tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233731072024-03-08T00:05:37.834+00:00The Non Stop ShoeboxThe Leotarded King of the InsaneThe Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.comBlogger891125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-32498877170265422132015-05-14T21:02:00.002+01:002015-05-14T21:02:57.823+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-79923999252180871282015-03-11T20:48:00.000+00:002015-03-11T20:48:27.356+00:00You're Like Manchester<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0F4zgRRA7Ks?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-31364563089138872212015-03-02T22:58:00.000+00:002015-03-02T22:58:15.709+00:00Eye Spy Costa Rica<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2M_HxVm0sFT8TqL6dz7LGlT4qmZzrkrMSQ9VFpkB3YFUpquAXjU8KgGFWd_37iYE9XRr6UB7KHk-wmDCG4oFDheNZoicdk7WWsKivwnMYSY1bfiOaPHNLNZ_FaqXRdJcQO34n/s1600/Nativity.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2M_HxVm0sFT8TqL6dz7LGlT4qmZzrkrMSQ9VFpkB3YFUpquAXjU8KgGFWd_37iYE9XRr6UB7KHk-wmDCG4oFDheNZoicdk7WWsKivwnMYSY1bfiOaPHNLNZ_FaqXRdJcQO34n/s400/Nativity.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-27DIdUsZbzSMoHQZ7KtLpUcHvQvyjr06ffCLplpUfaXigWzZoGbYAZBaSfHBSJEzYuAfDaUu7ZojI4ke8eTfb50sw9_WRMb1sNlXDDiji0TFQ_rrbzMKo3HM8UIxVj0Fj0W/s1600/Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-27DIdUsZbzSMoHQZ7KtLpUcHvQvyjr06ffCLplpUfaXigWzZoGbYAZBaSfHBSJEzYuAfDaUu7ZojI4ke8eTfb50sw9_WRMb1sNlXDDiji0TFQ_rrbzMKo3HM8UIxVj0Fj0W/s400/Tree.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMD5j-l_XdmTMq_oOzUDVEcvr2cL5KZSSLKwoMkqupmfqQAoIwU_hdvbcHE9rjduFNClw6XtTgR5pUsgCxZlKkMUPxUnmNKsMzLjdPw-bDyLBz4Y5a7_fiV7p5_eZDN7CJlqT/s1600/MacD.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMD5j-l_XdmTMq_oOzUDVEcvr2cL5KZSSLKwoMkqupmfqQAoIwU_hdvbcHE9rjduFNClw6XtTgR5pUsgCxZlKkMUPxUnmNKsMzLjdPw-bDyLBz4Y5a7_fiV7p5_eZDN7CJlqT/s400/MacD.jpg" /></a>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-41880672633297767022015-03-01T18:18:00.002+00:002015-03-01T18:18:52.140+00:00Out There<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvspjn_kEdrIjUR0EOjLTCfYy0zuL2D-pvQo26bi7NmTFfnkxPl0-pmwHWtIJOTiFAVSBke_-9dPMpUlH2GY5BVec0rBIUBm0onf2dKWNvcpTO0GvT5ngBD0-zoMizuPr56hsE/s1600/Dungeness+.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvspjn_kEdrIjUR0EOjLTCfYy0zuL2D-pvQo26bi7NmTFfnkxPl0-pmwHWtIJOTiFAVSBke_-9dPMpUlH2GY5BVec0rBIUBm0onf2dKWNvcpTO0GvT5ngBD0-zoMizuPr56hsE/s320/Dungeness+.jpg" /></a>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-71238845813653150072012-05-20T11:19:00.001+01:002012-05-20T11:19:10.487+01:00<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4ZWHsihQiGA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-34352293409294318652012-05-08T23:16:00.000+01:002012-05-08T23:16:12.202+01:00The Boat Project<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20557287?title=0&byline=0&color=ffff00" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br />
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<a href="http://www.theboatproject.com/">http://www.theboatproject.com/</a>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-15849882177004978052012-05-07T15:47:00.000+01:002012-05-07T15:48:11.370+01:00<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/paoFmPW8lLo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-15331694747944047252012-05-01T12:35:00.000+01:002012-05-01T12:39:00.171+01:00Odour LatestJust thought I'd pop out of retirement to mention that the kitchen on our floor at work smells like an unregulated cheese shop. And increasingly so.<br />
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Stay posted.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-12873281559319840032012-02-19T22:29:00.001+00:002012-02-19T22:31:28.353+00:00<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WTJ0sQn8sTg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />I genuinely believe that this is better than the original. Hearing this as a youth led me into the avant garde from which I have never returned.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-6002512237296081642012-02-12T23:38:00.002+00:002012-02-12T23:55:56.778+00:00Cease And DesistIt appears that those Klanophiles at Anfield have finally received a wake up call, underlining who cracks the whip in the football circus these days.<br /><br />Manager Dalglish may have felt safe in supporting Suarez's crass refusal <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17004667"> to shake Evra's hand </a> at Old Trafford, but he seems to have thought again.<br /><br />Dalglish, who has always held a deep resentment towards Alex Ferguson, which goes back long before the Man Utd's manager's collossal success, has always been inclined to act to the contrary of Sir Alex's wishes. Hence the stupidity which has lead the former Liverpool great into racist ignomy.<br /><br />However, it appears that the Americans who OWN HIS ASS have decided that the brand has been damaged and have sent the lawyers in with the clause in his contract which states how bringing the club into disrepute will lead to cessation of contract without compensation prior to a painful lawsuit where the shareholders sue for consequential and inconsequential damages which will skin Kenny alive. Ditto Suarez. <br /><br />Yes, it's the "apologise, or lose all your money".<br /><br />Subsequently, both have agreed that they are no longer willing to stand on principle on moral grounds.<br /><br />Ouch.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-50017450335573061852012-02-12T20:34:00.001+00:002012-02-12T23:36:54.942+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3vZYBCK7u3DUf1bX83YhkeKu54nItKGr2CBL_4jbr2UM1nvPAB25Dds-sAIyNbLFs9XL0QuLACmqpJyALvbcS9YKMfJD_u2SPqKbeN6FkjIOAGubTmeSRqGBADMU8IsPqXqB/s1600/stealth+cat.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3vZYBCK7u3DUf1bX83YhkeKu54nItKGr2CBL_4jbr2UM1nvPAB25Dds-sAIyNbLFs9XL0QuLACmqpJyALvbcS9YKMfJD_u2SPqKbeN6FkjIOAGubTmeSRqGBADMU8IsPqXqB/s400/stealth+cat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708397176540839650" /></a>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-90374582403592619672012-02-09T22:47:00.004+00:002012-02-09T22:59:37.839+00:00Fag Mountain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmLv_BcAho4FKqNuzcfDwMVyVHEkytLlp3R7yR112yu_KsvJgSyh0LocQFDme09kA-cd571QVj6oIXBt8tMSq-IKGN7zaGr_85vn-f7K7YyrS9O_0iQX4FwoqwFmGJQGSFRfZ/s1600/fags.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmLv_BcAho4FKqNuzcfDwMVyVHEkytLlp3R7yR112yu_KsvJgSyh0LocQFDme09kA-cd571QVj6oIXBt8tMSq-IKGN7zaGr_85vn-f7K7YyrS9O_0iQX4FwoqwFmGJQGSFRfZ/s400/fags.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707273646310359538" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />No, I'm not referring to some Caliguan scene back at Studio 54.<br /><br />Rather, I bring you an image from London's Kings Cross, and British Ingenuity at its best.<br /><br />Namely, the climate-provided cigarette extinguisher/disposer.<br /><br />Basically, when the thaw comes, the snow vanishes, taking the butts with it!<br /><br />Simples.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-77375319735338877082012-02-06T22:56:00.002+00:002012-02-06T23:05:10.110+00:00<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MXw7a3FdBL4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />The band that should have had U2's success but lacked Bono's ego.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-60983885236042050472012-02-06T18:50:00.003+00:002012-02-06T18:57:32.419+00:00Photo FinishOn entering the tube carriage tonight, I thought I heard someone commentating on the end of a particularly exciting horse race.<br /><br /> It was, however, just one half of an a pair of Arabic men having the loudest conversation in a confined space you could possibly imagine. <br /><br />I have no idea what language it was carried out in, but just imagine an hyperventilating Peter O'Sullivan sparring with an Appalachian livestock auctioneer on Mexican Speedballs. <br /><br />For fifteen minutes, without breathing in.<br /><br />It didn't take long to lose its amusement.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-88169339190057032922012-02-03T21:58:00.000+00:002012-02-03T21:59:20.183+00:00<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PgIz1Add98s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-48565434985526133922012-02-02T08:54:00.003+00:002012-02-02T08:58:25.552+00:00Purple Haze En Francais!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7HsXuSvXqkKW2jyNJv8ERBrdnaxyo8usynoRACcD6tGNz-C2heGXiqc2Tyw07UPw-YvlTdQ-cedtm7b9I7jncI2r2f1WtjnPTWERiU7dp_L2C_PQqgcc4Ym3NZ2Uw9oQ6HjG/s1600/flour.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7HsXuSvXqkKW2jyNJv8ERBrdnaxyo8usynoRACcD6tGNz-C2heGXiqc2Tyw07UPw-YvlTdQ-cedtm7b9I7jncI2r2f1WtjnPTWERiU7dp_L2C_PQqgcc4Ym3NZ2Uw9oQ6HjG/s400/flour.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704459008468689618" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Actually a flour attack on <a href=" http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/flour-dumped-on-top-french-presidential-candidate-1.3495730"> Francois Hollande </a>.<br /><br />Always the flour, never the flowerpot.<br /><br />Vive la revolution!The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-7694878206069353802012-01-27T15:58:00.002+00:002012-01-27T16:13:01.917+00:00The Old Alma MaterRemember Windscale? It was a nuclear power station that had a bit of a meltdown and subsequently got a bad name.<br /><br />The marketing people solved the problem by renaming it Sellafield and everyone thought it was a different, new, improved nuclear power station and the threat went away.<br /><br />Apparently, renaming a failing institution is the best way to improve things and by far the cheapest, so it's win-win!<br /><br />The proof of this is in our education system. In fact the Shoebox's old school Herbert Carter Secondary Modern, which was always a bit crap, was renamed Carter Community School (specialising in SPORT, so don't worry about Maths and English, everyone's going for gold!), and is now only the TENTH worse school in Britain! Hoorah!<br /><br />Mind you, our old rivals Kemp Welch have been renamed TWICE! First as Rossmore Community College and now as St Aldhelm's, and THEY'VE just been the awarded the worst school in Britain award, so I don't know what happened there?<br /><br />According to the local Echo:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Just three per cent of pupils leaving St Aldhelm’s Academy last summer scored the benchmark five A* - C GCSE grades, including English and maths.<br /><br />That’s a drop of 11 places in a year for the former Rossmore Community College, taken over by sponsors the Diocese of Salisbury and Bournemouth University in September 2010 in a bid to raise standards.<br /><br />Today the Borough of Poole has demanded urgent improvements at the school and action from the sponsors. It has also offered to help the school.<br /><br />Carter Community School in Poole has also fared badly in league tables published today.<br /><br />It is ranked as the 10th worst in the country with just 21 per cent reaching the benchmark standard. <br /></span><br />Yes, one town has two schools in the worst ten!<br /><br />Is it social deprivation? Well no, it's quite an affluent area without the unemployment desolation of the North East or the inner-urban blight of our major cities. It's not even racial, as most of these kids are white, and in fact it's the sort of area that white supremacists move to. (Most of the racism I heard as a kid came from the emigres from London and the Midlands).<br /><br />No, it's actually all about the success of the local Grammar Schools. Poole never tolerated the move to Comprehensives, and stuck to the old two-tier education system, where the children of the middle-classes and the brightest of the lower orders were prioritised into the Grammar schools for a proper education, whilst the rest of us were basically abandoned.<br /><br />The Grammar schools are very good at what they do, and are able to compete with private schools in their effectiveness. <br /><br />However, the price of this success is the bargain basement approach that is the secondary modern system, (now rebranded as Community Colleges), where children are put on hold until they're old enough to work for fast food outlets, go onto the building sites or enter the prison system. And until it's recognised as a problem derived from SOCIAL attitudes towards working class children, the problem will persist unchallenged.<br /><br />In short, it will remain a Conservative paradise!The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-43011720646578245312012-01-25T12:58:00.002+00:002012-01-25T13:01:47.095+00:00Four Legs Good<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZuGxGp7xdX9ef6YNJD4YZw1dfPCawOd23AoEDdxgXKZnXGCEZ5BrsW7UomvGBF29rfZ1RjUyrSAA9OnhecAZT9yvcyhLyRuW1mfj_UPWtaJv_UM-9qPVvdM25eBjTnopjbE7/s1600/otterhound.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZuGxGp7xdX9ef6YNJD4YZw1dfPCawOd23AoEDdxgXKZnXGCEZ5BrsW7UomvGBF29rfZ1RjUyrSAA9OnhecAZT9yvcyhLyRuW1mfj_UPWtaJv_UM-9qPVvdM25eBjTnopjbE7/s320/otterhound.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701553855638808242" /></a>It's all things otter today.<br /><br />According to the British Dog Breeders Association, celebrity endorsement of foreign breeds means our native dogs are <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16665702"> under threat </a>. And the most vulnerable is the Otterhound.<br /><br />No, I hadn't heard of him either, and I'm sure that his ancestors were partly responsible for driving the nation's mostloved marine mammal to the brink of extinction, but just look at him: how could anyone NOT want an Otterhound?<br /><br />I mean, look at his little face!<br /><br />Meanwhile, at the HSBC they're using a pretend Chinese font to advertise their latest promotion. It reads: <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Great Otters To Bring You Prosperity In The New Year!</span><br /><br />Well, I THINK that's what it says.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-40334003410385151432012-01-24T23:14:00.002+00:002012-01-24T23:16:43.546+00:00Supermarket SweepstakeThe elderly Jamaican gentleman queuing in front of me tonight was buying: A loaf of bread; a bag of samosas and a pillow.<br /><br />I wondered to myself what he actually left the house to buy. Which was the target purchase, and what followed on impulse?The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-49796673850778420432012-01-11T23:30:00.000+00:002012-01-11T23:31:15.338+00:00<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34813864?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/34813864">Fotoshop by Adobé</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/jesserosten">Jesse Rosten</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-70963374995077755932012-01-11T22:56:00.004+00:002012-01-11T23:07:20.731+00:00The Simian Salvation Disappointment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTR1nWO0A64YBcZm3gQ9_onT2aCMD5uaO7PNW0_PJqqgo7TCG8M2-qhkVxJCIMzDryrg5tisUIUJCGo2oAHvCFXF_CJhtyEzSQEGb4mEO3dYgzWYFzz18NR2uApiCbuMviBgnZ/s1600/chip.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTR1nWO0A64YBcZm3gQ9_onT2aCMD5uaO7PNW0_PJqqgo7TCG8M2-qhkVxJCIMzDryrg5tisUIUJCGo2oAHvCFXF_CJhtyEzSQEGb4mEO3dYgzWYFzz18NR2uApiCbuMviBgnZ/s400/chip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696512374251067570" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of the great adventures provided by dyslexia is the surreal potential afforded by text on first sight.<br /><br />Until the words are translated for their actual meaning, they can momentarily represent anything, and therefore offer a world of possibilities. This was certainly the case today when I believe that the poor canine owed his rescue to a CHIMP and began to envisage the scenario, possibly with the heroic ape swooping down on a vine and hoiking up the victim by the collar with his articulated feet.<br /><br />And yes, on realising this was wrong, I did ponder (like the rest of us) on how a slice of fried potato could possibly have achieved this, without even hands to clutch to the vine in the first place.<br /><br />Maybe we'll never know, but the chimp version was a far better way to go.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-48092445322330540722012-01-10T12:46:00.000+00:002012-01-10T12:48:14.882+00:00Two Notes:Saw "The Artist" and it deserves the Hype. (Go on, give the dog an Oscar!)<br /><br />Also check out their previous work <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/nov/07/french-bond-film-review"> OSS 117 Cairo Nest of Spies </a>which has the best comedy Nazis EVER.<br /><br />Also: Tory chef Anthony Worral Thompson has been caught shop-lifting in Tesco. <br /><br />To counter-quote Alan Bennett: "Tesco's? Sainsbury's yes, but Tesco's; REALLY" (Note for colonials: this is a British class based joke).The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-88444004313664860532012-01-06T00:09:00.005+00:002012-01-06T13:11:02.215+00:00I Spy; The Emirates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJgSJG4YztIccuOeooK561Bn21Wj32RAOs6Ac3nqyX7cbJHrcwcF4oTvux746R56n9GCmkVa2vrS7z6dQtjHDprtoYndIBkkBETAPFCspWzU4dPoLiIvBQda3TDSikGDrLkXc/s1600/Photo0013.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJgSJG4YztIccuOeooK561Bn21Wj32RAOs6Ac3nqyX7cbJHrcwcF4oTvux746R56n9GCmkVa2vrS7z6dQtjHDprtoYndIBkkBETAPFCspWzU4dPoLiIvBQda3TDSikGDrLkXc/s400/Photo0013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694304831791846562" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Visually Impaired? Have a four-legged friend with a full bladder?<br /><br />Then why not visit Arsenal's sponsor-named stadium?<br /><br />Otherwise, not really worth the visit.The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23373107.post-49771097200606508982012-01-05T22:52:00.003+00:002012-01-05T23:06:25.889+00:00Abbot: Parties Race to the Moral High GroundBlimey! That Diana Abbot's caused <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16423278"> a right old commotion </a> in Westminster today, leading the parties to dig out any "members of colour" to demonstrate that the only way to assuage whitey is to show that a) they do indeed have black & asian representatives, and b) that the black and asian representatives care for white people too!<br /><br />After her tweet in support for solidarity amongst the black community the Tories saw an opportunity to score points with the predictable request for a sacking.<br /><br />However, who to deliver it?<br /><br />I imagine it went something like this:<br /><br />Advisor: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Prime Minister, it will be to our party's advantage to request that Labour sack this woman."</span><br /><br />Mr Cameron: <span style="font-style:italic;">"OK, go ahead and write my lines and I'll make a speech!"<br /></span><br />Advisor:<span style="font-style:italic;"> "I'm sorry Prime Minister, but that won't be suitable sir. She is a person of race who has made a comment which is racially related. If you speak out it may sound like you're being sensitive, and possibly a little bit racist yourself."<br /></span><br />Mr Cameron: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Blimey, a bit of a sticky wicket you mean!"</span><br /><br />Advisor: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Indeed Prime Minister sir."<br /></span><br />Mr Cameron: <span style="font-style:italic;">"So what do you advise?"</span><br /><br />Advisor:<span style="font-style:italic;"> "Well Prime Minister, it will have to come from one of the few members of your party from an ethnic background sir."<br /></span><br />Mr Cameron: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Oh I see. What about Inky? Will he do?"</span><br /><br />Advisor:<span style="font-style:italic;"> "I'm sorry sir, that's no longer acceptable language, and I believe Mr Zahawi dislikes the term. However, I believe he's desperate enough to get on in the party that he may well do your bidding."<br /></span><br />Mr Cameron: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Hoorah! Good old… erm.. what's the blighter's name again?"<br /></span><br />Advisor:<span style="font-style:italic;"> "Nadhim Zahawi sir. I'll brief him and point him at the press forthwith sir."<br /></span><br />Mr Cameron: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Excellent! Can I go now?"</span><br /><br /><br />Next thing you know, the Labour party are on the back foot.<br /><br /><br />Ed Milliband: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Bloody hell, what's she gone and done now? I bet Portillo put her up to it. What are we going to do?"<br /></span><br />Advisor: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Well sonny boy, we're keeping you well out of it. We need one of our ethnic people out there to counteract THEIR ethnic people. I've got Keith Vaz on Radio 5"<br /></span><br />Ed Milliband: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Oh no, not Vaz!"<br /></span><br />Advisor: <span style="font-style:italic;">"I'm afraid so matey. He can do the elder statesman 'she was mistaken, but she's doing a great job otherwise' speech whilst we find a black labour MP who ISN'T Dianne Abbot to do a more damning condemnation to show how we just don't approve of that sort of thing."<br /></span><br />Ed Milliband: <span style="font-style:italic;">"You mean David Lammy?"</span><br /><br />Advisor: <span style="font-style:italic;">"You have to be joking, he's just run for the hills. However, we think there's someone called Chuka Umunna who may play ball."</span><br /><br />Ed Milliband: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Sounds perfect, shall I call him?"</span><br /><br />Advisor: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Certainly not sunshine, leave this to the professionals. Just get on with your homework until we tell you when you can come out again."<br /></span>The Non Stop Shoeboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758635272774252006noreply@blogger.com0