General laziness rules today, so just random, but incredibly interesting and important links….
1. Appy Linguist is FirtySix! Go wish ‘im an ‘Appy Birfday. Even ‘is parents forgot for ‘eaven’s sake! The man needs sympathy, and ‘is parents need a calendar, it would seem.
2. Blognor Regis is - and this may come as a surprise to his regular readers - enjoying music from days gone by today. Still, I don’t actually believe him when he says that Def Leppard’s Hysteria is 20 years old today. We could insert an incredibly weak pun here by carrying on dropping our aitches, and say “But no ‘arm ever came of Def Leppard.” But that would be pathetic, so we won’t.
3. He also points to a ‘too right!’ piece at A Nation Of Shopkeepers, a blog I’ve somehow managed not to read before - I forsee an afternoon of archive-reading.
4. I always wondered where Germans got their Anglophilia from. They always seem so interested in what happens here, or to us in general. Why, for example, does Spiegel carry a report on the places where Brits are most likely to get into trouble on holiday? What’s that you say? No I don’t know what Schadenfreude means.
5. Does anyone know people who actually make any money from Google Adsense? As today’s total shows, I’m not sure it’s worth it to have all those irritating ads on the page (but are they more irritating than the text itself?) - although it would appear that some people can use it properly… Do you hate them (the ads, not the people who make thousands with them)? Should I get rid of them? Comments etc. to the usual address.
Song playing as this was published: Def Leppard - “Gods Of War”
Cheers, Mr Fact! The funny thing is that when I caught them on video chat and they started to tell me about their new kitchen, I asked them: “Erm, isn’t there something else you want to say to me first?” My mum replied: “Not until tomorrow,”, to which I responded, “Er, no…”. And then my mum turned to my dad and said: “What date is it? Go and get the paper.” That’s so funny, because they’ve got the date right in front of them on the computer. It seems I didn’t train them thoroughly enough when I made them computer-literate a few years ago!
Or old habits die hard, at least.
Just want to point out I’m now getting an ad for “Def Leppard Ringtones!” With the exclamation mark.
Every penny counts. I’m not sure every 0.49p does though. But at the start of this post I wondered “what ads?”, so they obviously aren’t working well on me.
The biggest words on the current ad are “Great Lies”*. Flattering.
* As in The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing (whatever that is).
as to point 4. - dunno - guess it might be contagious and I blame my parents. But then most of the Germans somehow are in love with rosamundepilcherland and not really England. My family included. As a result I wish they’d stop joking that I have to marry some stupid boring Lord with a draughty castle. Do I hear sniggering?
Blognor Regis is - and this may come as a surprise to his regular readers - enjoying music from days gone by today.
I’mnot fit to lick this guy’s boots in this regard.
http://exquisitelyboredinnacogdoches.blogspot.com/
Appy: You’re welcome! Sore ‘ead this morning?
Parents: Exactly the same - typing away at the computer will get up to fetch a dictionary (although bearing in mind what Word’s like, that’s probably understandable), or checking their bank statements online will leave the room to put teletext on and check the sports score!
Anyhoo: Well, they don’t appear on the main page, but I figured that as the vast majority of people who come here are looking for “Cheap, Meaningful Sex“, maybe I could provide advertisements to help them in their quest and help me earn fractions of pence. They’re not really meant for either of the regular readers.
RB: Rosamundepilcheritis is an evil disease. As for the stereotype of England and Englishmen, I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that when I did live in Germany, I never, ever, played up to that stereotype for either personal or professional gain…
BlognorRegis: Well quite. His site is a fair test of how fast your broadband provider really is as well.
I have to admit at first I didn’t see the link and thought you were mocking my “Song Playing as this was published:” feature and its 80s music tendencies. And yes, I might spend too much time listening to say, Radcliffe & Maconie, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still swing with the cool, modern hipster cats, Daddy-o.
By the way, your site’s looking very fresh and clean - if somewhat Sid James and comment-free. Had the day off work yesterday?
Three sips of wine shortly after midnight - that was all. A whole glass had been the intention, but it tasted awful.
Ah, but how big were the sips / glass?
No, really - three minor sips, and then the rest went down the sink. My post the next morning was written completely sober, if that’s what you’re wondering!