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A head teacher talking about her primary school: "We have about 197 pupils…" It's the "about 197" I like. Anyone else would say "about 200". Or, if they thought we had to know, "197".
Yearly Archives: 2007
When it restarts, only about three or four teams will stand a chance of winning the English 'Premier' league. More realistically, it'll be between two. Again. At the other end of the table, another five teams will be fighting to … Continue reading
Return them for a credit now! … Continue reading
Ironically, within an hour of telling me that I was not going to be appointed to either of the new jobs I wanted, thus ensuring that I will no longer be working here, the person who chaired the interview panel … Continue reading
Ah, yes, I didn't mention the Fuzztival earlier, did I? It was at the Prince Charles Cinema a couple of weekends ago, a (free) day of films that inspired Hot Fuzz (Hard Boiled, The Last Boy Scout and "the most … Continue reading
One of the highlights of the recent "Hot Fuzztival" was a showing of Edgar's 'Don't' fake trailer from Grindhouse. Now, for those that don't know, Grindhouse emulates 1970s exploitation double bills, with two 'feature presentations' by Quentin Tarantino and Robert … Continue reading
… another one quits journalism. … Continue reading
Robocop was great. If I could ever squeeze all the great films into a 'top 100' list, then it'd be in the top 25… OK it'd be along with about fifty others, but even so 🙂 Robocop 2 was, well, … Continue reading