Stories of a short, fat bastard.

QI, hosted by Stephan Fry, with Alan Davis and various other guests. (YouTube, each episode broken into 3 parts.) A panel quiz show where the most interesting answer gets as many points as the correct answer. (Not for the easily offended.)

I like it. It's my early evening watching when nothing is on the telly. I got through series A in a week.


Stephen Fry: Chocolate is quite toxic. For us the lethal dose is about 27 pounds.
Jo Brand: 27 pounds? That's nothing!

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Rich Little: What's the national bird of England?
SF: I- I don't know!
Jo Brand: The national bird for women is the thrush.
Alan Davis: And for men it's the cock.
Phil Kay: Cock and thrush? That sounds like the name of a pub.

Britain plans first Moon mission

That sounds like a Grand Day Out.

Knight vs Dragon

via siliconshaman

Hug a scientist

They're fluffy.

Ronn Moss is in a new ad for Berri Fruit Juice. (Flash warning) It's amusing. Looks like Berri are following the Daily Fresh "It's just juice" Monster Truck funny ad campaign. It's just juice, so make the ads funny. Ronn Moss entirely failing to sound like an Aussie is funny.

50,000 skyrockets in 5 seconds. (from the BBC)

I need a Mad Science icon.

(edit) there we go.

the video of Love Is All from the album Butterfly Ball is up on YourTube. Boing Boing has just discovered this album. I thought they were cutting edge! I've known of this video from back when it first came out, and I've had the CD for over a year.