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>One Hit Wonders – Weggy Weggy Weggy, ‘ere comes Johnny Weggy

Posted on 1 May, 2010 by jb

> 1971 The Piglets Pure Estuary English, glottal stops and all. Invented and produced by Jonathon (“Everyone’s gone to the moon”) King. John Wegg must have wanted to throttle him. John Wegg used to work for Lufthansa at Heathrow in … Continue reading →

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>Yo ho ho and a bottle of…..

Posted on 28 April, 2010 by jb

> …. blood. And assorted knee gunk. Up to 700ml so far. No wonder I’m feeling a bit woozy…. Posted using BlogPress

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>Feeling a bit of a drip

Posted on 28 April, 2010 by jb

> So it wasn’t the meniscus after all Whatever it was that was fycking up my knee got cut out anyway. I suppose I’ll find out what it was at some stage…. Posted using BlogPress

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>A day in Freiburg with an iPhone

Posted on 23 April, 2010 by jb

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>"Eeeee" she said

Posted on 21 April, 2010 by jb

> It looks offal. I mean – awful” Definitely the former – fried tripe. Which is cows’ stomach. Quite excellent. We had it a lot when I was a kid. You didn’t earn a lot in the New Zealand Army … Continue reading →

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>The road less travelled….

Posted on 18 April, 2010 by jb

> Out on the bike today, zipping around the vineyards over to Oppenheim which is an easy-ish 22km with a few decent gradients. Between Zornheim and Mommenheim, there’s the most seductive concreted farm road. It drops away from 230m ASL … Continue reading →

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>They’re kidding, right? Right…?

Posted on 17 April, 2010 by jb

>. If you want to vote in the state elections in North Rhein-Westfalia and you’re visually impaired, you can request free assistance from the BSVNRW. Which is the Organisation for the Blind and Partially Sighted. Except it’s not free. In … Continue reading →

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Just imagine…

Posted on 15 April, 2010 by jb

…having to eat something like this. It’s the Kentucky Fried Chicken “Double Down” sandwich. 2 slices each of plastic cheese and bacon between 2 crumbed and deep fried chicken breasts Not forgetting the dollop of “The Colonel’s Secret Sauce”, of … Continue reading →

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>As easy as falling off a Logue

Posted on 14 April, 2010 by jb

> I’ll admit to being a bit of a fan of Popdose. Actually, I’ve liked Jeff Giles’ writing and musical taste since his classic Jefitoblog and his Editor-in-Chief-ship at Popdose seems to keep the troops in line. Except for this … Continue reading →

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Man admits having sex with horse and donkey

Posted on 13 April, 2010 by jb

Requesting he be released on bail, defence counsel Amar Mehta said: “The defendant does not have a stable address.” Probably a good thing, too

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