Category Archives: silliness

Scottish tree hybridisers

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My parents are here! They arrived on Saturday, on the same flight as my boss’s inlaws1 and the woman who Gordon Brown called a bigot2. And now I have five weeks of chatting to my Dad about football  before work! … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, family, furry friends, music, photos, politics, silliness, travel, Vancouver | 10 Comments

"Is this normal?"

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Have you ever had a conversation that began with the above words, progressed to a friend bending their elbow the wrong way or turning their nostril inside out, and ended with everyone else saying “NO! That’s not normal, you freak!”? … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, personal, silliness | 6 Comments

"Doctor Doctor! I need glasses!"

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“You certainly do. This is a fish and chip shop.” BOOM BOOM! You know what’s even funnier than really cheesy old jokes? This:

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Superstition

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I laugh in the face of superstition. I’ll walk under a ladder, step on cracks in the pavement, and I can spill any amount of salt without feeling the need to throw some of it over my shoulder. But it … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, sport | 21 Comments

A better mousetrap? There’s an app for that

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The first computer game I ever loved was Mousetrap. On rainy days, my sister and I would spend hours playing this game on our Atari computer, and not much less time loading it from a cassette, holding our breath to … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, the wonders of technology | Tagged | 6 Comments

Over-thinkers anonymous

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I over-think EVERYTHING. It drives Mr E Man crazy. I put it down to my scientific training: you have to consider alternative hypotheses! And state the Potential Pitfalls and Alternative Approaches! But apparently, this kind of rigour is not necessarily … Continue reading →

Posted in personal, science, silliness | 18 Comments

Hockey p 0rn

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

During the Olympics, one friend described the amazing Canada-Russia hockey game as “hockey p 0rn”. Another friend turned around with his eyes and mouth wide open, and proclaimed that “hockey p 0rn would be the best thing EVAH!” We started … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, sport, videos | 10 Comments

Canadian Graffiti

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m a big fan of the bathroom graffiti genre, and found some outstanding examples last night at The Foundation, an uber-hip vegetarian restaurant: Good advice: your mother is usually right (unless she’s telling you to listen to Slayer). This second … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, silliness | 9 Comments

Herb-crusted tuna, with a piquant spam sauce

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My institute’s main website displays the full email address of every single person in the building. As a result, our email filters are fighting a losing battle against an endless barrage of spam: mostly advertisements for certain classes of prescription … Continue reading →

Posted in quacks, silliness, the wonders of technology | 7 Comments

Smart phonies

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The BBC have a great article today about a new craze in Japan: “therapeutic” ring tones. And what, pray, is a therapeutic ring tone? Well, for starters, there’s the ring tone that relieves hay fever caused by the famous cherry … Continue reading →

Posted in quacks, silliness, Things I read on the BBC website | Tagged , , | 12 Comments