There’s a reason this blog is called In Actual Fact - it may have something to do with a phrase I use far too often, pedantry and the fact that they wouldn’t allow the apostrophe in “ithinkyou’llfind.com”, so this story seems perfectly sensible to me:
Simon Singh got Katie Melua to re-record Nine Million Bicycles due […]
Taking whippet fer walk on t’moor in future….
Song playing as this was published: Bonnie Somerville: Winding Road.
Is there anyone who can be happy that this evil and corrupt government has granted a licence to build a so-called ‘supercasino’ in the heart of Manchester? It’s a monument to greed and easy money that will cover five thousand square metres of godlessness. Did our politicians, who seem at pains to curtail just about […]
Then crystal meth is for you!
(ask your local, unemployed biochemist - who needs to pay off some debts - for details…..)
There’s an accent meme going around at the moment, but I’m not doing it, I can’t be bothered. It did remind me however (and this may give some small clue as to the way I talk) that German girl spent years believing that when I really, really didn’t want to do something, that I didn’t […]
Ingredients
1. Large handful of my parents
1. Visitor from foreign lands, staying with a friend of said parents, who is cooking a traditional ‘native’ meal for a small group as a farewell and ‘thank you.’
Multiple bottles wine
0. People fluent in the language of guest
Many people consider this the ‘default’ recipe for misunderstanding. However, when dealing with guests from Spain […]
