Category Archives: Stupid Things I Have Seen

Adventures In Sounds

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Val

So I’m having some eye trouble at the mo – I’m constantly getting dry eyes, so that I have to limit my time reading and at the computer; I’ve already got through three tubes of carbomer gel in the last … Continue reading →

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So Last Night…..

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Val

….having another bout of insommnia, I stayed up. With nothing much on the TV, I resorted to my usual nighttime amusement of watching CNN with the sound turned off, trying to guess what they’re talking about purely from what’s on … Continue reading →

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Just Had A Bit of Fun…

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Val

….with a spammer. Got this one this morning (URL munged so they don’t get any google goodness): Hi, I’ll take this opportunity to introduce myself, my name is Eddie Brown, very nice to meet you. I’m SEO expert working at … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Unknown

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Val

So, for the Winter Solstice Consumerfest, one of the daughters gave me a subscription to Lovefilm. So I’ve been finally enjoying some of the decent films that I’ve missed in recent years. But of course, not all of them have … Continue reading →

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Quantum Stupidity

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Val

Homeopathy with Dr. Werner Dr Werner is a homeopath and here she claims that the latest discoveries in science prove homeopathy. Unfortunately, all her video proves is how staggeringly ignorant she is about science. She confuses mass with density; she … Continue reading →

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Speaking B*ll*x (and other languages…)

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Val

I do a lot of online consumer and marketing surveys – it doesn’t pay much, but every little helps (most of the cost of the new mattress we bought last month came out of my survey money). Having been doing … Continue reading →

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Oh dear…..

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Val

Just been looking through the listings on a freelance writing jobs website. One that caught my eye: Horror torture tour scripts require someone with expieriance [sic] . Experience of what, exactly…?

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Watching Me, Watching You…

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Val

Living in a remote(ish) rural paradise far from the milling wotsits, I tend to miss quite a lot of things going on in the rest of the country. For instance, I’ve only just become aware of this anti-terrorist poster poster … Continue reading →

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Mind Your Cs and Ks….

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Val

Long ago, in some history of advertising, I read that 70s British ad-makers had shorthand codes for the various TV commercial setups. The most-used setup of the time – two women in a kitchen discussing The Product – was called … Continue reading →

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Stupid Things I Have Seen Pt 2901….

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Val

There’s a website called Fundies Say The Darndest Things! devoted to recording the inane/insane stuff that religious fundamentalists come out with on t’interwebs. It’s a pity there isn’t an equivalent site for Global Warming Denialists, as this (from one of … Continue reading →

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