Neil Hopcroft

My search for “Redditch roundabout of the month” earlier turned up the fabulous Dull Mens Club, where you can find, among recent updates: “Four more airports reporting in . . . the total number of airports covered in our worldwide report on airport luggage carousels increases to 366 . . . carousels rotating counterclockwise remains […]

“Construction of the tank had been overseen, or more accurately gazed stupidly at, by Arthur Jell, a bean counter with no technical background who was unable even to read blueprints. Anxious to complete the tank in time for the arrival of the first molasses shipment, Jell forwent the elementary precaution of filling it first with […]

(I can’t work out another “count the rings and scars” pun so you’ll have to make do with…) This isn’t the most efficient way to visualise share price movements. …indeed theres a bunch of nice projects going on in the swamp…

East-17 singer punctures lung in freak potato accident

A few weeks back I was worrying that there might be some kinds of actions to prevent people taking photographs in public places. Of course, I shouldn’t’ve worried …that could never happen here. Could it?

This article makes me feel quite righteous about getting a fairly steady 35mpg out of my gas guzzler, now admittedly I tend to do longer, out-of-town journeys which pushes that up a bit but still I have to try real hard to get down to 21mpg.

Any Cambridge-ish people up for visiting the sea-side tomorrow?

Crash bonsai Air toons Picking up girls made easy (c)1975

I hadn’t realised that Burnout was based on a real film.

“Canadian salvage divers are searching for…a vast hunk of sunken cheddar cheese“