St. Patrick’s Day Toad in the Hole

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The batter was made with Guinness (Irish stout) instead of milk and for my first attempt at ‘Toad in the Hole’ everyone said it was very tasty (although it looks a little pale on the photo).

This is where I got the ‘Toad in the Hole’ recipe.

On the top of Farthing Downs

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Magnolia Firefox bookmarklet fixed

Ma.gnolia have released an updated bookmarklet for Firefox. It now no longer pops behind, but now in front. I have been waiting for this.

Here’s to more bookmarking!

Birthday card

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Happy New Year!

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Feeling bored in the office?

This is old, but still very funny.

Feeling bored in the office? Surely not.
Want to try something new and exciting to do? Why not initiate an office dare system - however to do it properly only you are allowed to know the dare.
Sound confusing? Well read on……….

ONE-POINT OFFICE DARES

1. Run one lap around the office at top speed.
2. Groan out loud in the toilet cubicle (at least one other ‘non-player’ must be in the toilet at the time).
3. Ignore the first five people who say ‘good morning’ to you.
4. Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and say,”Just called to say I can’t talk right now. Bye.”
5. To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your head
6. When someone hands you a piece of paper, finger it, and whisper huskily,”Mmmmmmm, that feels soooooo good!”.
7. Leave your zipper open for one hour. If anyone points it out, say,”Sorry, I really prefer it this way”.
8. Walk sideways to the photocopier.
9. While riding a lift, gasp dramatically every time the doors open

THREE-POINTS DARES

1. Say to your boss, “I like your style” and shoot him with double-barrelled fingers.
2. Babble incoherently at a fellow employee then ask ,”Did you get all that, I don’t want to have to repeat it”.
3. Page yourself over the intercom (do not disguise your voice).
4. Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle (there must be a ‘non-player’ within sight).
5. Shout random numbers while someone is counting.

FIVE POINT DARES

1. At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the national anthem (extra points if you actually launch into it yourself).
2. Walk into a very busy person’s office and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.
3. For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as “Bob”.
4. Announce to everyone in a meeting that you “really have to go do a number two”.
5. After every sentence, say ‘mon’ in a really bad Jamaican accent - Asin “the report’s on your desk, mon”. Keep this up for one hour.
6. While an office mate is out, move their chair into the lift.
7. In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and mutter, “Shut up, damn it, all of you just shut up!”.
8. At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce,”As God is my witness, I’ll never go hungry again.”
9. In a colleague’s diary, write in 10am: “See how I look in tights”.
10. Carry your keyboard over to your colleague and ask “You wanna trade?”.
11. Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person:
    “Do you hear that?” “What?” “Never mind, it’s gone now”.
12. Come to work in army fatigues and when asked why,say, “I can’t talk about it”.
13. Posing as a maitre d’, call a colleague and tell him he’s won a lunch for four at a local restaurant. Let him go.
14. Speak with an accent (French, German, Porky Pig,etc) during a very important conference call.
15. Find the vacuum and start vacuuming around your desk.
16. Hang a two-foot long piece of toilet roll from the back of your pants and act genuinely surprised when someone points it out.
17. Present meeting attendees with a cup of coffee and biscuit, smash each biscuit with your fist.
18. During the course of a meeting, slowly edge your chair towards the door.
19. Arrange toy figures on the table to represent each meeting attendee, move them according to the movements of their real-life counterparts.

The Kooks

At the moment in the car I am listening to the ‘Inside In, Inside Out’, by ‘The Kooks’ . It is a really fantastic piece of work and Samuel, Angel & I all agree it is worth listening to.

We particulary like Matchbox and Naïve. If you have not listened to it you should do.

Spooks Series 5

Spooks series 5 began last night. We have been looking forward to this, although do not expect it to be as good as previous series as they seem to have run out of plot ideas. Still, very well made though and plenty of humour.

I particularly like the way it perpetuates the idea that behind the scenes of governmental power is an ‘old boy’s club’ of Oxford graduates who are corrupt. Must be true!

Cisswood house

Here is a photo of Cisswood House, taken when I went on a tax update course

Cisswood House
Lower Beeding
Horsham
Sussex
RH13 6NF

Cisswood House

And England won again

After ending their drought, England managed to level the one day series with Pakistan 2-2. Surprising really, considering how badly they played against Sri Lanka and at the start of this series.