Sunday, 6 April 2014

Number Two Hundred and One: Curved Chair


Some cafes intentionally install chairs with concave backs so that your coat falls off.

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Number Two Hundred: Carrier Pigeon


For many centuries pigeons have been used to carry messages.

Number One Hundred and Ninety Nine: Training Sharks


Sharks can be trained in a similar way to dolphins or dogs.

Number One Hundred and Ninety Eight: Fungal Interlude FI006

Hydnellum peckii

Number One Hundred and Ninety Seven: Laughing Animals


Many kinds of animal appear to laugh and can be tickled including primates, dogs and rats.

Number One Hundred and Ninety Six: What Television Fears


Television is afraid you might lose interest.

Number One Hundred and Ninety Five: Hats


There are many kinds of hat.

Number One Hundred and Ninety Four: Going Commando


'Going Commando' for some unknown reason refers to the state of not wearing underwear.

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Number One Hundred and Ninety Three: Pink and Blue


Pink and blue were not gender specific until well into the twentieth century and even then not in all parts of the world. Pink, being mostly red, is sometimes seen as a masculine colour.

Number One Hundred and Ninety Two: Fractal F1009


Number One Hundred and Ninety One: Fractal F1008


Sunday, 16 March 2014

Number One Hundred and Ninety: Fame


Due to a worldwide shortage of fame there is a surfeit of self-promotion.

Number One Hundred and Eighty Nine: Plot


When the plot and script weaken characters tend to run around a lot.

Number One Hundred and Eighty Eight: Buy More


When I buy something they want to sell me additional items and ask for my address.

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Number One Hundred and Eighty Seven: Fractal F1007


Number One Hundred and Eighty Six: Coffee Table


Often in crime dramas victims accidentally hit their head on a coffee table.

Number One Hundred and Eighty Five: Fungal Interlude FI005

Schizophyllum commune

Number One Hundred and Eighty Four: Available Money


People in powerful positions have become very adept at sucking up most of the available money.

Number One Hundred and Eighty Three: Cup and Saucer


The Mug has supplanted the cup and saucer in many situations.

Friday, 21 February 2014

Number One Hundred and Eighty Two: Queue


British people are well known for their ability to form an orderly queue but many visitors do not realise that this is not permitted in pubs.

Number One Hundred and Eighty One: Pop Musicians


Although visual artists and classical musicians gain prestige according to the university course they attended, this is rarely the case for pop musicians who are preferably self-taught.

Number One Hundred and Eighty: Box Jellyfish


Some species of Box Jellyfish have extremely potent venom.

Number One Hundred and Seventy Nine: Politics and Business


Politics and Business are two occupations where, for many reasons, truth is not permitted.

Number One Hundred and Seventy Eight: Grazing


Do grazing animals ever experience a satisfying meal?

Number One Hundred and Seventy Seven: Spin


Sunday, 9 February 2014

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Number One Hundred and Seventy Four: Dance Epidemic

In 1518 a spontaneous dance epidemic broke out in Strasbourg and lasted for weeks. Some of the people died of exhaustion.

Number One Hundred and Seventy Three: Admin

Employees are drowning in Admin

Number One Hundred and Seventy Two: Competitive Sharing