He said what?

This:

Not convinced that is fighting talk? Try rolling it around in your mouth for a bit, and then spit it out at - depending on where you sit in the food chain - an underling or a superior.  Or for that greater frisson of danger, a passing Millwall fan.
 
And if that was not bad enough, a bottle of  cava with a bit of an attitude problem:

Something to entertain pretty well everybody.

Still busy with things, so not much time for blogging, but this merits a mini-post.

A clearly splendid American chap by the name of Stephen Von Worley has created an application which pinpoints places named for first names (and not just the common ones) on google earth / maps.  There are William thises and thats aplenty, although none within easy walking distance, alas.  Fort William, Calcutta is now on my must see list.

More here, plus the all important link    

All the way from Helsinki, the '"reincarnation location generator".

Yes, really.


"You can find out where you might come back in a second go-around on the planet by going to the online site of Helsingin Sanomat's monthly supplement Kuukausiliite, which has built itself a "reincarnation location generator" based loosely on the actions of a one-armed bandit".

Click here to try it out. It is in Finnish, unsurprisingly, but all one has to do is click on the fruit machine picture and then on the bandit's arm three times - once for continent, then country and finally city / region.  Exciting, eh?  In three attempts I have had China twice and India once.  Probability being what it is, that is not hugely surprising.   Doubtless the creators intend the users to feel horribly privileged for being Finns.

Great graphic design disasters of our time

This minicab firm calling card, number etc removed to protect the guilty:

 Erm.....