Category Archives: Just for laughs

Old MacDonald’s climate change

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Dr Bob Rich

Old MacDonald had a farmEe i ee i oAnd on his farm he had a floodEe i ee i oWith some drowned cows hereAnd some drowned cows there.Here a bull, there a calf,Everywhere an oh no.Old MacDonald had a farmEe … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Dance

Posted on January 31, 2023 by peNdantry

I have no post prepared for this week (too much to do, too little time). Esme posted this gem a short while ago; I’d noted it for a ‘reblog’ for an occasion such as this, but her post doesn’t have … Continue reading →

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The day I broke the machine

Posted on January 3, 2023 by peNdantry

I read an article on The Conversation the other day about a new prototype chatbot called ‘ChatGPT‘, and decided to shoot the breeze with it. It didn’t go well…. Are you alive? No, I am a computer program designed to … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play: Spot the Poop, Again

Posted on October 25, 2022 by peNdantry

One more fine mess of dog poo pics for your distraction here presented; discards by inconsiderate dicks their actions doubtless unrepented. Why can’t they bin their pets’ wrapped crap? It’s not like such motion’s costly. ‘Twould foster friendship ‘cross the … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 6, 2022 by peNdantry

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Protected: Towel Day 2022 Quiz Answers (see clues in the 2020 quiz for the password)

Posted on May 25, 2022 by peNdantry

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Happy Towel Day 2022!

Posted on May 25, 2022 by peNdantry

Following on from the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trivia Quizzes I did for Towel Day 2020 and 2021, here’s another to celebrate Towel Day, 25May2022! The answers will be published later on today (at 22:10:10 UTC) in a password-protected post (here). You … Continue reading →

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The writings of Chat Qu’éspire

Posted on May 3, 2022 by peNdantry

About four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare was born and died in the Aprils of two successive centuries. As I sit here putting the final touches to this post, it’s the last day of this year’s April; the first day … Continue reading →

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Towel Day 2022 kicks off in 101010* days

Posted on April 13, 2022 by peNdantry

* There are 10 kinds of people: those who grok binary, and those who don’t.‡ As at the date of publication of this post, the number of days remaining until Towel Day 2022 is, coincidentally, also The Answer to The … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play: Spot the Poop

Posted on March 15, 2022 by peNdantry

I clearly need to up my gameMy rant has not got through.My walks of late have been the same:Strewn with dogshit poo. What is it with these low-life shits?They care not for their home.I’d like to rend them into bitsThen … Continue reading →

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