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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Cat pictures (geez I’m a soft touch)
The five second rule is true!
Scientists from the Clemson University in the US have gone some way to prove the validity of the five second rule (the rule whereby, if you drop some food, you have five seconds to pick it up before it’s considered too contaminated to eat).
Slices of bologna and bread left for five seconds took up between 150 to 8,000 bacteria from surfaces that had been contaminated eight hours earlier. However, left for a full minute, the food slices collected about 10 times more bacteria from the tile and carpet, and a lower number from the wood surface.
Granted, dropping your food in salmonella is generally speaking a pretty dumb thing to do, but dropping food onto a relatively clean surface and picking it up quickly is far better than leaving it for a while.
Two Movies I’ll Definitely Be Seeing
Ahhh…..Arrested Development. Probably the best comedy I’ve ever seen that was actually made while I was alive (which of course excludes such gems as Fawlty Towers, et al). Apart from seeing David Cross on the Daily Show from time to time, I haven’t really seen what the main cast have been doing since.
Two new movies are coming out with the intention of proving the whet the appetite of people suffering post-AD withdrawals. The first, The Ex (trailer here) is ‘silly’ comedy starring Zack Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, The Last Kiss, etc.), Amanda Peet (Studio 60, which is one of my favourite shows on at the moment) and of course, the hero from AD, Jason Bateman. I’ll be the first to admit that the humour does look very slapstick but there’s so many movies taking themselves so damn seriously I just don’t care. The Ex is already out in the US and the reviews do look a little sad. Hopefully if I keep my expectations low I’ll come out of it with a chuckle or two.
One of the great characters in AD was George Michael, played by Michael Cera. Cera too has a movie coming out, Superbad (trailer here). When I first saw the trailer I thought ‘gee what a try-hard title’ but the movie actually looks pretty good. Another one for my list.
Harry Potter == Star Wars (?)
FetchBook – The ultimate book price comparison website
FetchBook allows you to search 126 different online book stores for whatever book you desire. Ok well that’s fine by itself but here’s where it gets better. You can put in the country you want it delivered to and your local currency and it will show the -total price- you’re going to be paying. Most of the discounts I’ve seen are 25-50% on new books. Quite amazing and highly recommended.
Celebrity Units of Measurement (the Durie and the Crowe)
This has been a running joke of mine for a while but I thought I should formalise it now.
The Durie is a celebrity unit of measurement. It takes its name from the celebrity gardening host and ex-stripper Jamie Durie who always manages to have his second or third buttons undone when wearing a buttoned up shirt (and no, I’m not gay – I just noticed it one day so quit with the singgering already).
Here is the master doing it as only he can do best.
Generally speaking, one more button undone than you really should equates to one durie.
Durie himself is not the only proponent of the durie. Peter Andre is another serial offender, as shown here (the fact that Jordan is in the picture is an added bonus).
I considered rating the last picture at 2 duries but you have to consider the distance between buttons on each shirt.
Example usage:
Person 1: Wow – check out that guy, he’s running a full durie there
Person 2: Yeah….idiot
Our next celebrity unit comes courtesy of singer Sheryl Crowe (on a platter, may I ad – practically no imagination on my part, here).
In a post on her website, Crowe made this statement
One of my favorites is in the area of conserving trees which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many sqares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don’t want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.
So, there you have it. You only need one square! I think we can come to the obvious conclusion that:
Example usage:
Person 1: Gee that was a quick bathroom visit
Person 2: Yeah, only a 2 crowe job
Spread the word…