Quote: Lee Henman @ August 23 2010, 3:30 PM BSTIt was the bit where the kitchen roll on the table flipped up into the air that had my anus a-twitchin'
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someone behind the table could have easily done that. Did make me jump though.
The kitchen roll? How?
Hang on. I'm going to get a kitchen roll and try it. You should be able to flip it with your finger in the middle of the roll in a downwards motion. As soon as the video started I notiiced the roll on the table hanging over the edge slightly and though "I bet that flips onto the sofa".
Had no kitchen roll but did it with a low loo roll tube and got a remarkably similar effect. Has to have a bit of roll on it though, otherwise there isn't enough cussion to get the air and you can only make it go forward.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ August 23 2010, 3:10 PM BSTWell that's at least two new things I've learnt today. It's like Sesame Street for me.
Periods of what? Heavy salmon presence? Picinic basket availability?
Actually that could make for a really f**ked up episode of Yogi Bear featuring Josey and the Pussycats.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ August 23 2010, 3:08 PM BSTGhosts are like bears- they're attracted by periods.
It's true - Casper was a total poon hound.
Quote: Griff @ August 23 2010, 4:17 PM BSTI'm now really loving the idea of your employer reading this account of your busy work-from-home day.
It's his own fault ! I've been asking for work all day !
Quote: David Bussell @ August 23 2010, 4:27 PM BSTIt's true - Casper was a total poon hound.
Nah he pounded Richie Rich.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ August 23 2010, 4:27 PM BSTIt's his own fault ! I've been asking for work all day !
Can I work for your company please? 
Quote: zooo @ August 23 2010, 4:34 PM BSTCan I work for your company please?
Quangos: spending the public's hard earned money on shit all.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ August 23 2010, 4:41 PM BSTQuangos: spending the public's hard earned money on shit all.
What exactly is a Quango anyway? I know what it SHOULD be, it should be an Australian marsupial. But it isn't.
Wiki says a quango is a 'quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization', created in 1967 by the Carnegie Foundation's Alan Pifer in an essay on independence and accountability in public-funded bodies incorporated in the private sector.
Still no idea.
A few years ago during the BBC Last Laugh comepetition, Marks and Gran offered "Last Quango In Harris". The synopsis was "What happens to civil servants who need to be disposed of? You transfer them to a remote island in Scotland where they are employed by an obscure body known simply as the T.R.L.C.
In a parallel universe we meet Robin Cruise, who arrives thanks to an administrative cock-up. Robin meets his new workmates, suspicious in case he's a spy sent to discover their escape plans.
But when he rescues Julian from drowning, they take him into their confidence. Robin can't quite believe any of it, but when he tries to get off the island, the penny drops.
They really are all prisoners. Robin makes an ally of the local publican Freya and with her help, plans to escape the island once and for all... as long as police sergeant De'ath doesn't scupper his plans."
I still don't really know what a quango is. Or was. Or will be.
Quote: Lee Henman @ August 24 2010, 2:16 AM BSTWhat exactly is a Quango anyway?
I worked for a government Quango, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, for three years. I have no idea what a quango is because I never did any work there.
It's a government body which is publically funded, but technically independant. It's intended to make sure that their work isn't done with solely political motives, and allows them to decide how they spend the money. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
On the whole I have found that Quangos spend money more responsibility that Government Departments, though that may just be a question of scale: small is more manageable.