Thursday, 31 March 2011

My dad emailed this to me...


THREE QUESTIONS:




  1. What was he looking up to find this?


  2. Why was he?


  3. And why did he think I would want it?

Monday, 7 March 2011

Just got this response fom the BBC

"Dear Audience MemberReference CAS-609612Thanks for contacting us regarding 'Lark Rise to Candleford' broadcast on BBC One.I understand that you were unhappy with one of the recent storylines in the programme.I am sorry you were disappointed with this. As a publicly-funded broadcaster we serve the whole of the United Kingdom providing programming to a hugely diverse audience with differing tastes and preferences. There will always be some programmes, or aspects of a single programme or storyline, that do not appeal to some people and this is the nature of broadcasting whereby we are serving many different people with many different expectations.We’re guided by the feedback that we receive and to that end I'd like to assure you that I've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is a daily report of audience feedback that's circulated to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Executive Board, programme makers, channel controllers and other senior managers.The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.Thanks for taking the time to contact us.Finally, I have attached an invitation from BBC Audience Services' Head of Communications & Complaints, asking you to participate in our customer survey. We would welcome your views on our service.Kind RegardsMark RobertsBBC Complaintswww.bbc.co.uk/complaintsNB This is sent from an outgoing account only which is not monitored. You cannot reply to this email address but if necessary please contact us via our webform quoting any case number we provided.__________________________________________Dear Audience MemberThank you for your recent email to the BBC. It is our aim to provide the highest standard of responses to emails we receive. To help us do this, I am writing to ask you to complete a customer satisfaction survey which is being conducted by the research company Ipsos MORI.Your response will help us to judge how your most recent email was handled, so we'd be grateful if you could rate the service you received and the quality of our response. We aren't expecting you to rate the BBC, its output, or any previous contacts you may have had with us. The purpose of this survey is to help us understand the level of service we currently provide when responding to emails and to ensure we achieve the highest possible standards. We may use your individual responses to help in our staff training and performance management.The questionnaire is very straightforward to complete and should take no longer than 5-10 minutes. You can log onto it in two ways, depending upon the email system you are using. You can either click onto the following website address, or paste it into your address bar (where you normally type in a website address). You will be guided through the questionnaire automatically once you have logged into it.Website Address: http://survey2.infocorp.co.uk/webprod/resources/bbcinfo/start.asp?st=5&pass=CAS-609612-2YN6J1Thank you very much for taking the time to assist us.Keith JonesHead of Communications & Complaints, BBC Audience Services______________________________________________________________________This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________"


so, basically-- they're doing nothing!

Thursday, 17 February 2011

from aforementioned booshwiki

"In Nanageddon he [Tony Harrison]is knocked off a flying carpet by Saboo and spends the rest of the episode falling to Earth. It is unknown whether he survived. He hates Saboo he is a 'SLAAAAAAAGGGG' "

this is fun...

The Mighty Boosh Wiki

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Monday, 14 February 2011

a picture or two or more, er.. some pictures




























oh dear
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oh dear, oh dear
(not only do you get music you get syphilis!)
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charity shops- always at the height of fashion (...*ahem!*)
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Thursday, 10 February 2011

Oh hurrah...

...for the pisstaking opportunity that is Simple English Wikipedia
  • pie: "A pie is a type of food. Pies are usually baked, and often made in the shape of a circle or an oval. On the outside of a pie there is a sweet or savory crust, and on the inside there is a filling. Pies can be filled with sweet fruit filling, meat, or vegetables. Pie is great for desserts because of its delicious sweetness. Pie is also very delicious with its wide variety of available fillings." http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie
  • oval (entire article!) "An oval is a shape. An oval is a figure that looks like an egg.
    An oval can look like an egg or an ellipse. It is not well defined and can describe many different shapes." http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval
  • yoghurt "Yoghurt has a lot of protein, calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 in it. It is better for you than milk is." http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoghurt
  • owls "Owls are good at looking at things far from its eyes, but it cannot see anything clearly within a few centimeters of their eyes. Owls use small feathers on the beak and the feet that help it feel the prey it catches." http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl