From Paul Tester, author of “The All Day Girls“, in the third installment of his Notting Hill carnival sightings. The carnival had almost finished and that year the police had forced all the pubs to close early, at I think 6 p.m. I was standing outside a closed pub where I had arranged to meet…
In The News: “Call of Nature”
It’s been on the web for a while, but we’ve only just found this. It’s about bathroom etiquette. From Grant Barrett in “The Lexicographer’s Rules”. My latest column in the Malaysia Star. It is written for English learners. Bodily functions are a rich source of English slang, so naturally, we have a lot of ways…
Sightings: More Notting Hill Carnival sightings (2)
From Paul Tester, author of “The All Day Girls”, in the second installment of his Notting Hill carnival sightings. Another carnival, I was using the Gents in a pub when a really attractive girl of about 20, with long auburn hair, really cute figure and wearing skin tight jeans that clearly showed the outline of…
In The News: “If you thought you knew what watersports were, it’s time to think again”
From Sam Wollaston, this article from the UK’s Guardian newspaper: Picture, if you wouldn’t mind, a shop that sells magazines and a section labelled “Watersports”. You’re probably thinking windsurfing titles, some about jetskiing, a few copies of Motor Boats Monthly, aren’t you? Me too.
Sightings: More Notting Hill Carnival sightings (1)
From Paul Tester, the author of “The All Day Girls“. See this update post. The Notting Hill carnival has always, and I hope remains a good place to see desperate ladies. Crowds, uninhibited consumption of alcoholic drinks, and, when it first started, too few Ladies toilets.
In The News: Space station toilet breaks down
You got to have some sympathy for the astronauts of the space shuttle Endeavour. First, their current flight was delayed for several days due to bad weather, and now, even when they get to the International Space Station, the main toilet there breaks down.
In The News: A WEE tip for cinema-goers
This has been all over the web, and has been mentioned in an article for the UK Metro freesheet: It’s a feeling many of us are familiar with- sitting in the cinema, crossing your legs but you just know that if you make a dash for the toilet you’ll miss a crucial scene. Well, don’t…
In the News: Actor drinks own urine for TV show
Actor Will Ferrell, according to entertainment website Digital Spy, is to appear on the Discovery Channel TV series called Man Vs Wild.
Stories: Under His Spell
Janis has long been fascinated by hypnotists. She would often go to shows and sit in the audience and laugh as a performer would put unsuspecting guests under his spell, and asking them to do whatever he wanted. One afternoon, she read in a newspaper advert that the famed hypnotist Dan James would be appearing…
Experiences: Desperation in the theatre
Neville comes back (briefly) to post this most recent account of desperation. This incident happened over a year ago. I have to tell you I didn’t wet myself, but I nearly did, in front of fellow members of my family. It started when we had a celebration of a relative’s birthday. As a treat we…