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"Brains perform best when they’re hydrated"

Think of memorable adverts and the first one that probably springs to mind is that drumming gorilla from Cadburys. Possibly even their newer one with the trucks. Now there’s a new one around – and it’s talking Thunderbirds.
It’s not all that often you see this advert but it’s around. It’s for Drench, that spring water [...]

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5 Other Things I Didn’t Know Last Week

1. Neil has a girlfriend.
2. Neil’s girlfriend has a friend who looks like Bill Bailey.
3. Everyone hates learner drivers.
4. Amy likes homos.
5. Secret tribes exist in the Amazon.

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Tweet.

Web 2.0 fans rejoice. Raconteur. has just got Twitter. Hooray. Well, sort of.
I was originally looking for a WordPress plugin which would let me put a little status message at the top of my blog. Something to say "Matt has just updated the Idents section", "Matt is back from a friend’s house" or something [...]

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Jimmy Carr – Joke Technician

Oh, back in the day when I was getting excited about seeing Jimmy Carr – Repeat Offender in February. Ah, such laughs. 2 litres of Sprite for Jordan, a curly straw for Simon and a night without Siobhan for Carl (Not that that’s a bad thing. Nobody kill me).
After it’d finished, it was probably the [...]

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Britain’s Got Talent..?

…apparently. Admittedly, it’s something we stole from America. But hey, you stole Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, so we’ll steal your formats, kay?
The idea stays pretty much the same from America’s Got Talent. So in case you don’t know, loads of people audition their talents for a stab at the live semi-final shows. There’s [...]

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