Month: July 2002

The end of the world is nigh

OK, not quite, but I’m still amazed at the number of people who get caught by email viruses.

If in doubt, don’t open the attachment.

Simple, or so you would think. These worst case virus scenarios are a bit scary though, I might have to revise my working practises.

Miscellany

Minority Report.

Further to my comments, Mr.Sippey has delved a bit further into some of the issues, and prompted an interesting discussion about all things in the ‘projected future’.

Single-Use Credit Card Numbers. Mentioned in today’s Lockergnome newsletter, these sound very clever and I’m not sure why they aren’t publicised more, probably a lot more work for the credit card companies (I mean they are busy enough already, do you know how much processing it takes to charge someone £25 for daring to venture 42p over their credit limit…?! Sorry different story). Hey Jennie, you reading this?

The Weblog Review. The more Gert mentions it, the better the idea sounds. She’s written two reviews so far, but there are many, many more. I’m toying with applying to be a reviewer, but not sure I have the dedication. I’m a sporadic contributor to the Topics Blog as it is, so I’m not sure how I’d manage a weekly review cycle.

Stolen from Caterina: “Go scribble on Eric’s Scribble Thing“, and I would suggest you do.

Half full or half empty?

When considering the adage about half full or half empty glasses, I have to admit that my usual question concerns the person who bought the glass in the first place. If they had bought a smaller glass then the same amount of liquid would have filled it…

Ohhh I think I see where my ‘attitude’ problem is…

*sighs*

BBL

A random comment made by someone in our office as they walked past my desk has just wasted 15 minutes of my lunch:

… and then he picked out some lint from his belly button

How does it get there? Why is it, almost always, blue?

Some extensive research later and gleaned some interesting facts:

Professor Wil’s theory of BBL – The comedian Wil Anderson (also known as Professor Wil) has his own theory of BBL. He claims that the body hates colours, and will expel them through the nearest orifice. So green snot leaves via the nostrils, brown faeces via the anus, yellow urine via the urethra and, yes, blue Belly Button Lint via the belly button.

Peter Johnson and Geoffrey B. Scott from the Department of Pathology at the University of Aberdeen very cleverly observed that ‘abdominal body hair tends towards the umbilicus, as roads to Rome. It is our contention that particles of Lint caught in this bristly trap are cast navelwards under the influence of body movement.’

the word ‘lint’ does not even appear in the Bible. Surely, if Adam had a bellybutton, and all that time on his hands in the garden, there would be some reference to Adam, ‘sitting in the cool of the afternoon and contemplating the lint in his navel’.

Of course there are many other sources of information, frivolity and.. well.. disgusting stupidity out there, but I’m sure you can find them yourself.

Anyone want a chicken salad roll? My appetite has disappeared for some reason…

Hicky Blogday

Vaughan is a year older today.

How to find me

OK last post for tonight, some search referrers:

I appear 3rd on Google if you search for “naked chicks with no payment needed” .

159th if you search on Yahoo for “Lynda Bellingham” – the question now being, did that person click on ALL 159 links?

I, again, appear 3rd on Google for the search of “Scruples Dumbarton“, where I will be dining on Friday night. Very spooky (as Mother would say).

And I’m not even gonna bother with the rather repetitive “Kylie’s bum pics” or “Women kicking men in the nuts” searches, surely they’ve realised by now that they ain’t gonna find either here… ehhh except the first one of course.