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Television’s Albertstein Monster

4th May 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

End of the old endboards Gone are the days when television programmes finished with a caption proclaiming ‘Granada, From The North’ or a plummy continuity announcer saying, ‘Mike Yarwood is appearing in summer season in [more…]

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Wankpuffin of the Year (WOTYs) 2019

2nd January 2020 Going Postal 0

Only 8094 votes were cast for Wankpuffin of the Year 2019; a sad reflection on the current state of Russian bot programming which produced 19,000 last year. Would have been 8095 but I forgot until [more…]

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Nominations for Wankpuffin of the Year 2019

12th December 2019 Swiss Bob 0

For the third year running I am pleased to present the WOTYs. 2018’s nominations. Vote early, vote often, vote as many times as you like. Enter the name of your choice, use full names, duplicates [more…]

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Wankpuffin of the Year (WOTYs) 2018

5th January 2019 Going Postal 0

Nominations are in: Nominations for Wankpuffin of the Year 2018 18,891 votes have been cast for 144 (aptly gross) wankpuffins by several dozen puffins and one Russian bot (спасибо товарищ). I am pleased that my [more…]

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Nominations for Wankpuffin of the Year 2018

29th December 2018 Going Postal 0

As Alistair Campbell once famously said, I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in [more…]

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