Gods I loved that programme.

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But why did Wordsworth have a west-country accent?

Part 2, to save you looking for it.

Sometimes, looking back on my childhood viewing habits, I wonder that I have any capacity for socially normal mental function at all. Yay!

Ebullient Bundy the Magic Rabbit. Splort.

Yes, yes I can get it on DVD. And Chorlton! And Fingerbobs! And Mary, Mungo and Midge!

But no Towser or Tales From Fat Tulip’s Garden. Sniffle.

I just found the theme tune for Sapphire and Steel on our computer. Guess who put it there?

If you were spared the experience as a kid, you can get a flavour of it by watching this montage of bits and pieces and, more importantly, reading the comments. For instance:

It made me shit myself. I was only 6.

And:

Yeah well, this shit was like the worst trip I ever took, only I was 9

Plus, the little montage is better than the book after which it was named, as well as making the show seem a lot better than it really was.

Hmmm. Can I get Jamie and the Magic Torch on DVD?

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• 13:01 There is something utterly strange about seeing @stephenfry speak in lols. #
• 13:35 I changed my profile picture. Now I has ears. #
• 13:36 Frood has been creating rocket cars on LBP ever since he got up this morning. Plus all last night. And the night before. #
• 13:37 @andygates Wow. That is awesome. Bacterial Swarm FTW! #
• 17:05 @andygates How come your profile pic on twitpic is the same as here? #
• 17:12 twitpic.com/lxrf – I’d forgotten all about Bertie rat until I was looking through my pictures today. #
• 17:24 Frood’s sackperson just hit my sackperson with a frying pan! Waah! #

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Frood is building a JCB on Little Big Planet!

Tell him to stop building stupid vehicles and get on with something we can play!

• 11:31 Just discovered @dhstatus… #

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WTblitheringF?

Can someone please explain this?

Is it for real?

• 10:39 Woot! Standby no more! #

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When you are forced to leave your car at home for the rest of the week owing to the howling coming from the offside rear wheel bearing, which means the car shouldn’t be used until your dad has taken it away and fixed it; and you have to take the bike to work (shame!) but you need to take all your kit with you because you’ve been on standby: remember that a touring bike with two panniers on the back has all the aerodynamic grace of a housebrick.

No, you will not be as fast as you usually are on your fixie, even though you’ve got more and bigger gears.

You can’t make it go as fast as you usually are on your fixie because there’s a headwind. Housebrick + Headwind = Speed Fail.

Relax. Enjoy the sunshine. Enjoy the superior comfort over potholes of the 700x28c tyres. Revel in those additional seconds spent in the warm embrace of the Edinburgh Bakery‘s biscuity hug. Content yourself in the knowledge that the extra time taken getting to work equates to a few extra calories that can be spent on cake. Don’t worry about losing hours on flexi. You can make them up later. Appreciate the opportunity to give Fingal some socialising opportunity and some fresh air.

Bless him.

Epic fail.

• 16:43 Just spent 30 minutes trying to pay the leccy bill but customer service number merely beeps incessantly and their website is broken. Gah! #
• 16:44 Today has not been a good day. Wild goose chases and the sort of idiocy that makes me think I’m in the wrong job. I’m not a people person. #
• 16:45 Now it’s too late to go to the gym because I’m still on standby. Gah! Gah! GAH! #
• 17:33 @splinister I’m on standby. I have to be in a fit state to respond to any incidents. Although it *is* dark now, and that becomes a H&S; issue #

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