Quote of the Week 2012

So the first "Quote of the Week" for 2012. This was from my brother-in-law Rob, during a discussion about the difference between US and UK politics.


When asked about Ed Milliband, Rob responded:


"He looks like Jim has 'fixed it' for him to be the leader of a major political party, and he still can't believe it".


A little bit of politics ladies and gentlemen...

Quote of the Week VII: Adrian's Revenge

This week's Quote of the Week, is rather topical, and will be censored for those younger readers.

Anyone in the UK must have been living under a rock if they had missed the public sector strike, followed by an ill-timed joke from Tory posterboy Jeremy Clarkson. There's a debate to be had on whether he was joking (he clearly was), whether he should be fired for it (in an ideal world no, but he should at least suffer the same punishment as Ross and Brand, a precedent set by the BBC) and whether Britain can't take a joke (unfortunately, it's clearly getting to the point where we can't). I don't like Clarkson, I don't enjoy Top Gear and I think he's an arse; but he was clearly just joking.

Anyway, of the back off all this, my friend made the following comment, which made me laugh and I agreed with entirely:

"I always thought Clarkson was a c***, and now everyone will think I'm just jumping on the bandwagon."

Truer and truer.

Quote of the Week VI: Return of the Mc

This week's "quote of the week" once again is from my good friend Al McKenzie, who was commenting on some homophobic "youths" he heard on a walk through London:


"Look mate, it's all very well loudly moaning about "batty boys" hanging about, but you are just off Old Compton street. Next week, moaning about "Jerry" clogging up the centre of Frankfurt."


Ah, the youth of today. I guess they don't know what homophobia really says about you.

Quote of the Week V: The Empire Strike Front

Celebrating a friend's 30th birthday, we ended up having a games night, because that's the kind of crazy, mad-cap lifestyle that I lead.

Anway, one of the rounds was a pub quiz, which contained the question: "Which animal gives birth to the largest baby?" The correct answer was obviously "Blue Whale", but for some reason my friend Kelly's team decided to go with "Giraffe".

Me: Oh Kel, did you confuse biggest baby with biggest neck?
Kelly: I thought it was Blue Whale, but then I thought the question probably meant "which mammal".
Me: (pause) Erm, pretty sure the Blue Whale is a mammal Kel.

And in the end Kelly's team won. Which shows just how bad I am a competitive games.

I did find out that I'm oddly skilled at blowing a ping-pong ball across a line of upturned bottles and into a shot glass though. Don't ask.

Quote of the Week IV: A New(ish) Hope

This weeks "Quote of the Week" came from my friend Al's take on the absolute awfulness of The Only Way is Essex.


"I just don't see what's interesting about that show. There's nothing there. In fact, I'd be more interested in watching a show called 'The Only Way TO Essex' about the lives of the people who work at Liverpool Street station.'


It was very reem.

Quote of the Week III: Electric Boogaloo

After "Quote of the Week" and "Quote of the Week: Redux", I would be somewhat remiss if I didn't throw down a quote for this week. So here goes.

Props for this one go to my buddy Steve for a conversation he had with his younger sister Stephanie. (Yes, Steve and Stephanie, that actually happened):

Steph: Where was the Berlin Wall?
Steve: Berlin.
Steph: I know, but where's Berlin? Is it in China?
Steve: (sighing) You've been to Berlin.

And who says our education system is failing?

Quote of the day

"Happy Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend."


- Stephen King