You’ve all been there. There’s that awkward period of silence when there’s just you and someone you vaguely know in a room. Nothing else is happening, so you know you should say something. But what? What would make you not sound like a complete arse? Welcome, enter the science of small talk.
Small talk is, [...]
[From the time I saw it on a Mr Stone’s status, and the time I came to put it here, it had 50,000 more views. ]
Of course not! Silly billy. This is the latest offering to the Mr Jobs’ Wonder Emporium to apparently bridge the gap between using your phones and your laptops. There [...]
Sometimes, you just need a day like today as a break from it all. What better way to do it than annoying everyone around you by popping some bubble wrap?
50 years ago today, a couple of easily excitable engineers going by the name of Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding were busy inventing themselves a [...]
1. Poole Park at about 2:30am when it’s foggy is the scariest place ever.
2. Sainsbury’s Bag For Life aren’t actually for life.
3. Entering five random numbers on the in-flat phone system rings another random flat.
4. Steve has a too good-a car for his own good.
5. Some dogs only understand Polish.
To today was the last day of my first term at university. We had a half hour lecture about ten people turned up to. This may have been the reason:
The day before was the last big event in Bournemouth before Christmas, so naturally we did what IMPs do best and consume large amounts of [...]
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