What happens when gym instructors try to write signs: ...

So I'm catching the last tube home on Saturday night, and this dude staggers past me, barely able to walk. He careers to the end of the carriage and opens the first of the connecting doors. He then whips out his ding-dong and proceeds to urinate into the gap between the two doors. I suppose we should give him points for politeness- he could have just wet himself and had his urine play chase-the-fe ...

So, last weekend I went to Plymouth, and spent a good portion of Saturday leaping several stories into the ocean below, and an even larger portion of Sunday lying on the beach at Whitsands. I think I applied some form of sun cream at some point on Sunday, but obviously not enough, because I spent the entirety of Monday lying on my couch as red as a crayfish, moving only (and painfully!) to drink ...

You might say I went to Plymouth to see my Uncle Chris. You might possibly say I went because I wanted to get one last weekend away with my little sis before she went back to NZ. You'd be stretching it things a little to say it was because I wanted to see my rellies. Perhaps it was just an excuse to get out of London and on to a beach. But that ain't the truth. The truth is: I went for this. (an ...

I don't know about the rest of the penis-possessed population, but I'm getting a mite sick and tired of the constant accusations (mainly from Peggy in Married With Children) that men 'can't aim'. Anyone who has seen me play Grand Theft Auto knows I can shoot the eyebrows off a hillbilly with a rickety old rifle at 100 yards. Let me assure you: I can hit an enormous oval right in front of me. The ...

I've spent the better portion of today playing online Hnefatafl, which is commonly known as 'Viking Chess', but should probably really be called Nordic Chess. A friend of mine picked it when we were in Oslo earlier in the year. I'm a bit of a chess nut, and consider myself to be a pretty decent player, but this game, which is sort of a mixture of Chess and Go, takes regular chess strategy and hur ...