Richard Branson and Bader's legs

So apparently Branson's family were friends of popular sweary amputee Biggles-figure Douglas Bader. Mr Branson told the BBC that as a "nasty little boy" he would run off with Sir Douglas's legs, requiring the airman to come "on his hands, screaming after me". This is one of those small historical connections that are just, well, weird. .

Writer's Block: Under the Same Sign

... - fabulously talented England footballer 1975: Tara Reid - American actress, who is seemingly the only "famous" person who shares exactly the same birthdate as me. :S 1966: Gordon f**king Ramsey - Sweary chef 1956: Richard Curtis - He wrote Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill, Love Actually and is an all round top bloke. 1952: Alfre Woodard - I admit I only included her on the list ...

Pass me the chamagne!

... tantrum and throwing shoes can upset me today...  get home... open front door... uh oh...funny smell... familiar and unpleasant smell... Oh My God... the dog has shit all over the rug AGAIN!  *many expletives and sweary words* Try (and fail) not to throw up... phone he who must be obeyed and shout him a lot for taking the bike to work today so the dog couldn't go and therefore she's been shut in...

...someone)? Obviously what I did was get my girlfriend - who is friends with her - to send her a nice, polite message asking her how she knew me, because my message would've probably been a sweary accusation that she's a mentalist stalker. Anyway, last three days of work after a Bank Holiday marred by spending an awful lot of money to go and watch Arsenal be appalling against Fulham. Arsene Wenger'...

Random bits and pieces

...bowler . I LIKE TOFU. So LJ's got this whole "adult content" filter thing we can apply now, yes? Does that apply to sweary words, I wonder? Because I loves me some sweary words, and I'm not gonna stop using them to protect the special snowflakes' virgin ears. Or eyes, as it were. You know what I ...

A recommendation

Here's a wonderfully funny fic in the hp_funnyfest  - Cracking the Whip by blpaintchart   Described by the author as 'sweary, slashy, sexy, silly' it is also sharp, satirical, side-splitting and strangely satisfying. I really liked this one - and it contains the world's most terrifying shortbread.