the Russell Howard show, a funny comedian that you can catch regularly on Mock the week. Anyway, they were talking about handdryers, particularly the Dyson Air blade and how its a fantastic device, like the fastest dryer ever.....and then they went into talking about some study Dyson had prepared in how people from the west are more likely to shake hands and so put less water on their hands, hence it takes less time for them to be dry, and with an Airblade thing then it takes seconds....while in Asia, where they are more likely to bow when greeting, they are liberal with the water and so they aren't as concerned having wet paws.

The point of me blogging about this is that I have used the airblade and its pretty cool....theres one in Dukes Hotel.....go and try it for yourself.

My Little Teapot

I have decided that my task of this week is to go and invest in a little teapot, as in a conversation I had merely moments ago while making tea in a cup, challenged the validity of making tea in a cup, when there are perfectly brilliant cups of tea made in teapots. Tea must be made in a teapot, as it was decreed by the great tea lord when tea was first made, it allows the leaves to diffuse effectively, while the humble teabag smoothers the leaves and creates a taste that is flat and lifeless. So my mission will be accomplished, no more limp tea.

Pavarotti is Deaded RIP

Fantastic TV ad

I was standing in the chinese in Monaghan, talking about big brother with the woman behind the counter when this ad came on and we all stood transfixed....take a look