What’s gone on?

  • Stoppit & Tidyup

    I “man clean” apparently. “Man Cleaning” is where you wipe around objects on a surface rather than lifting the object and wiping the surface underneath. My theory is that as the object hasn’t been moved since the last time I wiped the surface the underside remains clean. I “man clean”. I apply this technique to

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  • >Tonight I did something I haven’t done in a long while. I visited a supermarket. Asda in Barnsley to be precise. Now I know some of you will say “Ah but Stegzy, you go to the Co-Op and the Co-Op is a supermarket!” and some will say “Ah but you were in a supermarket with

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  • Tonight I did something I haven’t done in a long while.

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  • There was a toad In the Road With no name I moved him away So he may Be in safety Oh little toad Sat in the road With no name Please dont get squashed Or even Noshed By a bird of prey Ah thankyou

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  • I interrupt my LJ abstinence to bring you some slightly smouldering news:- At 15:30BST on Friday 25th July 2008 a van containing cylinders of acetylene “mysteriously caught fire” in the Hill Top area of Brierley (which is about 1km from Chez Gnomepants). Of course this being the middle of hicksville doesn’t account for spontaneous hydrocarbon

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  • National Service

    Some chief bigwig of the Metropolitan Police was on telly this morning suggesting that a spell of what he called “Compulsary Non-military National Service” would sort the youth problem in the UK. Short of breeding controls, I think it’s a damn good idea. Especially as now I’m not a teenager. I would suggest that “Compulsary

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  • Our beloved and most glorious exhalted leader of the Great and Holy Third British Empire, Gordon Brown, says that we waste food. We do. We waste like the selfish ignorant fat westerners we are. Often I muse on how times have changed (in parallel with the growth, surprise surprise, of supermarkets), how we take far

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  • > Cottage pie is one of those home comfort foods. It is highly adaptable and the recipe has a habit of being completely different depending on the chef. For those in doubt cottage pie is beef or pork mince with vegetables in a rich gravy topped by mashed potatoes. If you use lamb mince it

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  • Gardeners Questiontime

    According to the packet of seeds this plant Is lettuce. Now, there is some lettuce in this part of the veg patch but I’m buggered if that is lettuce. It has furry leaves with a prickly texture. Can anyone identify it for me?

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  • Dentists

    Is it me or are there no television shows or books about a crime fighting/ murder solving dentist?

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