more useless than the wasp?

[rich p]

Can't stand 'em. All chlorine and horrible acoustics. You can afford to be this smug and dismissive if you live near the beach.

Ah, I was thinking of holiday outdoor pools to plunge into after a long hot day in the saddle followed by a cold beer on the terrace under an umbrella.

 

[MacB]

Ah, I was thinking of holiday outdoor pools to plunge into after a long hot day in the saddle followed by a cold beer on the terrace under an umbrella.

yeah, but the explanation still prompts a 'what, accoustics, you're having a laugh'

 

[Davidc]

Cool. Where are you going to watch them? Highlights in the living room for me I'm afraid.

Went to Bishops Lydiard. It's downhill through there and I'd forgotten what an awesome speed pro cyclists go at!

It may not last long, but well worth going there to see. Beautiful bikes ridden by some of the fittest people on the planet, passing within a metre of your nose.

 

[rich p]

Boxer's 'fight' names...

Viz:
dell "cadcam badman" zeqq
Davy "the lash" walnuts. along with lesser known examples -

Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis
Arturo "Thunder" Gatti
"Baby" Joe Mesi
Beast from the East (Nikolay Valuev)
Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins
"Big" George Foreman
Bobby "No Dice" Chacon
Darnell "The Ding-a-Ling Man" Wilson
Davarryl "Touch of Sleep" Williamson
Donovan "Razor" Ruddock
El Terrible (Erik Morales)
Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield
Everett "Bigfoot" Martin
Explosive Thin Man (Alexis Arguello)
"Ferocious" Fernando Vargas
"Gentleman" Jim Corbett
Hands of Stone (Roberto Duran)
Hector "Macho" Camacho
Homicide Hank (Henry Armstrong)
Iran "The Blade" Barkley
"Irish" Micky Ward
"Iron" Mike Tyson
James "Bonecrusher" Smith
James "Buster" Douglas
James "Hard Rock" Green
James "Lights Out" Toney
James "Quick" Tillis
Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy
Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead
Jersey Joe Walcott (Arnold Cream)
John "The Beast" Mugabi
Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles
Juan "The Hispanic Causing Panic" Lazcano
Laila "She Be Stinging" Ali
Lance "Mount" Whitaker
Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson
"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler
"Merciless" Ray Mercer
Michael "Dynamite" Dokes
Michael "Second to" Nunn
Mike "The Body Snatcher" McCallum
Mike "The Bounty" Hunter
Mitch "Blood" Green
No Mas (Roberto Duran)
Nonpareil (Jack Dempsey)
O'Neil "Give 'em Hell" Bell
Owen "What the Heck" Beck
Pac-Man (Manny Pacquaio)
"Prince" Naseem Hamed...and more.

Some of those are sheer class although I'm not sure you didn't invent some of them!

 

[dellzeqq]

Peek Freans biscuits

 

[Fab Foodie]

Peek Freans biscuits

Noooooo another childhood memory slain...

 

[Fab Foodie]

vegetarian "sausage".

 

[Davidc]

Politicians

 

[User169]

sausages - slurry-filled condoms

 

[threebikesmcginty]

slurry-filled condoms

 

[Fab Foodie]

sausages - slurry-filled condoms

Sausages can be food of the Gods, but it pays to be selective. The 'Catering Sausage' is an abomination.

 

[wafflycat]

Sausages can be food of the Gods, but it pays to be selective. The 'Catering Sausage' is an abomination.

^ +1

 

[dellzeqq]

Radio 4

 

[mr Mag00]

BT Broadband in the rural parts of this great country!

 

[Davidc]

Radio 4

Do away with that and it's the end of civilisation!

You can have The Archers as a consolation prize.

Edit: And Front Row as a bonus.