Posts by thegrouch

'Nutjob' serves half-baked Raspberry PI scam

Re: I'm reminded of a Python sketch for some reason....

I should point out that Graham Chapman is sporting a huge false nose.

I'm reminded of a Python sketch for some reason....

Interviewer Good evening. I have with me in the studio tonight one of the country's leading skin specialists - Raymond Luxury Yacht.

Raymond That's not my name.

Interviewer I'm sorry - Raymond Luxury Yach-t.

Raymond No, no, no - it's spelt Raymond Luxury Yach-t, but it's pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove'.

Interviewer You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you.

Raymond Ah, anti-semitism!

Curiosity parks for a day, looks back in wonder

I thought the morse code came from the track pattern in the wheels?

Amazon UK to offer collection service at corner shops

Royal Mail "leave with neighbour" opt-out details

You need to ask for a sticker to put on or near your letterbox.

http://public.datasquirt.co.uk/cscommsroyalmail/forms/Delivery%20to%20Neighbour%20Opt-out

I'll be opting out, we took in a parcel for next-door once and he got the arse because we didn't drop it round the instant he arrived home. Then again, he is a twunt of the first order.

NASA’s new lander CRASHES AND BURNS

Speaking of Armstrong

This footage reminds me of the test of the LLRV when he had to hit the eject button just seconds before it crashed. He must have had nerves of steel to pilot the real thing down to the Moon.

Doctor Who to unwrap new sidekick in Christmas TV special

Richard E Grant

According to Russell Davies, R.E.G. gave such a phoned-in performance of the Doctor in his animated debut that he guaranteed he'd never be considered for the real thing.

Now if they can get Ecclesdoc and that excitable fellow back for a 50th anniversary special, then I'll be interested.

UK.gov: Real time PAYE and new benefits systems WILL work

Yeah right.

Being a skinny is much more unhealthy than being fat – new study

To paraphrase Bill Hicks

We fatties have got all kinds of shit to cure us, statins, liposuction, gastric bypass. It's you skinnies dying of nothing who are screwed!

Billionaire astro mining venture long on hype and timescale

Dave 126

It was the late, great Dennis Hopper in Space Truckers with the square pigs, not Harvey Keitel.

UK kids' art project is 'biggest copyright blag ever' – photographer

Sounds like a scam to me...

or possibly a scamola.

Sony shifts more than a million PS Vitas

No Call of Duty, no sale.

Cineworld flaunts '4D' movies

Never mind the tech

Simply indulge in a nice Chicken Tikka Dhansak before visiting said picture house and before you know it, the world will shift beneath you.

UltraViolet passes million download mark

Yeah, but....

Until enough folk in the UK can get a reliable and fast broadband connection, none of these streaming services are going to be viable. I'd quite happily sign up but have never got more than 2.5Mbs.

Southwest One gets £10m IBM loan amid 'staggering' losses

Well, who'd have guessed it?

A strategic partnership with IBM which doesn't deliver the expected results. In fairness, the same thing would have happened with Crapita, Accenture, EDS or any of the big consultancies. I don't honestly know of any companies who've benefitted from their services.

Space: 1999 returning to TV?

Blakes 7 is back!

Big Finish have got the original cast back to produce a series of audio books (better than nothing I suppose).

Google goggles with Terminator HUD 'coming soon'

Shades of 'They Live' (no pun intended)

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.......and I'm all out of bubblegum"