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An Open Letter to the President of the United States of America Mr. Bush: Good morning sir. Like you, I am a father and an American. Like you, I consider myself a patriot. Like you, I was ho...


November 24, 2002

More trouble for Disney

Artist’s Estate Sues Disney Over Origins of Epcot Theme Park The Associated Press Published: Nov 19, 2002 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – An artist’s estate sued Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday, claiming th...


Dr. Niles Crane: She’s the Devil, Frasier. Run fast, run far. Fraiser God: The Devil and I have a deal: I get them until they’re 12, he gets them until they’re 20. God, The Devil and Bob Dr....


From Ananova A radio station in Denmark has hired two pigs to help them celebrate Christmas. The Japanese pot-bellied pigs have been hired by P3. The pair will wander around the station for t...


November 23, 2002

Yoinked from Karma Girl

Pets: One dog Piercings: Toungue. I used to have my ear pierces years ago. Tattooes: Not yet. But I plan to have the Chinese for vampire tattooed onto my right shoulder blade. Bed time: Ab...


From Ananova. Austria has launched a tongue-in-cheek attempt to claim the Mickey Mouse copyright after discovering a picture of the Disney character on a medieval fresco. The 700-year-old Aust...


November 21, 2002

Heroic Failures

These taken from The Return Of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile. Fastest Failure in a Driving Test Untill recently the world record was held by Mrs Helen Ireland of Auburn, CA, who failed her d...


November 20, 2002

Hello.

I’m back full time after finally getting my internet access sorted out. So prepare for some insanity :¬) Though, to be honest I can’t think of anything to say. It’s graduation week at Uni thi...


Sorry I have not written here for a while. Bloody university bloody library messed up my internet access. Wankers. So I’m in an internet cafe at the moment. Uni’s fine. Still wish they had ...


September 14, 2002

Proud to be Brit muslim

JOE AHMED-DOBSON, the son of former Labour Cabinet Minister Frank Dobson, converted to Islam five years ago. Here the 26-year-old tells The Sun how ordinary Muslims condemn the events of Septe...


September 12, 2002

An ethical question for you.

Watching Ally McBeal last night, an interesting ethical question was put. I want to know what you think. A prisoner, serving life for murdering his wife, has a daughter who needs a heart trans...


September 10, 2002

The Spikes 2002

Just over 1 year ago, I held my first awards ceremony. So, time to do so again. Sit tight, ladies and gentle men. It is time for: The Spikes 2002! Best Scottish diarist:The competiton for t...


September 09, 2002

A FRIENDLY WORD WITH UNCLE SAM

THE British should be against a war with Iraq not because we are America’s enemies but because we are its friends. Almost one year on from the atrocities of September 11 and the Saudi Arabian a...


September 09, 2002

And I would walk 500 miles…

Well, OK. More like 12km. Buyt more on that later. On Friday I dragged Karen to a rock night. Shock number 1 for her was when she saw I had painted my nails. Shock number 2 was when she got...


September 06, 2002

Roy Keane Rhapsody

(…to the tune of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody) Oh dear, I just kicked a manTheres a screw loose in my head,I went and tried to break his leg,Bugger, the seasons just begun,But now, I’ve gone and ...


By Ananova The British National Party has launched a competition inviting children to design a poster on the theme that “racism cuts both ways”. It offers a computer game as the prize for the ...


September 03, 2002

All change

OK be honest. How many of you were confused? Honestly now? Anyhoo, how are you guys? I’m OK. Only a couple of weeks until I go back to Uni and me and Karen are separated. Neither of us are...


September 02, 2002

10 ways to be the office weirdo

1. While making tea or coffee make the sound of a perculator. 2. When people shake your hand smell it afterwards. 3. Grin and laugh everytime you go into the toilet. 4. Get a bell for your d...


August 30, 2002

This could possibly be…

…the best law suit ever. Ever. Never mind the law suits mentioned in my last entry. I found out about this while looking round The Smoking Gun website And I had to share it. After laughing ...


August 27, 2002

THE STELLA AWARDS

Crackpot jackpot winners Donna Watson WE’VE had some really crazy compensation claims in Scotland recently. From the postie who sued Consignia for £5000 when he became too depressed for work ...


August 24, 2002

Aaron Sorkin is…

…possibly the greatest screenwriter at the moment. It’s a toss up between him and Joss Whedon. You may remember the last West Wing quote I posted here. Well, I now bring you what, for my mone...


August 23, 2002

PTC best and worst

And now onto my favourite TV watchdogs. American group the Parents Television Council, who think they have the right to tell you what you can and cannot watch, have released their lists of thei...


August 19, 2002

Hey ho.

How is everybody? I’m fine. Things are going well with Karen. I’ve met her folks, she’s met my mother. Her son chased my dog. It’s getting closer and closer to me going back down to Middles...


August 14, 2002

Over Jim’s dead body

Big companies would pay a fortune to use Doors’ songs in their adverts. But Jim Morrison swore that the band would never sell out, and drummer John Densmore is determined to keep the singer’s sp...


August 14, 2002

Over Jim’s dead body 2

If you knew me back in the 60s, you might say that this rant is hypocritical, me having had the name Jaguar John back then. I had the first XJ-6 when they came out, long before the car became po...


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