Category Archives: Don’t ask me

>Don’t ask me (about carbon neutrality) #13

Posted on 18 June, 2007 by jb

>This is a Saab 9.3 convertible.Turbocharged.150 horsepower Cruising at 130 km/h. Sort of 80-ish mph.Averaging 123 km/hGetting 6.6 litres/100 kmh36 mpg. Not bad.

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>Don’t ask me (about fashion…) #12

Posted on 7 June, 2007 by jb

> Not that I have any idea about this stuff of course, but this confused me even more than usual…. We had the usual extended “I-haven’t-got-anything-to-wear fashion show before going out the other day, which included a garment with the … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Barry Manilow) – #9

Posted on 21 May, 2007 by jb

> The…what?…of Barry Manilow.mp3 – it can’t be the Best of Barry Manilow – the superlative form of the adjective sets “good” as a prerequisite.. – is one hour and seventeen minutes of genuinely terrifying industrial noise, a sort of … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Warren Zevon) – #8

Posted on 14 May, 2007 by jb

>Please do, actually. I bought the eponymous album in 1976 at Virgin’s first (biggish) store at Marble Arch on the basis of a pretty good review in Rolling Stone (that one of the the Lufthansa crew who lived in my … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Barry McKenzie) #5

Posted on 23 April, 2007 by jb

>Oh I hope all your chooks turn to emus, And kick your dunnie down flat to the grass, I hope your balls turn to bicycle wheels, And backpedal up your arse. I hope every la-di-da pommie like you, Gets the … Continue reading →

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