One flew over the Junk Mail filter....

Now, I would never normally admit to finding anything in Tina's junk mail remotely amusing or entertaining in any way, consisting as it normally does of such things as...

• Fwd: Would you hold the ladder? Note: forwarded message attached. I thought this was really funny...i hope you like it as much as i did! Tinaxx or
  

• Fwd: FW: Mates Note: forwarded message attached. Is that a rag doll....or really a person? Txxxx or
  

• Fwd: FW: Tennis Note: forwarded message attached. This is good fun! My record so far is 11...I only had a quick go...honest! Txxxxxxxxxxxxx or
  

• Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Bubble wrap Note: forwarded message attached. I personally found this quite therapeutic...have a pop! Txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You know, the kind of thing your inbox is permanently plagued with. Especially if you know Tina....

However, I have obviously let my guard down, (it must be the holidays), because I have to admit this is very addictive, requiring, as it does, skill and precision and dexterity etc, and not just being a poor quality video of a bloke up a ladder with a kilt on, which was the last thing she sent to 237 unsuspecting friends and family...



*edit: I didn't kill the dog either...

RIP Top of the Very Pops

Just watching the very last TOTP (as we call it) and important questions come to mind....

• When was the last time I watched it? Can't remember...
• Why does Dave Lee Travis look exactly the same...?
• Why is Captain Jack Sparrow on it? (Oh, he's not, it's Adam Ant...)
• Why, Why, Why, Delilah?
• Why is Aisleyne on it? (Oh, she's not, it's Beyoncé Knowles...)
• What is Pat Sharp for?
• Ditto All Saints
• Which one of Take That had a thing with Lulu and vomited into her bath?
• Which one was Pepsi and which one was Shirley? And which one married Martin/Gary Kemp? And who did the other one marry? And which of the Kemps has a metal plate in his head?
• Weren't the Wombles good?
• Ditto Smurfs...
• What's so special about "Oasis" soup?
• Wasn't Janice Long Cheggers' sister? Presumably still is...
• What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name?
• When will I, will I be famous? (I can't answer. I can't answer that...)
• What will be on at 2pm on Christmas Day for us to take the piss out of en famille?*
• And (only my Dad and sister will be able to answer this...), didn't Freddie Mercury look like Mrs Spalding???

*edit: Jana "Mrs BBC" Bennett just confirmed there will be a Christmas special. Phew.

A year ago today...

Don't worry, I'm not going to relive the whole of last summer day by day... But this is where I was exactly a year ago:



Today, I am not on my way to New Zealand, rather I am sitting on my sofa having the first lazy day since finishing work. So that's allowed.

Just watched Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe from last night*, in which he pondered how people get on Big Brother...



(*God bless Sky Plus, which you can now programme via text message...)

Oh, great....

Yes, thanks, Tesco Home Plus.
Bugger Right Off.