1. What’s the deal with downhill skiers doing time trials? Why not send ‘em down the mountain in batches? That would be far more entertaining.
2. Why do ice skaters have to all go in the same direction when racing?
3. And surely hurdles could be included.
4. Why are there only guns in the biathlon? I’m [...]
Archive > February 2010
10 ways to make the Winter Olympics more interesting
Jailbirds
The other day I arrived at work to find the main entry of the emergency department cordoned off with red and white tape… crime scene style.
” ‘ello ‘ello!” I thought “What’s going on ‘ere eh?”
Well it turns out that cockatoos (possibly even the ones shown above – hard to say) have been throwing rocks onto [...]
hello world (warning: boring)
My internet (and phone) has been broken for the last week. This has been somewhat trying although not really a disaster. About three weeks ago you might recall I posted the equation for calculating my new phone number. The new phone number was attached to a BlackBerry Pearl. Which I mainly bought because I wanted [...]
Uncanny
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There is only one reason that I am sure this is not Pooka. Pooka doesn’t smile in the bath.
Onions
So I’m doing a spot of cooking – I’ve decided on Boston Baked Beans for dinner tonight. Highly recommended.
But anyway, sitting at the table chopping onions and browsing a few forums, it occurred to me that onions don’t make me cry anymore. Why is this? I can’t think when I last had eye troubles with [...]
Speaking of addictions
It’s not just me. Pooka is worse! I can hear her out on the balcony dealing with a bone – it’s an enormous one (I think it might have been about 20cm either side of a cow’s elbow.. now it’s two bones…). She went to bed a few hours ago (it’s now 20 past 11), [...]