Monthly Archives: May 2007

The Odd Spot #45: Hospital Bloopers 0

From http://www.tummyfluff.co.uk/fun/humour/hospital.htm Hospital Chart Bloopers Actual writings on hospital charts: She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. On the second day the knee was better, and on the [...]

The Odd Spot #44: Google Game 0

Rules: Google Game: Go to Google and type in quotation marks your name and then "likes to" (eg. "Jez likes to"). Type in the first ten things that come up and repost in your own note. Lester likes to: joke say, "I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing near you!" sing in a very loud [...]

Muscles you never knew you had 0

You know when you play a sport you hadn’t for a while, and having not warmed up or warmed down properly as your PE teacher told you to years ago, the next day certain of your muscles feel stiff and full of lactic acid? Well, yesterday I played badminton and as per usual, there is [...]

Review: Curse of the Golden Flower 0

It’s been coming. After three lost attempts in writing this, I suspect my reviews have been cursed. It may also have been dubbed as "Curse of the Golden Corset" in China, but is it any good? Curse of the Golden Flower (滿城盡帶黃金甲, MÇŽnchéng Jìndài HuángjÄ«njiÇŽ) Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li, Liu Ye, Jay Chou Dir: [...]

The Odd Spot #43: Japanorama 2

I’ve enjoyed watching Jonathan Ross’s Japanorama on BBC Three over the last few series, and for those who don’t know, it explores the quirky characteristics of the Japanese, sometimes, one might say, too much. But it seems from my flatmate, Kevin’s time in Japan, that this showcase isn’t far off the truth. But whatever the [...]