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Friday morning Pavement lyric #7: “We spoke of latent causes, sterile gauzes, and the bedside morale.” [#]
@michael_dennis If everyone listened to the Man From Delmonte song “M-I-C-H-A-E-L” it could improve things; it’s why I know how to spell it. in reply to michael_dennis [#]
@michael_dennis No, I can’t find it online either, so for the time being I’ve whacked it up here: http://www.obscurer.co.uk/michael.mp3 in reply to michael_dennis [#]
“Oh, that reminds me,” says my son on hearing the ice-cream van. “What of…post-war Vienna?” I replied. [#]
I wonder. Does knowing that our local ice-cream van plays the theme from “The Third Man” aid ones understanding of that last tweet? [#]
Blood & Treasure: Parable Of The Snake Illustrated http://amplify.com/u/936 [#]
Bloc Party appear to have a limitless supply of very average songs. [#]
*Never* giving my kids Doritos ever again. Currently trying to get them down off the ceiling by using the broom with the extendable handle. [#]
Flying Rodent: on Not Flying The Flag (How Bullshit Works, Part 14,302 ) http://amplify.com/u/97g [#]
Just broken a chisel trying to get some Morrison’s “Soft-Scoop” ice cream out of the tub. [#]
Cadbury’s “Freddo” has got to be my favourite amphibian-shaped chocolate bar. [#]
@hackneye Blimey, that’s two of my meagre band of twitter followers that have had swine flu. Hope you’re all on the mend. in reply to hackneye [#]

Friday morning Pavement lyric #6: “Mandrake versus the snake. I got it on the camera for posterity.” [#]
Shouting At Cows: on HD TV and ITV Sport in Mosaic-vision http://amplify.com/u/87u [#]
RT @antonvowl: RT @bounder – Worst Daily Mail poll ever. Vote yes to skew the results and pass it on http://bit.ly/w4b6Q [#]
Morning Quiz: How many times in an *average* day does Nicky Campbell get punched? (Clue: It’s fewer than you’d think; between 80-100 times). [#]
853: on Anonymous Blogging and MSM Hypocrisy http://amplify.com/u/8im [#]
Mother Nature has decreed that I’m of an age where I would benefit from tufts of hair growing from my ears. Mother Nature is full of shit. [#]
*Still* slightly hungover, despite stopping drinking 16 hours ago. Does hair-of-the-dog work with alcohol-free beer? It’s all I have in. [#]
This hot cup of tea isn’t cooling me down at all. [#]

Friday morning Pavement lyric #5: “Zürich is stained and it’s not my fault. Just hold me back or let me run.” [#]
Come on you sparrows; those bullying starlings have buggered off from our bird feeder. Now’s your chance! [#]
Too late. The starlings are back. You’ll have to be quicker than that. [#]
It’s taken Adam&Joe’s podcast to point out that “gelatine” should be “gelignite” in “Killer Queen”; unless Freddie meant the setting agent? [#]
Guess what? Apparently gelignite is also known as “blasting gelatine” or “gelatine dynamite”. Perhaps in future I’ll google before I tweet. [#]
@antonvowl Cheers, just spotted it. I’m ignorant in a whole multitude of ways. in reply to antonvowl [#]
While faffing about on the internet it seems I now have a FriendFeed. Heed not. I don’t really get it I doubt I’ll be using it. [#]
RT @Martin_Carr: Must say I’m looking forward to the Archers today. It’s like The Wire with cows. [#]
@asgerd I know. They need to confirm who they’re speaking to, but you need to know they are who they say they are. Result: an impasse. in reply to asgerd [#]

[via del.icio.us] The BNP / Egging Laffer Curve — via Crooked Timber: “If nobody ever egged Nick Griffin, then he’d never get egged, which I presume nobody wants. On the other hand, if he was egged every single time he went out, then he’d never leave his house – result, no eggings. But I really don’t believe that we’re on the right hand side of that Laffer Curve, not yet.” http://tr.im/oneW [#]
[via del.icio.us] David Mitchell: “Sir Alan Sugar is perfectly suited to the job of “enterprise tsar” because it’s not a job – it’s an exercise in presentation, just like his role on the BBC. In less bewildered times, an ambitious opposition would welcome the opportunity to ridicule such a disastrously craven government appointment. Instead, they’re meanly trying to block it because they’re annoyed they didn’t think of it themselves.” http://tr.im/owfu [#]

Friday morning Pavement lyric #4: “Simply put, I want to grow old. Dying does not meet my expectations.” [#]
Lost the KFC meal-deal showdown: capitulated, then defaulted to Coke when Fruit Shoot would’ve made more sense. At least I didn’t Go Large. [#]
Just written a poem where I rhyme “fire” with “desire”, “higher and higher” and “funeral pyre”. Anyone know whether that’s been done before? [#]
A colleague mentioned in passing that he doesn’t own any Beatles records. How does anyone manage that? [#]
Working nights and having a hydraulic drill going outside your house in the morning is not a classic combination I feel I can recommend. [#]

Friday morning Pavement lyric #3: “Man-made deltas and concrete rivers, the south takes what the north delivers.” [#]
To North Wales! Quick! Before the sun goes in! [#]
Buying a bucket and spade in Llandudno is more difficult than you’d think, now that Woolworths has closed. [#]
David Cameron: “I’ve just seen a tabby cat, called Toby, playing with string. And this can only strengthen my call for a General Election.” [#]
@Nosemonkey Fame indeed. How does it feel to know that your every utterance was monitored by a BBBC blogger with his finger on a stopwatch? in reply to Nosemonkey [#]
Whenever I hear someone moan about how they’re constantly receiving poor customer service, I suspect they’re an unreconstructed knobend. [#]
Son’s 6th birthday party and associated mass tidy-up is finally over. Think I’ll unwind with a can of Stella and The Archers. [#]
The best thing about election day is that church is cancelled. [#]

[via del.icio.us] How to flip your house; good advice for all those who want to stay just “within the rules” like all those dastardly MPs. Information supplied courtesy of…why…the MPs scourge the Daily Telegraph! Via Small Differences. http://tr.im/n1xQ [#]

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