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April 2004

spam charades

have you noticed the trend for spam to include random nouns ? i just got one with the subject line which includes “exorcist fireproof buttercup lacquer”
but what use those random nouns ? it seems a shame to delete all those spams when they’ve obviously been sent especially to my email account by someone who genuinely thinks i want to buy their product (i don’t, but the spammer doesn’t know that).
So, i propose that you print them out and use them for your name game of spam charades.
we’ll need to work on this idea together a bit more.
for starters, what is the indicator which the performer has to do to indicate that the thing they are miming is a Spam ? If you can describe it, i’ll try miming it and take a photo to add to this entry (which is currently photoless)

big eye and pizza

after my lunchtime square dinner, it seemed appropriate to have a round tea. so pizza it was. with big eye tony.
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random item

here is something you don’t see everyday. unless you work in a factory which makes them i suppose. but i don’t, so i don’t.
notice the early evening shadow. lovely.
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Simon Callow

here’s a classic celebrity spot – it’s Simon Callow, of 4 weddings and a funeral fame. he was walking down the road in the opposite direction to me and by the time my camera he’d got a long way !
But it definately was him.
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hand trouble

waitrose is posh. as is Marylebone High Street. but not posh enough to have hands on it’s posh waitrose at marylebone clock.
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cat matching

here is a sign about a found cat. i don’t think this is the same cat that was previously lost (unless it’s in disguise, which it could be, because cats are quite cunning).
however, i wonder if the original cat loser would be interested in taking in this newly found cat. i have telephone numbers for both parties from the signs, so i could arrange a meetup.
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stone clock

here is a nice clock chiselled out of stone. it’s probably stone age or something
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happy blogday

hoorah. one year of blogging completed today. people i’ve mentioned this to have said:
“only one year ? it feels like longer”.
i’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.

unfinished restaurant

i went for lunch with colleagues today in Brick Lane which is famous for curries. a new restaurant had opened which sold …. curries.
if you want to find it, simply walk down Brick Lane. it’s on the right and is between two other curry houses.
the restaurant and food was very nice. but there weren’t any plants in the plant holders:
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and there weren’t any fish in the fish tanks:
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but luckily they served nice square meals:
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tower of london

i’ve never been to the tower of london. i know others have and have said it’s very good. here is a photo of it from when i popped out of Tower Hill tube station earlier.
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xmas cards

some people just don’t get the hang of easter. here are a load of christmas cards i saw near harley street this morning.
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who bagged the chair ?

look what they did to the chair. they’ve put it in a body bag but haven’t taken it away. why would anyone do such a thing ?
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my pants

i like collections. i’ve even got a collection of underpants.
here they are. click for a good look.

dinousaur

here is someone dressed as a dinosaur (or could be a dragon) trying to convince people to buy a camera. unfortunately there weren’t many people walking down the street so (s)he didn’t have many people to talk to.
it also meant that anyone who did walk past got a very warm welcome. which was not always welcomed.
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i’m not convinced this was the best marketing strategy for the shop in question.

nature walk

if i walk really fast i can get to the far side of London Zoo and back in my lunch break.
i don’t have time to do anything when i get there, but it’s a nice walk on a nice day
you can see quite a lot without going in:
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something uplifting

maxx asked for something uplifting after the sad chair and zimmer frame pictures. so here it is.
a magic lifting ladder which just appeared outside my window:
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funkypancake – you ask and i’ll blog it !

zooming zimmers

look at this poor zimmer frame. it’s jack-knived. i hope no one got hurt.
probably a pensioner trying it for speed and took a corner too fast:
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this is obviously a common occurance as they have special breakdown lorries to collect them:
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bit of photo

here is a little bit of photo. i looked around and couldn’t find any more so it won’t make it to davescollections
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