Farty's Fortunes

Monday, 10 March 2008

Naughty Kitteh

Inspired by an actual letter email sent to a blogger who wishes to remain anonymous, see here.

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Blog Whore

I am such a sucker for memes and tags and that. Or lazy. Whatever. I liked this one from Marie.

  1. Pick 10 of your favourite films.

  2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each film.

  3. Post them here for everyone to guess.

  4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the film.

  5. GUESSERS: NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions. I mean, you can cheat if you want, but is it really that important?

  6. One film guess per commenter.


So here are my film quotes. If you guess one right and I mark it thusly, feel free to guess on another one.


  1. It could be worse - it could be raining. Laurie, Young Frankenstein

  2. No parent should have to bury their child. The Immoral Matriarch, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  3. I have got to get me one of these! Marie, Independence Day

  4. Well, she turned me into a newt! ... I got better. #Debi, Monty Python and The Holy Grail

  5. Who died and made you fucking king of the zombies? #Debi, Shaun of the Dead

  6. Ok. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue. Sewmouse, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  7. Negative. There are no restraining harnesses in the cargo area, we'll be much safer in the cockpit. The Freelance Guru, Toy Story

  8. No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space. Laurie, Star Trek Ivy, The Voyage Home

  9. Jesus. Bob, what button did you push? Mr H, Speed

  10. I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way. #Debi, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


And no clicking on my profile!

More clues in the comments. But hurry, there's only one left!

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

LOLWHALE

funny pictures
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Geeky

Thanks to Jacki's story What Is A Geek? for reminding me about this.

A couple of years ago I read this article in Naked Blog which mentioned the magic address, er, 192.168.100.1. Not having my own PC at the time, I couldn't reference this address directly, but I could google it.

And this is what I found. I was absolutely fascinated. Hooked. Until the story abruptly stopped.

Then I forgot about it for two years.

Looks like I've got some catching up to do.

Update: Speaking of geeky, I hear Gary Gygax has died. Small tribute here.

Monday, 3 March 2008

I Love Whales...

Southern Right Whale

Flying Whale

Another Whale. Probly

...but I couldn't eat a whole one.

A Norwegian pro-whaling group, the High North Alliance, have conducted a scientific study proving that in terms of CO2 emissions, the "best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat."

Apparently the carbon footprint per kilo of whalemeat is only 1.9 kilo of greenhouse gases against 15.8 for beef, 6.4 for pork and 4.6 for chicken.

Before I sharpen my trusty harpoon, I want to know: what's the carbon footprint of a Norwegian? Fresh, not frozen.

So Hungry

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Over There

I've been posted Over There today.

So to speak.

Is This A Joke?

Do you ever feel like you're chained to your desk? Promising you'll take some proper exercise just as soon as you can find the time, but the time never comes? Worry not, for help is at hand! With the Hawaii Chair you can exercise at your desk while you work!



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