Readers,
As some of you are probably all too aware - I am quite a messy person - by nature of course! Today I decided to have a bit of a tidy up and its amazing the things you find when you empty out a cupboard that you have been putting miscellaneous crap that you arent quite sure that you want to get rid off for the last 3 years or so.
Add that to the fact that the guy using the wardrobe before you - in this case my older brother - had the exact same idea for the 10 or so years preceding my time with the cupboard and what you find that you have is - chaos!
Absolutely useless junk. I found three walkmans. You would probably be hard pressed to find someone to take one of those things of you today and yet here I am - the not so proud owner of three of them. Owner? well possession is ninth tenths of the law - surely you knew that right? Anyway - as you can imagine - the three walkmans along with the few 'Now 45' tapes which I was not the one to buy before you all start judging me - will all go to the bin. If I want to listen to S Club 7- well not that I would admit to anyway - but there is always youtube and mp3 players!
Incidentally I also came across a couple of vhs videos and old old textbooks from both my brothers uni days and my own. What I have learnt is that while most books are timeless - textbooks designed for students are certainly not! Thats right ladies and gentlemen - they are probably all going to have to be recycled.
The lesson to be learnt is that if you are studying - then sell your textbooks from the previous year - fast and cheap because if you dither - you may find them in your cupboard in 5 years time with the same dilema I face today. Do not say you were not warned!
The other interesting thing that came out of all this is that old diaries are fantastic! I was just scanning through a diary from 2001 and its amazing the amount of memories you can pick up from writing down a few words for each day.
So - the bit where I have to make my point..
Dont put off cleaning because you too may find some amazing treasures!
Peace
Sunday 25 November 2007
Saturday 24 November 2007
Why?
Readers,
Why was Steve Mclaren appointed as England manager when it was clear to everyone before his tenure started that he was not the right man for the job?
Why was he given a four year contract?
Why was he paid a staggering 2 million pounds pay off for failing to qualify?
Why is the world of football so disproportionate to the real world that everybody else lives in?
Its unbelievable - that is what it is.
Just a week or so ago - I wrote to thank Israel for doing their bit to get England to the euros. To be fair to Israel, its not their fault Mclaren was incapable of selecting, organising and motivating a team to achieve a draw against a team that had nothing to play for.
What hurts the most is Mclaren says the day of his sacking is the saddest day of his life - well what about the day before you clown? Remember - when YOUR inability to do your job properly meant that YOUR country did not qualify for a major international tournament for the first time in over a decade? What a selfish jerk - I try not to judge - honestly I do - perhaps not hard enough but I do dammit.
Still when Mclaren says it hurts more to lose his job than England not qualifying when it is so patently clear for the whole world to see it was his fault we didnt qualify - well it jars me. Whats more is that this man is not being sacked just like that - he is being paid more money than 99.9% of humans who have lived, live or are going to live in this world are ever going to see - and for what? for failing to do his job properly!!!
I was told by a friend recently and by employers in the past that it is the easiest thing to be a critique and criticise everything. Ironically the title of this whole blog - you know the 'random positivity' thing was meant to be semi ironic but still... sometimes its just bloody necessary to vent.
I couldnt find the energy or the words to describe how I felt at England's failure to qualify - and now that I have - its coming out in spades, - spades of anger at the clown - you know the rich one!
We havent finished paying off the last sacked manager and so when we appoint the next England manager - we are going to be paying three men at the same time to be doing one job.
All I have to say is
Why?
Why was Steve Mclaren appointed as England manager when it was clear to everyone before his tenure started that he was not the right man for the job?
Why was he given a four year contract?
Why was he paid a staggering 2 million pounds pay off for failing to qualify?
Why is the world of football so disproportionate to the real world that everybody else lives in?
Its unbelievable - that is what it is.
Just a week or so ago - I wrote to thank Israel for doing their bit to get England to the euros. To be fair to Israel, its not their fault Mclaren was incapable of selecting, organising and motivating a team to achieve a draw against a team that had nothing to play for.
What hurts the most is Mclaren says the day of his sacking is the saddest day of his life - well what about the day before you clown? Remember - when YOUR inability to do your job properly meant that YOUR country did not qualify for a major international tournament for the first time in over a decade? What a selfish jerk - I try not to judge - honestly I do - perhaps not hard enough but I do dammit.
Still when Mclaren says it hurts more to lose his job than England not qualifying when it is so patently clear for the whole world to see it was his fault we didnt qualify - well it jars me. Whats more is that this man is not being sacked just like that - he is being paid more money than 99.9% of humans who have lived, live or are going to live in this world are ever going to see - and for what? for failing to do his job properly!!!
I was told by a friend recently and by employers in the past that it is the easiest thing to be a critique and criticise everything. Ironically the title of this whole blog - you know the 'random positivity' thing was meant to be semi ironic but still... sometimes its just bloody necessary to vent.
I couldnt find the energy or the words to describe how I felt at England's failure to qualify - and now that I have - its coming out in spades, - spades of anger at the clown - you know the rich one!
We havent finished paying off the last sacked manager and so when we appoint the next England manager - we are going to be paying three men at the same time to be doing one job.
All I have to say is
Why?
Saturday 17 November 2007
*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!! *(in spite of your best efforts, We (Engerland still managed to get ourselves out of Euro 2008!)*
Readers,
I am writing upon hearing the news that Israel have just gone and done England a massive favour in the Football European Championships 2008 Qualifying Group!
After the doom and gloom this country felt just a month or so ago - it is amazing to feel on top of the world again such a short time afterwards and even more amazingly so because we (England) didnt even kick a football this glorious evening! - Thats right for all of you who dont know - England needed Israel to avoid defeat against Russia today to realistically stand a chance of qualifying for next years European Championships! And they not only avoided defeat - they went and beat the Russians! YES!!!!
Every time I talked to friends or read about England, somebody was blasting Mclaren (AKA McClown - the 'England Coach' and I use that expression loosely since it is Mclaren we are talking about here!)or the players or both and maybe they deserved it - but after all that has been said and done - a draw at home to Croatia who have already qualified will take us to Austria and Switzerland next year summer time!!
What a let off! Before the game - the Israel coach was talking about how he hoped Russia would qualify and when you add that to the fact that Israel were already out of the competition and were only playing for national pride - it was the pefect recipe for disaster (for England).
Yet here we are - one month on from that painful night in Moscow - all is forgiven.
The future is bright again and we even have me uttering three words I never thought I would - lets hope it is the first and last time.
Oh sod it - one more because I am that happy right now.
*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!!!!!
*( In spite of your best efforts - We (Engerland) still didnt qualify for Euro 2008 and so now all we got left to think about when we hear 'Israel' is how you stole my muslim brethren's land!)*
Peace
I am writing upon hearing the news that Israel have just gone and done England a massive favour in the Football European Championships 2008 Qualifying Group!
After the doom and gloom this country felt just a month or so ago - it is amazing to feel on top of the world again such a short time afterwards and even more amazingly so because we (England) didnt even kick a football this glorious evening! - Thats right for all of you who dont know - England needed Israel to avoid defeat against Russia today to realistically stand a chance of qualifying for next years European Championships! And they not only avoided defeat - they went and beat the Russians! YES!!!!
Every time I talked to friends or read about England, somebody was blasting Mclaren (AKA McClown - the 'England Coach' and I use that expression loosely since it is Mclaren we are talking about here!)or the players or both and maybe they deserved it - but after all that has been said and done - a draw at home to Croatia who have already qualified will take us to Austria and Switzerland next year summer time!!
What a let off! Before the game - the Israel coach was talking about how he hoped Russia would qualify and when you add that to the fact that Israel were already out of the competition and were only playing for national pride - it was the pefect recipe for disaster (for England).
Yet here we are - one month on from that painful night in Moscow - all is forgiven.
The future is bright again and we even have me uttering three words I never thought I would - lets hope it is the first and last time.
Oh sod it - one more because I am that happy right now.
*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!!!!!
*( In spite of your best efforts - We (Engerland) still didnt qualify for Euro 2008 and so now all we got left to think about when we hear 'Israel' is how you stole my muslim brethren's land!)*
Peace
Friday 16 November 2007
Unbelievable!
Readers,
I am writing to report that I came across some simply astonishing news on the daily mirror website today.
The news heading was 'Man weds dog' so I quickly assumed that he must have been drunk - woke up the next morning - probably in Vegas because lets be honest now - thats where most of these stupid things are most likely to happen - but anyway you know what they say about assumptions - if you dont - look it up - its not pretty!
In a nutshell - my assumption was totally off the mark. This man wasn't drunk when he married the dog - no - rather he knew exactly what he was doing and had even convinced himself that there was a logical reason for marrying a dog. What logical reason can this man possibly have I hear you cry - well.... this is the best part my dear readers...
The reason was that he needed to end a curse caused by this man stoning two dogs to death 15 years earlier. I was gobsmacked. I dont know what more to tell you. I am guessing that some of you dont even believe me - to which I say to you - here is the link:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weirdworld/2007/11/14/man-weds-dog-89520-20104494/
To be fair - I am struggling to believe it myself!
What makes the story all the more ridiculous is that the dog in the wedding picture is dressed nicer than some brides can afford to dress themselves in some poorer countries. How tragic!!!
And I am guessing you all think that you have heard the worst of it - I wish that was the truth but unfortunately there is more.
This is not the first time a human has decided to tie the knot with an animal - there have been reported cases of women marrying dolphins and cobras of all animals!
So all you women out there who were laughing to yourselves about how men can be so stupid - you were wrong - both sexes have people of incredible nuttiness amongst us!
So there you have it - if anyone tells you humans today are intellectually superior to the cavement of the past - you have the ammo ready to refute the claim and provide evidence which will not only shock and educate your opponent - but also entertain them too.
Its been a pleasure.
Peace
I am writing to report that I came across some simply astonishing news on the daily mirror website today.
The news heading was 'Man weds dog' so I quickly assumed that he must have been drunk - woke up the next morning - probably in Vegas because lets be honest now - thats where most of these stupid things are most likely to happen - but anyway you know what they say about assumptions - if you dont - look it up - its not pretty!
In a nutshell - my assumption was totally off the mark. This man wasn't drunk when he married the dog - no - rather he knew exactly what he was doing and had even convinced himself that there was a logical reason for marrying a dog. What logical reason can this man possibly have I hear you cry - well.... this is the best part my dear readers...
The reason was that he needed to end a curse caused by this man stoning two dogs to death 15 years earlier. I was gobsmacked. I dont know what more to tell you. I am guessing that some of you dont even believe me - to which I say to you - here is the link:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weirdworld/2007/11/14/man-weds-dog-89520-20104494/
To be fair - I am struggling to believe it myself!
What makes the story all the more ridiculous is that the dog in the wedding picture is dressed nicer than some brides can afford to dress themselves in some poorer countries. How tragic!!!
And I am guessing you all think that you have heard the worst of it - I wish that was the truth but unfortunately there is more.
This is not the first time a human has decided to tie the knot with an animal - there have been reported cases of women marrying dolphins and cobras of all animals!
So all you women out there who were laughing to yourselves about how men can be so stupid - you were wrong - both sexes have people of incredible nuttiness amongst us!
So there you have it - if anyone tells you humans today are intellectually superior to the cavement of the past - you have the ammo ready to refute the claim and provide evidence which will not only shock and educate your opponent - but also entertain them too.
Its been a pleasure.
Peace
Thursday 15 November 2007
Is there really no such thing as a stupid question?
Dearest Readers,
Is the title of this blog entry a stupid question in itself?
Clearly I would not have asked it if I considered it to be one as it human nature to judge people in accordance with the questions they ask!
It has often been suggested you should never feel shy to ask a question because there is definitely at least one other person present who is gagging to ask precisely the same question but is simply too shy and thus by you asking this question, you will benefit both yourself and the people who also had the same question also.
I am not one to subscribe to this logic. This is not to say that you should not ask your questions but rather you must contemplate the relevancy your question has to the discussion going on at the time.
For example, if there is a conference on how to improve your sales skills, you shouldnt ask a question on whether God exists!
This is not to say that the question on the existence of God is stupid or that the person who is answering the questions is not capable - or in fact that no other people have the same question and would love to know the speakers thoughts on this issue - but rather that this should not be asked because this question does not belong in this particular conference.
Likewise if there a bunch of trainspotters holding a meeting and one asks the other how many trains have you counted in the last 2 weeks, what were their colours and how many carriages did each one have? - it is not stupid because it belongs in that meeting although it wouldnt necessarily belong in any other meeting anywhere else on earth or even mars!
Thus - the answer to my own question is that there really well and truly is no such thing as an inherently stupid question but rather there are perfectly intelligent and logical questions which are posed at a time and place which they dont belong rendering the illusion that it is the question itself which is stupid.
Peace.
Is the title of this blog entry a stupid question in itself?
Clearly I would not have asked it if I considered it to be one as it human nature to judge people in accordance with the questions they ask!
It has often been suggested you should never feel shy to ask a question because there is definitely at least one other person present who is gagging to ask precisely the same question but is simply too shy and thus by you asking this question, you will benefit both yourself and the people who also had the same question also.
I am not one to subscribe to this logic. This is not to say that you should not ask your questions but rather you must contemplate the relevancy your question has to the discussion going on at the time.
For example, if there is a conference on how to improve your sales skills, you shouldnt ask a question on whether God exists!
This is not to say that the question on the existence of God is stupid or that the person who is answering the questions is not capable - or in fact that no other people have the same question and would love to know the speakers thoughts on this issue - but rather that this should not be asked because this question does not belong in this particular conference.
Likewise if there a bunch of trainspotters holding a meeting and one asks the other how many trains have you counted in the last 2 weeks, what were their colours and how many carriages did each one have? - it is not stupid because it belongs in that meeting although it wouldnt necessarily belong in any other meeting anywhere else on earth or even mars!
Thus - the answer to my own question is that there really well and truly is no such thing as an inherently stupid question but rather there are perfectly intelligent and logical questions which are posed at a time and place which they dont belong rendering the illusion that it is the question itself which is stupid.
Peace.
Wednesday 14 November 2007
Is England a country?
Dear Readers,
From the topic of this post, I can sense the confused looks on all your faces with the abusive tone shouting at your monitors imagining my face: 'of course it bloody is!!! we won the world cup back in 66 dint we!'
But i then say to you - if England is a country - then what is the United Kingdom? Is the UK not a country?
If the UK is not a country - how come the UK competes in the olympics as a single country rather than as England?
I was watching a television program where this question was raised and the results were astounding.
Britain means England and Wales
Great Britain means England, Wales and Scotland
and the UK means Great Britain PLUS Northern Ireland.
Hearing this on my telly, I werent really happy so I had a look online and this only caused more confusion. So much divided opinion - you would think everyones a bleedin scholar in the field of UK Geography!!
so my next step was to consult my wise cousin - the good news was he didnt pretend to know the answer - he explained that there was a lot of debate and that there was no definitive correct answer. What he did do however was put in a beautiful way which I am going to quote herein:
If you try to put round pegs in square holes, you will be going round in circles forever.
Thus suffice it to say 'I know not whether England is a country as it is a question deeply rooted in subjectivity' or for those chavs out there:
'Who bloody knows wevva or not England is a country when every tom, dick and 'arry reckons somefin different!'
Hope we have all gained somethin from this...
Peace
From the topic of this post, I can sense the confused looks on all your faces with the abusive tone shouting at your monitors imagining my face: 'of course it bloody is!!! we won the world cup back in 66 dint we!'
But i then say to you - if England is a country - then what is the United Kingdom? Is the UK not a country?
If the UK is not a country - how come the UK competes in the olympics as a single country rather than as England?
I was watching a television program where this question was raised and the results were astounding.
Britain means England and Wales
Great Britain means England, Wales and Scotland
and the UK means Great Britain PLUS Northern Ireland.
Hearing this on my telly, I werent really happy so I had a look online and this only caused more confusion. So much divided opinion - you would think everyones a bleedin scholar in the field of UK Geography!!
so my next step was to consult my wise cousin - the good news was he didnt pretend to know the answer - he explained that there was a lot of debate and that there was no definitive correct answer. What he did do however was put in a beautiful way which I am going to quote herein:
If you try to put round pegs in square holes, you will be going round in circles forever.
Thus suffice it to say 'I know not whether England is a country as it is a question deeply rooted in subjectivity' or for those chavs out there:
'Who bloody knows wevva or not England is a country when every tom, dick and 'arry reckons somefin different!'
Hope we have all gained somethin from this...
Peace
Tuesday 13 November 2007
Is Chris Rock the funniest man alive?
Dear Readers,
I was fortunate enough to get the chance to catch a repeat of one of Chris Rock's gigs from around 10 years ago recently and it prompted me to discuss this on my blog.
I was moved to tears of laughter - it was humour brought to life - the proof? my tea became a bit salty!
but on a serious note - it was really good - he discussed some very interesting topics - without copying his jokes - he said the following:
knock knock - jus kidding!! his humour was far more sophisticated than that.
it was more like 'there was an englishman, scottish man and irish man right..'
ok ok - i lie again... for real though, he was discussing deep stuff like Should we be hating on former president Clinton for his thing with Monica Legwinsky and mens lies vs womens lies.
So you see - some pretty juicy topics for humour.
I would recommend everyone to download it and hear it if you get the chance.
It was called Bigger and Blacker if i recall correctly - there was more than his fair share of foul language in it but if you can get over that - its an absolute gem.
Its prompted me to answer my own question with a resounding 'well he is definitely the funnest man I have come across on the box!'
check it out for yourself - this is a part of it from youtube... if ya like - you can always hunt it down on the net! and if ya dont - your loss!
Thats about all from me.
Peace
I was fortunate enough to get the chance to catch a repeat of one of Chris Rock's gigs from around 10 years ago recently and it prompted me to discuss this on my blog.
I was moved to tears of laughter - it was humour brought to life - the proof? my tea became a bit salty!
but on a serious note - it was really good - he discussed some very interesting topics - without copying his jokes - he said the following:
knock knock - jus kidding!! his humour was far more sophisticated than that.
it was more like 'there was an englishman, scottish man and irish man right..'
ok ok - i lie again... for real though, he was discussing deep stuff like Should we be hating on former president Clinton for his thing with Monica Legwinsky and mens lies vs womens lies.
So you see - some pretty juicy topics for humour.
I would recommend everyone to download it and hear it if you get the chance.
It was called Bigger and Blacker if i recall correctly - there was more than his fair share of foul language in it but if you can get over that - its an absolute gem.
Its prompted me to answer my own question with a resounding 'well he is definitely the funnest man I have come across on the box!'
check it out for yourself - this is a part of it from youtube... if ya like - you can always hunt it down on the net! and if ya dont - your loss!
Thats about all from me.
Peace
Saturday 10 November 2007
silence
Dear Readers,
Do you enjoy your own company? Do you crave an empty house so you can be at one with yourself? Do you think other people just get in the way of your alone time?
Do you think you should stop reading right about now because you dont like the answers to the questions I am posing? ok ignore that last one!
I have always considered myself good company - you know I tell myself a knock knock joke or two, maybe one about lawyers to make me feel better about not carrying my law career all the way through till fruition, a couple about mother in laws to remind me why i am not yet married and then i can be merry till I have some real company again - but today silence is not so golden!!
I find the frustration of there being nothing entertaining on telly an absolute nuisance. If I am really honest I even pulled out an old GCSE mathematics revision text book to have a look at how those dreaded simultaneous equations work - all that taught me was I am damn lucky I finally passed that pain in the place where the sun dont shine subject and I should be thankful and let it be!
So from the boredom of my own jokes I have repeated to myself umpteen times to the rigours of GCSE mathematics, I could bear it no more. I had to come online and just type something on this blog thingymajig to make myself feel a bit better - suffice it to say its not working!!!
I tell you good people what though - last night me and my cousins - or my cousins and I (as my english textbooks willl have me believe it should be said!) spent a great deal of time watching random stuff on youtube.
If you ever find yourself in a position as I am now, some good clips on youtube we saw last night are:
'Amazing Beat Box' (what you got to type into the search box)
'best penalty ever' - must see 10 second clip - still funny after watching it umpteen times!!
'Optical Illusion No.2' - amaazing - must see!!
And if you are a football fan or just enjoy seeing well paid clowns missing really good chances to score a goal that your grandmas could probably score with her eyes closed - check out:
'football's worst misses compilation'
on that note - i shall leave ya all to it and try and find something else to do to entertain myself while i got the house to myself.
Peace out.
Do you enjoy your own company? Do you crave an empty house so you can be at one with yourself? Do you think other people just get in the way of your alone time?
Do you think you should stop reading right about now because you dont like the answers to the questions I am posing? ok ignore that last one!
I have always considered myself good company - you know I tell myself a knock knock joke or two, maybe one about lawyers to make me feel better about not carrying my law career all the way through till fruition, a couple about mother in laws to remind me why i am not yet married and then i can be merry till I have some real company again - but today silence is not so golden!!
I find the frustration of there being nothing entertaining on telly an absolute nuisance. If I am really honest I even pulled out an old GCSE mathematics revision text book to have a look at how those dreaded simultaneous equations work - all that taught me was I am damn lucky I finally passed that pain in the place where the sun dont shine subject and I should be thankful and let it be!
So from the boredom of my own jokes I have repeated to myself umpteen times to the rigours of GCSE mathematics, I could bear it no more. I had to come online and just type something on this blog thingymajig to make myself feel a bit better - suffice it to say its not working!!!
I tell you good people what though - last night me and my cousins - or my cousins and I (as my english textbooks willl have me believe it should be said!) spent a great deal of time watching random stuff on youtube.
If you ever find yourself in a position as I am now, some good clips on youtube we saw last night are:
'Amazing Beat Box' (what you got to type into the search box)
'best penalty ever' - must see 10 second clip - still funny after watching it umpteen times!!
'Optical Illusion No.2' - amaazing - must see!!
And if you are a football fan or just enjoy seeing well paid clowns missing really good chances to score a goal that your grandmas could probably score with her eyes closed - check out:
'football's worst misses compilation'
on that note - i shall leave ya all to it and try and find something else to do to entertain myself while i got the house to myself.
Peace out.
Thursday 8 November 2007
The Numbers Game
Dear Readers,
No I am not going to talk to you about how great sudoku is or give you tips on how to clock your puzzles!!
Right now we cleared that misconception up - we can continue.
For many years - particularly when I was a kid growing up - I wondered what number I could count to. Now I know you are probably thinking I am sad, but stay with me on this one.
Counting to ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and a hundred thousand was easy enough but then it started getting really boring!
But do you know what I did? I fought the boredom barrier and got through to the promiseland - thats right - i hit the magic million!!
Problem was I realised then that i didnt know when the next magic point was - did i have to get to 10 'million' before we are dealing in something other than millions? Or was it one hundred million? Was it one thousand million? Or heaven forbid it was a million bleedin million because that would take bloody long to count - you may have gathered I had litle to no life back then but goodness gracious - a million bloody million!!!
So do you know what I did? I gave up and forgot about it- forgot all about it - till today at least!!
Still thankfully we got wikpedia these days so I managed to get the answer to the question I have wanted for many years. No no not the one about the 'meaning of life' but the next best thing! Jeez - wikpedia is good but it aint thaaat good!!
So anyway - the answer to the question I along with no doubt millions or billions (depending on which view you subscribe to) want the answer to!
Here it is: You can call 1,000 million a billion if you want to or you can a million million (1,000,000,000,000) a billion if you want and that in England it was common for a million million to be called a billion but these days it is more common for just a thousand million to be called a billion.
Now I know you are all grinning ear to ear with the thirst for that piece of knowledge quenched at last and are probably also wondering 'hmm so what is a trillion then?'
I couldnt bring myself to wikpedia it today - I figured to save the excitement for another day - to let the numbers game become a regular thing.
I hope you have enjoyed this spoonful of education.
Peace
No I am not going to talk to you about how great sudoku is or give you tips on how to clock your puzzles!!
Right now we cleared that misconception up - we can continue.
For many years - particularly when I was a kid growing up - I wondered what number I could count to. Now I know you are probably thinking I am sad, but stay with me on this one.
Counting to ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and a hundred thousand was easy enough but then it started getting really boring!
But do you know what I did? I fought the boredom barrier and got through to the promiseland - thats right - i hit the magic million!!
Problem was I realised then that i didnt know when the next magic point was - did i have to get to 10 'million' before we are dealing in something other than millions? Or was it one hundred million? Was it one thousand million? Or heaven forbid it was a million bleedin million because that would take bloody long to count - you may have gathered I had litle to no life back then but goodness gracious - a million bloody million!!!
So do you know what I did? I gave up and forgot about it- forgot all about it - till today at least!!
Still thankfully we got wikpedia these days so I managed to get the answer to the question I have wanted for many years. No no not the one about the 'meaning of life' but the next best thing! Jeez - wikpedia is good but it aint thaaat good!!
So anyway - the answer to the question I along with no doubt millions or billions (depending on which view you subscribe to) want the answer to!
Here it is: You can call 1,000 million a billion if you want to or you can a million million (1,000,000,000,000) a billion if you want and that in England it was common for a million million to be called a billion but these days it is more common for just a thousand million to be called a billion.
Now I know you are all grinning ear to ear with the thirst for that piece of knowledge quenched at last and are probably also wondering 'hmm so what is a trillion then?'
I couldnt bring myself to wikpedia it today - I figured to save the excitement for another day - to let the numbers game become a regular thing.
I hope you have enjoyed this spoonful of education.
Peace
Saturday 3 November 2007
'What bugs us the most?'
Readers,
I came across this really interesting article in the daily mirror today - far be it from me to advertise tabloid newspapers - but it is really good on Saturdays because you get all the cheesy build up to the weekend football as well as the tv guide for the whole week - anyway - without further sidetracking - I read an interesting article in there. It was about what bugs us the most.
Interestingly the no.1 thing on the list was coldcalling. I was a little disappointed to be honest. I mean with cold callers - I actually enjoy the moment of desperation they exercise to try and keep me on the phone when I tell them in a loud, clear and matter of fact voice that 'I am going to hang up now' - in fact just thinking about it makes me wish one of those punks would call me right now!
Disappointingly - the 100th thing that bugs us the most was roadworks - surely surely surely thats gotta be higher up!
Have you ever seen the film called 'Falling Down'? with Michael Douglas? If not, check the film out - absolutely amazing - but the relevancy it has to this rant which appears to be quickly becoming irrelevant is that in the aforementioned film, Michael Douglas accuses one of the guys carrying out roadworks for doing the roadworks simply so that the government doesnt reduce funding the following year due to unused funds that year and the worker admitted it - GOT to make you wonder when you see roadworks all the time and roads never getting any better!
Having read the list, I pondered over the fact that it was a fantastic idea for an article but was bemused by the fact that the thing that bugs me the most is lists of things that dont place the things in the list in the right order!!!
Other interesting things on the list were slow interent connection, Britney Spears and the Royal Mail (presumably because they are always on strike!)
Anyway, I thought I would encourage the rhetorical question to you all - what bugs YOU the most?
I came across this really interesting article in the daily mirror today - far be it from me to advertise tabloid newspapers - but it is really good on Saturdays because you get all the cheesy build up to the weekend football as well as the tv guide for the whole week - anyway - without further sidetracking - I read an interesting article in there. It was about what bugs us the most.
Interestingly the no.1 thing on the list was coldcalling. I was a little disappointed to be honest. I mean with cold callers - I actually enjoy the moment of desperation they exercise to try and keep me on the phone when I tell them in a loud, clear and matter of fact voice that 'I am going to hang up now' - in fact just thinking about it makes me wish one of those punks would call me right now!
Disappointingly - the 100th thing that bugs us the most was roadworks - surely surely surely thats gotta be higher up!
Have you ever seen the film called 'Falling Down'? with Michael Douglas? If not, check the film out - absolutely amazing - but the relevancy it has to this rant which appears to be quickly becoming irrelevant is that in the aforementioned film, Michael Douglas accuses one of the guys carrying out roadworks for doing the roadworks simply so that the government doesnt reduce funding the following year due to unused funds that year and the worker admitted it - GOT to make you wonder when you see roadworks all the time and roads never getting any better!
Having read the list, I pondered over the fact that it was a fantastic idea for an article but was bemused by the fact that the thing that bugs me the most is lists of things that dont place the things in the list in the right order!!!
Other interesting things on the list were slow interent connection, Britney Spears and the Royal Mail (presumably because they are always on strike!)
Anyway, I thought I would encourage the rhetorical question to you all - what bugs YOU the most?
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