28 February 2007
By Rachel
In People & Places
This week I have been thinking about nicknames, at university I knew people from Stephenson hall (awful place in Sheffield, for wanna-be-at-a-redbrick people, football, lager, shouting - sorry people who this applies to):
Pies (eats lots of)
Big Tom
Little Tom (self explanatory)
Stove (because he stole one on the first night)
Chewy (from Chu bacca)
Mumra (thunder cats duvet cover)
Camp [...]
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23 February 2007
By Harriet
In Arts & entertainment, People & Places, Sports & leisure, Wild card
This week we have mostly been thinking about school trips, having had a team building trip to The Sticks (that place just past the leafy, outer London suburbs) with our parent charity BioRegional. Among other things we faced fears of heights with a spot of abseiling, got lost in the woods [...]
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22 February 2007
By Rachel
In Arts & entertainment, Wild card
This week I have been reminded of a story my friend told me about a friend of hers who went into an audition and misread the script and said:
“I’m gonna be big, I’m gonna be the best, I’m gonna be A-One Pasino”,
NEXT,
It should have been, Al Paccino.
Comedy mishearings are the best.
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15 February 2007
By Rachel
In Wild card
For your delectation we have compiled with these inspired by Jess’s:
An embarrassment of Mayors
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09 February 2007
By Helen
In Arts & entertainment, People & Places, Wild card
The hot topic of conversation this week at Laundry HQ has been celebrity spotting, after I had an exciting brush with celebrity when I was in A&E on Monday night (don’t worry I’m fine, I was accompanying a friend after a not-very-nice affair, but he’s doing better now). Hmmm I thought that man looks [...]
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08 February 2007
By Rachel
In Arts & entertainment, History, Science & nature, Sports & leisure
It’s snowing - hooray - well I hope it is as I am writing this from sunny (but cold) Wednesday. (update: hurrah it is snowing. Well hurrah because it looks pretty, boo because it means we all spent far too long getting to work today and The Laundry vans are battling the elements [...]
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06 February 2007
By Helen
In Wild card
Well no, not really. But we would really really like one of these:
(full story and picture can be found here)
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