Monthly Archives: July 2011

日本を行く！

Posted on 17 July, 2011 by jb

それらのアメリカ人をねじ込む！

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This might work in Australia…..

Posted on 16 July, 2011 by jb

….but I really can’t see the Horicard work in New Zealand……

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These boots were made for…

Posted on 16 July, 2011 by jb

…. er….watering…?

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And then….

Posted on 14 July, 2011 by jb

…there was the dyslectic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa.

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There are some strange people out there…

Posted on 13 July, 2011 by jb

One of my commentors. Sleeping? Makeup? Barbie movies? Bloody hell…..

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They missed the Wall Street Journal….

Posted on 12 July, 2011 by jb
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News of the Screws

Posted on 12 July, 2011 by jb

“The hacking scandal currently shaking Rupert Murdoch’s empire will surprise only those who have willfully blinded themselves to that empire’s pernicious influence on journalism in the English-speaking world. Too many of us have winked in amusement at the salaciousness without … Continue reading →

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Mind the gap…

Posted on 12 July, 2011 by jb

I get the feeling that my bank manager would have had a quiet word with me in 1975 and given me a severe bollocking in 1978. By 1983, I would have been bankrupt. Unless I could have found gullible people … Continue reading →

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The Thais that bind….

Posted on 11 July, 2011 by jb

An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Latvian, a Turk, a German, an Indian, several Americans (including a southerner, a New Englander, and a Californian), an Argentinian, a Dane, an Australian, a Slovakian, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a … Continue reading →

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We don’t know how lucky we are

Posted on 11 July, 2011 by jb

I stumbled over this 1966 German tourist guide to Yugoslavia the other day. Don’t let anyone tell you that flying wasn’t a luxury back then. Based on an gross annual income of DM9893, you would have needed to work close … Continue reading →

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