Archive | November, 2008

18 November 2008 ~ 6 Comments

Beating the Credit Crunch – Part 2 – The List (10 -> 2)

Dude, where’s my dvd?

So to recap: We won some money on a Lottery scratchcard, and set off in search of the 10 greatest bargains to beat the Credit Crunch…but each had to be under £1. Here’s the list…from Number 10 to Number 2! Number 10 – Mini TV remote I know…you can’t believe we’re starting off with such [...]

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17 November 2008 ~ 12 Comments

Beating the Credit Crunch – Part 1 – The Spree

monkeymoney

It was a grey, cold, autumn day in North-West London. A cold wind blew tirelessly down the gloomy, empty streets of Kilburn. Evidence of the global recession was etched into the faces of the downtrodden inhabitants of this depressed and depraved area…but as soon as we saw the words: …we knew it was destined to [...]

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16 November 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Sainsbury’s loses at time

No. That’s not how time works.

NO! THAT’S NOT HOW TIME WORKS!

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15 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Why Burger King is absolutely screwed.

Disaster!

Is it the £5 burgers? The fact you can’t pay by card? The inferiority of their chips vs. those of McDonald’s? Not even. I’ll have it my way please – with a roof. Final customer escape hatch… I’m not cleaning it up. There is a frigging huge hole in the roof, dripping water and dirt [...]

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13 November 2008 ~ 7 Comments

Hi! Are you a doctor? Please help. Thx!

What have eye done?

Yesterday my eye was a little bit itchy (not bitchy), right in the corner. I tried not to rub it (thanks for the advice 20 years ago Mum!) but it gradually seemed to get worse during the day. By evening it was quite painful. It ached a lot, especially if I happened to lean over [...]

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12 November 2008 ~ 9 Comments

How to order KFC delivery in Shanghai (如果在上海叫肯德基外卖)

Ordering KFC delivery Shanghai

After the runaway success of my previous masterpiece, How to order Mcdonald’s delivery in Shanghai, I decided to try to answer another question – just how do you order KFC delivery in Shanghai? 在我之前的杰作‘如果在上海叫麦当劳外卖’无法控制的成功了以后,我决定回答另外一个问题-那就是如果在上海叫肯德基外卖? The results are staggeringly easy: 结果很简单 Step 1 Call 4008-823-823 from your mobile or home phone. 步骤1 用你的手机或者固定电话拨打4008-823-823 Step 2 It [...]

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10 November 2008 ~ 4 Comments

The best gift you’ll never get

Green flame!

Every time I fly, I wear a suit. I say ‘a suit’, I mean ‘my suit’. I only have one. When I wear this suit I feel like a ‘pwoper businessman’, and I think the feeling of professionalism which I have in my gut is broadcasted on my subconcious radio station and interpreted by the [...]

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