Posts by Steve Oliver

Right: Which one of you lot invented 'tw*tdangle', eh?

Twatdangle...

... is that what happens right before a queening?

Mine's the one with the balaclava in the pocket.

Women turn on to a throbbing Maserati

As a Polo owner...

...(mk2F GT squareback) I'm really getting a kick out of this article. Unfortunately neither a Maserati, nor a Ferrari, nor a Lambo would fit in my garage.

/ my coat's the small but practical, faded green, scuffed one

// it matches the car

Devil dog laughs in the face of Taser

What a fantastic story...

...for me to poop on!

/ I keed, I keed.

Keyboard PC design recalls Amiga era

Bindun!

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/c64/

Hasbro fires off legal letters over Scrabulous

Channelling Barry Cryer...

Hang on a minute... no... I thought I had flatulence. But I haven't got the F in flatulence.

UK claims millions saved by scrapping redundant regs

How about

a UK law Wiki?

Obviously only very very few people would have edit rights... but maybe a "rate this law" button would be interesting. Or even an "I've broken this law" button, which take the work out of catching the really very stupid crims.

Post Office loses Amazon contract

High prices, eh?

"...the loss of such a significant piece of their business demonstrates very clearly that Royal Mail's higher costs ... are costing us business."

*waits patiently for the next price rise*

NHS completes London roll out of Pacs

Copy/paste fallout

What does the Albert Fish and Game Association have to do with digital image storage?

Exploding curry menaces 747

Ah memories

Reminds me of the time my dad tried to cook a Fray Bentos pie in the oven, without first taking the top off the tin.

O2 offers incentives to end phone upgrade insanity

Interesting, but not news.

At least one other network has been offering a similar incentive, but not trumpeting it in the same way:

When I called to renew my T-Mobile contract last month and to haggle over a new handset, the agent made an interesting suggestion that hadn't occurred to me: how about I keep my current handset and pay less for my monthly package? The cheapest contract they offer is Flext 20 at £15 a month, recently dropped from £20. The T-Mobile staffer said I could pay just £8 a month for this, if I didn't want a new phone.

Over the 18 month contract period that's a saving of £216 on the original price of £20 a month, and a £126 saving on the reduced price of £15 per month. True, I don't get it up-front, but this way I'm less susceptible to the kind of impulse purchasing that occurs when I have £100 burning a hole in my pocket!

NB - I don't work for T-Mobile; just a long-time satisfied customer.