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Comment on PRE-ORDER AUTOBIOGRAPHY NOW… by admin

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:58:38 +0000

I’ve not read my brother’s book, so I wouldn’t know. It’s all explained in my book, very good value.

Comment on PRE-ORDER AUTOBIOGRAPHY NOW… by foz

foz — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:48:06 +0000

Is it as good as your brother’s book? Fuck it, I’ll probably buy it anyway.

Comment on FOR FOX SAKE… by admin

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:09:53 +0000

Yes Dave, as I said, he reins himself in on the idea, leaving the question what’s a serious news broadcaster doing publishing his comment.

Comment on FOR FOX SAKE… by Dave

Dave — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:07:03 +0000

I don’t think the comment from the bloke in Ilford was seriously suggesting we use wolves:

“Wolves might get rid of them, but they may be a step too far. ”

Doesn’t sound like a serious suggestion to me.

Comment on FOR FOX SAKE… by R Hazlehurst

R Hazlehurst — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:22:35 +0000

Quite a good, balanced thing about foxes in the Grauniad today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/invasion-urban-foxes

Comment on FOR FOX SAKE… by nutts

nutts — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:55:22 +0000

Excellent piece of misguided anthropomorphism in the comments too – ‘foxes kill out of spite’ – yeah – bloody spiteful foxes. I hear they’re really bitchy as well. And racist.

Comment on PRE-ORDER AUTOBIOGRAPHY NOW… by faceless

faceless — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:01:46 +0000

I didn’t know this was available, nice one. It’ll fit nicely in my pile of Viz tat that’s gradually absorbing warm air and shite particles in my bog.

Comment on Get your (Camden) Head round this… by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15:23 +0000

Oh, and Sunderland’s not been in County Durham since 1974.

Comment on Get your (Camden) Head round this… by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:58 +0000

Pedants’ Corner:
The lamp is called the Davy, not Davey, and was first tested at Hebburn. Credit where credit’s due, it was used a year before Stephenson’s lamp.
On the lightbulb:
Joseph Swan, a British inventor, obtained the first patent for the same light bulb in Britain one year prior to Edison’s patent date. Swan even publicly unveiled his carbon filament light bulb in Newcastle, England a minimum of 10 years before Edison shocked the world with the announcement that he invented the first light bulb. Edison’s light bulb, in fact, was a carbon copy of Swan’s light bulb.

Comment on Get your (Camden) Head round this… by Roughy

Roughy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:32 +0000

Simon, as you know the Sunderland Stadium of Lightcwas a brand new building when it was named thus, it being one of the top stadiums in the country totally dominating St. Hotch Potch Park ( or should thst be Fat Ashley’s chav emporium@St. Hotch Potch Park) The reason given for naming it the Sunderland Staduim of Light was that the town was the place where the lightbulb and Davey Lamp were invented and that the entrance to the ground was were the miners at Wearmouth Colliery would cone in to the light after a hard shift underground. I think it reflects our city and the pride that we have in being County Durham’s biggest football team ( and at present also the north east’s). Anyway fuck off and do some more surveys. I’m loving your work Simon, good luck with it, see you soon I hope
Mark