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Kerrap! have a little item today about a new line of trainers from Converse. Yes, despite being dead, Curt Cobain has a set of footwear coming out. "The sneakers are black and white, and some feature artwork and words from the singer’s notebooks."
No word yet on the “covered in blood, gore and lumps of brain matter” line. Maybe later in the year.
Not a personal experience, but one of someone I know. Bowson Lettings let him down somewhat massively and wasted a lot of his time. So I’m linking to the post in a vague attempt to push it up the Google listings so that people can see how crap Bowson Lettings are and to use someone else if they’re looking to rent a property in the Jesmond area of Newcastle.
That’s Bowson Lettings – the **** on your shoe of flat and house rental in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
It’s been one of those days, which has resulted in the following mental gurglings:
First off, I’ve realised how sad I am by finding the following link incredibly cool. It’s an enigma machine simulator. Possibly sadder is that the link’s from a paper-based version.
And then I spent ages coming up with this:
For tomorrow e’en, I shall be watching us getting towelled by bloody Birmingham City. Don’t get me wrong – I love the guy. But he’s been **** out of luck this season.
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I do whinge about the crappy "God Save The Queen" that England seems to be stuck with, but according to this interesting web site, it’s not actually our "official" anthem. In fact, we don’t have one – by law anyway. It just seems that England finds itself in an awkward position of being too closely identified as Great Britain and therefore defaulting to the "umbrella" anthem.
This is endemic of England’s lack of identity these days. There’s not denying that the Scots definitely and the Welsh to a lesser extent (though actually more so recently) have a definite established identity. Northern Ireland, to outside views, is still more lumped in with the Republic as part of the Emerald Isle thing but still has its own identity as part of the United Kingdom (not Great Britain – check the wording on your passport, people).
England, however, is often just seen as the UK. Scots say they’re from Scotland, Taffs from Wales and Micks from Ireland (I wonder… Irish folk – if an foreigner asks you where you’re from, do you specify North or South?). English people – in my experience travelling – are as likely to say "Britain" or "the UK" as they are to say "England". At least I have an excuse with my parentage.
Regardless, have a trawl through the site. It makes for some interesting reading.
For once I’m glad to see our justice system act in favour of a large corporation in a move that actually goes against the growing culture of suing anything and having no personal responsibility for your own actions. An accountant – I’d assume therefore an moderately intelligent person – attempted to sue Marks & Spencer because he slipped on a grape stuck to his shoe that "could have been picked up inside the store or car park"
What a cock.
If you’re 55 and can’t manage to walk 100 yards without slipping on a piece of fruit that could already have been stuck to your foot then you shouldn’t be allowed out on your own. On the other hand, if you’re a greedy **** who’s out to make some easy money, I find it only disappointing that self-representation reduces the legal bill to a point where bankruptcy isn’t an issue.
Mr Martin-Sklan, you win today’s award for “greediest ****** in the news today”. I only hope this is the first in a slew of cases like this being thrown out. I’m sick of people getting thousands for tripping over paving slabs and suchlike. Have some responsibility for your own personal safety, for ****’s sake.