What Helpful Banking Really Means

Everyone keeps on talking about 'helpful banking'. What this means in the increasingly modern world of today can be confusing for ordinary folk like me.. that's why I loved this video and just had to share it:



Really love how the video talks about having humans in branches. This is what all banks should be doing. This helpful banking thing really makes sense in the current climate.

One Lady Owner?

Haha not what you expect when you go to buy a used Volkswagen from an old lady! Funny funny advert, but it makes a good point (other the Golf's being a genuine teutonic tonne of fun). You buy a car off the vehicle off the street and you really have no clue as to what it has gone through before you get it. Maybe it is better to buy used vehicles through manufacturer approved dealerships like VW's used vans program, as these must be tested and approved before sale.

Back once again

Well,its been a long time since I posted anything on here. Injunctions unfortunately prevent me from talking about what has been happening - suffice to say I'm just glad its all over and I can get on with my life - and this is where I fully plan to be living as much of it as possible:



Leather sofas, the ashes, doesn't get much better than that!

For The Guys

Make your van more 'A-Team'! Next... learn to save lives:

I Don't Get It

What is happening with the world at the moment? Seems like it is getting harder and harder to find people who don't dress like freak. Take a look at this example:



What is wrong with regular dresses?

A funny music video

No Sheep 'til Buxton by the Macc Lads

Sheep shaggers....

Went up in the hills,
We was on a binge,
Look for some pubs and up some minge.
Couldn't find us no beer,
We just found sheep,
So fuckin' many put the Peter to sleep.

There were sheep in the fields
And under the trees,
Sheep in the houses
And under your feet.
Sheep on the pavement
Sheep in the car
Sheep in the pubs and we all got barred.

Sheep, sheep everywhere,
The little woolly fuckers are all over the place,
Sheep, sheep everywhere,
We're fighting for the one with the prettiest face.
Go.

So this is what locals get up to at night.
Trying to get anthrax,
And make sure they use trite.
Sunk to their nuts whilst their rodding a ram,
And they're just as well hung for a sheep as a lamb.
Sheep shit on their foreskin and all over their suits,
Little black berries in their wellington boots,
Sheep shit on their trousers and all over their flies,
Don't let the farmer pull the wool over your knob.

Sheep, sheep everywhere.
Mutton daggers at the ready and they're full of mint sauce.
Sheep, sheep everywhere,
We're gonna get a bleating from the mother in law...
Ooowow!

Sheep, sheep everywhere,
All the farmers daughters' got a sheepskin coat.
Sheep, sheep everywhere,
They've got to wear a woolly if they want to pull a bloke.
Sheep, sheep everywhere,
Sheep, sheep everywhere

Shirts

Did you know you can get shirts like this?



Outstanding.

Animation about climate change

Here is a really cool animation that riffs on the theme of global climate change:

Great Sag Aloo Recipe

Sag Aloo potatoes have always been one of my favourite things to order at Indian restaurants. I wanted to find out how to cook sag aloo because I washaving some people over, so I went about finding a recipe. I found this one, followed the instructions, and guess what? The result was delicious! Here is the video that helped me out so much:

Sexist advert

This is a somewhat sexist advert from the past. It is for the Mini with the automatic transmission. I actually had one of those, it was my first car. I managed to crash it, a week after passing my test, so the advert is not even accurate...



I should look at this picture before I go to car hire places to remind me to take more care!

Two headed snake

This is a picture of a two headed snake. I have been assured that this photo is real and has not been modified in any way. Can it be though?

Ways to get to the UK

What is a better choice for flights to the UK? Is it flights to London or flights to Manchester? Maybe this is just one of those things that mankind will never truly know the answer to.

goat music

Check it out, here is a video of a dude playing a musical instrument made from a goat:



The 'goat bagpipe' is actually a Gaida from Macedonia. Pretty cool. I saw this and I kind of wanted some, even if they are a little weird.I actually feel a little sorry for the poor goat though.I think instead of spending money on *another* musical instrument I can't play maybe I should send some goats to Africa or something.

Look at the pretty colours

Wow.Look at this flower. Is it real,is it fake? First things first, this is not any kind of photo manipulation. What you see in that picture is an accurate representation of something that exists in the world.

Next is it a fake flower. People have been making flowers out of paper and cloth and plastic, and all kinds of things for years. In fact I once had a temporary job when I was a teenager working in a factory that took boxes full of plastic flowers made in China and then put them into frames and made them into nasty little arrangements. Anyway no it is not that.

It is a real, honest, grown flower.Although not the result of genetic mutation or engineering to be fair. In fact it is a normal cream coloured rose of the type that you could get anywhere that you would normally buy flowers. Basically its made with de in the water. Try it out - you wioll have some fun and mess with some roses.

Some things are pretty cool. Like this for instance:


I am really looking forward to watching that show and seeing what they do to transform boring used cars into, well, quite possibly art. Now if only could get some car hire that took that kind of approach my life would be complete.

Another bra and pants video

I remember when you would need to take a flight to Paris to get decent lingerie. Especially in the smaller towns getting anything more than the most basic (and often pretty ill fitting and uncomfortable) underwear was next to impossible. Finding something stylish was very hard. Things have changed a lot over the years. Take a look at this promo video that Marks and Spencer have put out with Natalie Suliman in, who I adore:



Wow! Doesn't she look stunning! the bras that she is modelling really look like good examples of the new style. Call it underwear 2.0 - definitely no need for the flight to France now!

Is sexy CPR sexist?

There is a video doing the rounds at the moment showing CPR procedures being performed by barely clad models.Is this acceptable or is it crude exploitation from the manocentric maleocracy? Decide for yourselves:

this is quite good

Put your vans in the air like you just don't care

Vans, you think they are boring right? You think that the are just big, heavy, un-manoeuvrable commercial vehicles. While I'm sure that you would fully acknowledge their capacity for cargo you probably underestimate their capacity for fun.

Whenever I get van hire, I make sure that I get my moneys worth. What I do is I take the borrowed vehicle some a bit quite and have some fun. An empty van can really shift. I have never done anything quite as awesome as this though:



You can't see that and not smile. It is pure undiluted joy. Admit it, even if you are tutting and disapproving, part of you is already wondering about vans for sale.

Fashion update

Summer is here, and it is time to get kitted out with the latest summer dresses. I can't get enough of them. Between the months of May and September you will never see me out wearing anything else.

The only problem I have ever found with wearing lightweight summer dresses is that sometime they can show more of my underwear than I would like. Don't get me wrong there is some fantastic lingerie available to go with dresses. Recently though I was very excited to learn of a new idea on this front.

The 'c-string' is sort of a strapless thong. How can this possibly work you ask, here is a short video I found which explains the ins and outs of them, so to speak: