Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Sensible Safety

Here at Bunnyfluffs Health & Safety Tufty Club Ltd I want to inform you of the potential hazards in your daily routine and help you avoid potential accidents and inconvenience.

Lets start with potty training, as an adult you may think you know everything about going to the loo la but did you know that 14,263 slipping seat accidents could have been avoided last year if people had been informed about the correct way to sit? The most important thing when making yourself comfortable is to make sure both feet touch the floor, sliding backwards or 'dunking the apples' as its known is a common mistake. Make sure that both feet touch the floor and remain vertical to your body, splaying at this stage will cause unnecessary pressure on your lower back whilst leaning forwards will cause you to tumble into a messy forward roll.

The are of course exceptions, if you have had a particularly heavy night you are of course allowed to assume the brace position using towel rails and toilet roll holders. In extreme cases the toilet brush can be used as an emergency crutch.

Toilet roll should be completely unwound to check for sharp corners before being rewound onto the spool. At night trap one end of the toilet roll in the lid of the toilet and return to your bed leaving behind a trail of toilet paper like the Andrex puppy. Pull this tight and tie it to your bed post, then if you have the urge to use the loo in the night simply straddle the paper and shuffle along keeping the paper between your legs to find the toilet in the dark without the need for pesky lights.

Always wash your hands, I personally wash my hands six times in a row, spin round three times, throw salt over my left shoulder and chant 'Now I have been, six times thrice I am clean'. A simple routine I'm sure you will find easy to incorporate, after all it's hygienic.

Carrots are the best food to eat, they are orange and you can eat the packaging. They will give you x-ray vision, they smell carroty and taste like carrots. Eating carrots is a great way to lose weight and maintain a healthy heart. Carrots taste like chocolate if chocolate tasted like carrot. Carrots make suitable substitutes for cigars and have less of the side effects, I have also been told they can be used for something else too but I seem to have forgotten what. Carrots are great. I love carrots. No really, I luuurve carrots. Gimme a carrot dammit. I'm being paid in carrots to write this lousy article, where are they?

I am not writing any more unless you give me a carrot.

Thankyou. I'll carry on... Munch,munch

What the hell is this? Whatever this is don't eat it, in fact don't even look at it. Look at it, it's hideous! Why is it all slimy and wet? Do you eat it raw?

Take it away, I'm disgusted. It's made my ears curl.

This is more like it. Knives cause more accidents in the kitchen than tins of beans. To avoid becoming a cropper learn to use your knives properly. Practice knife throwing in the kitchen, pretty soon you will be able to spear fruit from ten paces. Amaze visitors by pinning toast to the wall after it has been fired from a toaster. All this practice pays off and because of your new knife skills you will have less accidents, it really is that simple.

Running with scissors has always been frowned on but if you always carry a pair with you it soon becomes second nature. Here I am just about to take part in a marathon, notice I'm carrying my scissors, point out, so if I do fall I stab someone else instead.

When ascending any kind of staircase never, ever do it upright. The correct procedure is to bend down and slowly put your hand on the first step followed by one leg. Then slowly put the other hand on the step,and raise your second leg. Repeat until you reach the top and reverse the procedure to descend. If at work it is permissible for ladies to ascend and descend stairs in a sidesaddle way to avoid potential embarrassment. Simply sit on the step and keeping your legs together swing them up, repeat as necessary. If you need to carry anything up or down a staircase simply get an untrained colleague to do it for you. You never know you might get a comedy fall to laugh at.

Snow, a potential hazard, it is not recommended to stay out in it too long due to its freezing temperatures. To combat frost bite build all your snowmen indoors next to an open fire, not only will you be warm but the very next day your snowman will have miraculously tidied itself away.

Pricks. That's what you get from these very dangerous cacti, plants that have been known to hook small children and eat pets. Nasty things, if you see them run away before they fire their spikes at you.

This is called the Happy Truth Drink, I love this stuff, it's far safer than water and I recommend you consume the government guidelines of two litres a day to remain healthy and to cope with today's hectic lifestyle and pressures. I'm going to have a little drinky now, care to join me? I know it's early but somewhere in the world it's night time.

Wow, everything is like awesome. Did you know, did you know, did you know you are my best buddy. Hic!

Buuuurrpp! Pardon me garçon, that was a great kebab, put cheese on me chips and don't hold back on the vinegar. Cm'ere love, do you like rabbits? I've got a big car and stuff, let me show you my impression of an elephant using just my turned out pockets.

Oh god, oh god, oh god, what did I do last night. The only thing I can remember is running down the street naked shouting 'I'm the real Ken Dodd and here's my tickling stick, what a wonderful day for sticking a cucumber through a letterbox and shouting quick, the Martians have landed!'

Best thing to do to avoid any form of accidents is to stay in bed, yes, that's it, phone up work, phone up your school, phone a friend, tell them all you are not coming in today because of bed. I'm sure they will understand.

It is my duty to leave you with a handy poster to remind people of health and safety at work, print it out and pin it up in bathrooms, canteens and even in your own office.

Have a safe day!

 

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Masterminder

Arthur Daley here, Your modern entrepreneur is constantly gazing into the crystal ball of opportunity so have a gander at my latest money maker, a quiz show. Get anything wrong and I'll send Terry round to push you down the apple and pears.

Your chosen subject is answering questions using a song title, lets begin.

Q. What was Fergie, The Duchess Of York known as and by whom?

A. Queen and 'Fat Bottomed Girls'

Q. In the popular book Fifty Shades Of Grey what happens in the red room?

A. Meat Loaf and 'I'd do anything for love (But I won't do that)'

Q. You discover a small insect in the bath, what is it?

A. Beatles and 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window'

Q. In fiscal policy describe the current euro situation in three words.

A. Europe and 'The Final Countdown'

Q. In the bible what chapter did Moses appear in and what could he not do?

A. Genesis and 'I Can't Dance'

 

That's it for this round, now for the general knowledge round where you supply a question to my answer.

A. Chimp Scissors.

Q. What do you call scissors for cutting chest hair?

A. A Clowns Pocket.

Q. Where would a clown put his hankie?

A. No.

Q. Is there a way to scratch a scratch card without scratching it?

A. A Blowhole.

Q. If you eat a curry followed by pizza and six pints of lager what do you get?

 

Finally for a bonus point fill in the blanks using just one word.

------- is good for you although you can get wet handling it and a slippery one is difficult to hold on to. ------- come in all sizes, from the disappointing to the oh my god variety, size though makes no difference to your enjoyment unless of course you are trying to please a lot of people at once.

The correct answer was of course 'fish'

You have scored 0/0

Want to buy a new motor?

I have just the one for you, only one lady owner.

 

Monday, January 28, 2013

Monday Madness

Check your kitchen cupboard, check your fridge, check your groceries, they are everywhere! Disguised as innocent looking cabbages a new life form threatens your existence. Meet King Cabbagedula The Merciless, intelligent brain like leader of the Vegatobulis, a race of grocery looking aliens hell bent on our destruction.

Earthlings, I am King Cabbagedula The Merciless, not to be confused with Cucumbadula The Hard One or indeed Bananadula The Useful One. I am here to inform you that we, the Vegatobulis have taken over your puny earth right under your noses. We have been here for many centuries but our numbers were decimated for years until the early 1970's when demand for our flesh started to decline. Our population tripled as you humans decided to become more convenient and enjoy burgers and pizza instead. Our revenge will be sweet, already we have inflicted a swelling of the stomach disease that your scientists have failed to explain. Your next generations are already showing signs of being defeated although some of your are fighting back with small pockets of resistance which will soon be crushed as we carry on increasing our prices until you cannot afford us any more.

Recently I have enlisted help from Fruitimuti, founders of the Fierce Fruit movement that helped make fruit expensive in an attempt to counteract the Change For Life campaign by your disordered leaders. We cannot be beaten, we will not be stopped, pretty soon you will be on your knees begging for our help to reverse your afflictions. We will win!

Is that a talking cabbage?

I think it is you know. Hey you lot, come out here, there's a talking cabbage!

Mmmmph, mmph, chomp, munch, munch. Not saying much is he? You must have been hearing things Jura.

THE END

OR IS IT?

 

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Sunday Super Sheep Shop

As a reader of this blog this month we are giving you the chance to buy some of the latest in sheep lambology. If you place an order within the next ten days I will give you a foldaway feed bag on wheels entirely free!
 iBaaBaa - Cordless communication with flock to flock technology. £3
Want to know who's on the other side of the hedge? Screen your friends before you let them into the barn from the safety of your straw bed. Comes complete with panic alarm to alert friends when its going to rain and thus avoid them shrinking in the downpour.
 Ladybaa Tent - Hours of fun. Only 14d in coppers.
Keep you amused for ages, simple to erect even a giddy goat can do it. It has a secret entrance and a door. Hours of fun by going in and out the door again and again. Grass free inside, bring your own.
 Posh Storage Table - Saves Space. £999
Ewes show off to your Baafriend with this exquisite space saving coffee table. No more cluttered fields, simply put everything in this handy storage system which doubles up as a nifty hay rack in emergencies. Sit down and nibble a tuft of grass safe in the knowledge your field is tidy and secure. NB Item made of wood, not suitable for pipe smoking sheep.
 Easy Wear Baaftan - Fashion At Its Most Convenient. £1.29
Flattering Baaftan, one size fits all, even ewe. Perfect for all day wear with its full length flowing style. Versatile and waterproof it feels as light as a feather, ideal for use after being shorn. NB Not for use on farms owned by amorous farmers.
 Electric Grindbaa - Super Tool At An Affordable Price. £1000
Sand, grind, drill or sharpen other farm animals with minimum effort but maximum results. Start up a pedicure business, be the first in your field. Remarkable opportunity. Manufactured with lambs in mind, easy grip, comes with fifty attachments.
64K Lambtop - Surf The Interweb. Wi-Fi enabled. Only 2p!
Using the latest Wi-Field technology surf the Interweb whilst enjoying the sun and that ever so special patch of grass you have found to sit on. Laugh at Cats, find Ram Porn, Post on Farmbook! Comes complete with Webcam for Face to Face Baatime. NB Not weatherproof, needs mains supply, please check with your farmer that its available in your field.

Comfy Cushion - Got a Baad Back? No More! £83.34
Our support pillow is the perfect end of the day comfort your barn has been crying out for. Be the envy of the pigs and cows as you snuggle down into this pillow resting your aching back after chewing the cud for several hours. Lots of fun. NB May smell after a few days, tumble dry for best results. The pillow that is, not you, it may shrink. You that is not the pillow.

Phone orders taken immediately or visit our website at www.sundaysupersheepshopdirect.baa.co.uk

Saturday, January 26, 2013

That's Snowpossimal!

Spurred on by all your wonderful Snowpossimals this week I have been bitten by the Snowimpossimal bug big time, so today when I had seen it had snowed heavily I rushed outside to check the consistency. Yes, I know that's quite sad but really I wanted one last go at something really complex. Fortunately the snow was exactly what is required for snow sculpture, slightly firm and wet, not powdery at all. So out came the trowel, dibber and fingers and away I went.

I piled everything together and packed it all down by hand, then I etched in the outlines of the Impossimals so I could gauge the dimensions, just like painting really.

Once that was in place I started to hack away I to the snow, removing all the bits that didn't look Impossimal using a printout of the piece I was recreating. I had made all this before in plasticine for the painting so I pretty much knew what to expect.

Gradually it came to life, although the chair arm did collapse once but a bit more snow took care of that.

Nearly there, just add the donut, mug and mutt to complete.

Home Comforts, snow style, three foot high and around seven foot long, total time to make, one hour :)

 

Friday, January 25, 2013

Love

An Impossimal love story, All4Love is now widely available in the galleries to view. Over the last week as the pieces have been collected up and down the country I have been doing dedications to go with some of them, many have been heart warmingly romantic to say the least which is exactly what this collection is all about.

From the moment we met I knew it was true, my eyes met yours and I was no longer blue.

As time went by I began to know, I had found finally where my love would grow.

My heart did a flutter just like a dove, this time I knew it must be love.

Through all the tears and all the laughter I fell in love happily ever after.

All4Love, Two People, One Journey, Your Story.

 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

It's An Impostrophy!

Have you ever wondered just who is Aunt Bessie or Uncle Ben? Are they real people or are they impostors? Find out with Impostrophy, the new sleuth column that unearths the secret of household names.

Aunt Bessie - Real or Impostor?

REAL - Aunt Bessie is a grandma and mother of five children and lives in a small flat in Cricklewood on a meagre pension. Every week she pre-bakes 20 million Yorkshire puddings in her small two shelf oven and freezes them overnight before dispatching them to the supermarkets. Recently she has moved into mashed potato to help pay for her heating bills.

Uncle Ben - Real or Impostor?

IMPOSTOR - Uncle Ben is not an uncle and he is not called Ben, he is based upon Quentin Spindlethorpe, a cross dressing champion weight lifter from Ohio who's fame was built on the fact that he ate nothing but rice and marshmallows all his life. Quoted as saying 'I have a dream' this one little line started off the entire Rice movement in America and abolished the segregation of rice and pulses on buses.

Tony The Tiger - Real or Impostor?

REAL - Tony lives in the jungle and learnt how to make Frosted Flakes from the Eskimos that live there with him. It's a closely guarded secret that is only know to a handful of people. In 1976 an employee stole the secret frosting recepie, Tony eventually ate him after a brief argument. The song 'Eye of the Tiger' was written to celebrate Tony's fortieth birthday and went on to become the most annoyingly pointless song ever even though now you have read it you are probably humming it to yourself. Where as the urge to sing 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' is only ever a whim away.

Ronald McDonald - Real or Impostor?

REAL - Ronald McTavish Donaldson started his famous burger chain dressed as a clown selling toilets from a small shop in Glasgow. He got the idea for a burger from a peculiar shaped deposit left in one of his display models after mistakenly asking Sean Connery to sit over there. He created his meat patties by shaping them using a sink plunger and originally called them Plungepatties until it was pointed out to him that it sounded like an illness. The first McTavish restraurant was opened in 1764 and contained burgers that had as much as 29% horse meat, something considered unthinkable in today's strictly regulated burger industry. McTavish later sold the restaurant to a conglomerate that dropped the Tavish but kept the creepy clown.

Blue Dragon - Real or Impostor?

REAL - The Blue Dragon lives by the sea next to his best friend Puff The Magic Dragon, between them they dreamt up their now famous Chinese sauce based business after a heavy night of puffing on Puffs latest shipment of Colombian gold.

Green Giant - Real or Impostor?

FALSE - The jolly green giant is in fact a normal sized person called Cecil Bosenskill, a successful businessman that discovered that if people are told by a twenty six foot green man with a booming voice that they should buy sweet corn in tins they will. In 1982 a rival product of tinned carrots was launched complete with a rival giant, the 'orrible Orange Giant. To decided which product was best a cage match was held between the two giants in 1984 and became one of the biggest TV events in history when the jolly green giant beat 'orrible Orange Giant into submission with a sack of potatoes.

Should you want any name myths busting then let me know at whothehell@isthatoverthere.con and I'll feature them in the next issue!

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Coloured Water & Plastic

I like to think I'm not too bad with technology after all I design and maintain the website, implemented an online store for Jayne's Foreverbunny, run Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest accounts and know my way around CSS, HTML and SQL, but sit me in front of inkjet printers and it doesn't matter what I know it will always frustrate and irritate in equal measures. Inkjet printers you see have spawned from the devils own backside and today was going to be rather annoying.

We bought our printer a few years ago after reading a serious amount of guff about which is the best and which one will change your life by being able to print out photos from your fridge. It seemed ok at first but then we started to get a surplus of yellow cartridges as we found it had a drinking problem, it couldn't get enough of blue, red or black and knocked it back like a lush. All inkjets are prone to this but I think what gets me is the price of genuine replacements which border on stupid, no, let me rephrase that, obscene. £38 for four colours, each containing 8ml is not good value for money no matter how many times we are told of the 'investment' and technology that goes into these products. Prices like this made the ink worth £1.18 per ml, £674 a pint or £1,180 per litre. Compare that to petrol and I think we can safely say the words rip and off together.

That aside our inkjet two days ago started to display signs of irritation again and began to A) Stop printing black randomly, B) Fail to switch to draft mode and remember it and finally C) Pause halfway through a print before deciding to hurl it back out leaving a scrawl that looked a bit like H...e....lp....m...e. My inkjet was not happy shaped and I knew what was coming, printer shopping. This was further confirmed when it decided to rip up the foam pad the print heads rest on and liberally scrape it across the inside in a blatant attempt to disembowel itself whilst printing out important documents needed today.

So, on to today and why my blog entry is being typed at 3:10pm instead of 8am...

After deciding that the printer was beyond repair and after wasting three hours of my life changing cartridges, letting the head cleaning system drain four more cartridges and becoming increasingly frustrated with the chip protection system, you know the one, the printer runs out of CYAN and has a full black cartridge but the stupid chip won't let you print just black so your printer just sits there flashing a red light to amuse itself, we decided to buy a new one.

Jesus, I didn't realise that we needed to set aside a week to go through all the models available, some do this, some do that, none mention that they actually print, they would rather tell you about an integrated screen or automatic connection to Flickr. Surely the clue is in the name, I buy a printer to, and I may be wrong here, to print. So I sat down in front of the computer and started to try and work out a cost to running cost ratio that would give me the best deal, unsurprisingly nothing was a good deal, it all involved either a cheap printer with the option to take a mortgage out for the ink or the printer was expensive and it took moderately expensive cartridges that were slightly larger. The worst I found was a model that cost £39 to buy but the colour cartridge alone cost £54, easier just to buy a printer each time it runs out.

My local supermarket had decided that today, seeing as I was visiting that they would have a massive display of printers but sneakily place cheaper ink cartridges above. The sneaky bit was that the cartridges were not for the printer that was underneath them but they were from the same manufacturer. So I had to play the game and spend an hour checking each item carefully whilst screaming kids were wheeled by in vain attempts to curb their ministrations failed and they tried to confuse me into buying a lemon. Everytime I thought I was on to a winner something would crop up, maybe the black was a lot more expensive as a refil or there was a big giveaway like only one colour being more expensive than the rest and you can bet that its the colour you are always going to need as its the printers favourite tipple.

After three years I managed to make a choice only to find out that they didnt have any in stock, well, what they actually said was 'Ain't got none in mate' but I think that was the gist of it. I couldn't have been more surprised if I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet. Suddenly remembering the catalogue ordering store next door sold them I dismissed the varlet and went to Argos.

Except Argos was having a bad day and decided to add further misery to mine. None of the handy terminals were working, every one had a sign on it saying simply 'Out Of Order'. Checking if items were in stock was now reduced to looking at it in the catalogue, writing the number on a bit of paper and standing in line for a member of staff to say yes or no like a crap raffle. This was to be repeated time and time again until you found what you were looking for. I found what I was looking for straight away, it was called a door and out I went.

Back to the supermarket, 'Look, let's make this easy, tell me what you have and I'll decide from that' I said helpfully.

'Can't do that'

'Why?'

'I need a supervisor.'

'Why are you prone to nicking things?' Was what I wanted to say but my mouth said 'Oh, can you get one?'

'No, I need a supervisor to leave my post'

'Wha! You need a supervisor to be able to find a supervisor?'

'Yes'

'Words fail me'

So back to deciding what to purchase, eventually I decided to dump inkjets all together, I'm tired of paying through the nose for coloured water and plastic so after a bit of deliberation I bought myself a colour laser printer instead. It prints a thousand pages before the toner runs out, it's quiet, it's wireless, works with my phone and its not inkjet, win,win!

Lets just see how much those toner cartridges are now I'm free from the hidden costs.

OMFG!

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Desk Dogs

Detective Sergent Collywobble here and today I want to tell you about some of the improvements to the police force in your area and assure you that government cuts will not effect you in any way.

Your area has received a massive investment in technology after the government allocated £26.56 in old money allowing us to purchase the latest equipment. Pictured above is PC Dumblenerd operating our new Commodore 64 rapid response unit. Be assured all our crime statistics are recorded on cassette tape for later use.

Unfortunately due to the cuts we will now be implementing speed traps for the under tens. This youngster got a £200 fine, six months in the slammer and had to go to a tricycle awareness course after exceeding 2mph on his bike. Here the officer is patiently putting up with his abuse as he issues a ticket before arresting him.

Police dogs will take on even more vital roles in the force other than biting bad men. From today they will also be responsible for all paperwork and occasionally operate our 999 service. Our new Canine Paperwork Division will also attend football events on horseback to offer security for police on the front line.

If I catch any police dogs posting silly pictures on Facebook or Twitter like Andrew above arseing about on a slide they will face disciplinary action. Now that we have moved the dogs to desks we need a new Police Dog unit, something more willing to tackle real villians and with the ability to scare criminals into submission.

So with that in mind we now have Police Rabbits, highly trained bunnies with extraordinary abilities capable of kicking a fleeing suspect to the ground. Here, Oscar tackles a criminal with a crate and a stick by leaping six foot into the air and karate kicking him senseless.

Police Bunnies will become a familiar sight in your locality as they perform routine patrols, please do not distract them from their duties with promises of carrots, interfering with an officer on duty is a criminal offence.

That concludes our neighbourhood update and I hope I have reassured you all that as police we are a force to be reckoned with.

DS Collywobble.