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Nov
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Hang about… why did the Echo feel the need to set fire to the coupons? Did they have to sneak into Burnham’s office with matches? Or did the need to put the paper’s name in the headline make the wording a bit opaque?

Hang about… why did the Echo feel the need to set fire to the coupons? Did they have to sneak into Burnham’s office with matches? Or did the need to put the paper’s name in the headline make the wording a bit opaque?

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Presumably he thought nobody could see what he was up to up there. [From the Liverpool Echo]

Presumably he thought nobody could see what he was up to up there. [From the Liverpool Echo]

Aug
11th
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Ironic typo, from PaidContent UK

Ironic typo, from PaidContent UK

Jul
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This “intelligence test” was popped-up by a company called Mobcode from Belguim. What is my level of intelligence? It might not be great, but it can tell the difference between something designed to measure IQ and something designed to test colour vision.

This “intelligence test” was popped-up by a company called Mobcode from Belguim. What is my level of intelligence? It might not be great, but it can tell the difference between something designed to measure IQ and something designed to test colour vision.

Jul
22nd
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Heartbreaking headlines of our times, number 279

Heartbreaking headlines of our times, number 279

Jul
11th
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Sure, Evening Argus, you might only get 140 characters - but you could have found space to make it clear you didn’t mean that sort of pig part

Sure, Evening Argus, you might only get 140 characters - but you could have found space to make it clear you didn’t mean that sort of pig part

Jul
9th
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Unsurprising headlines of our time, number 273

Unsurprising headlines of our time, number 273

Jun
27th
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Rest assured, those who temporarily switch their green-shaded Twitter avatars to a Michael Jackson headshot are not dooming Iranian protesters any more than re-tweeting every piece of information and/or misinformation about Iran and changing your Twitter location to Tehran will save them.
Jun
26th
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Denver Now sends two tweets that might be the same story.

Denver Now sends two tweets that might be the same story.

Jun
7th
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Scottish government excited by Coke's patronage

The Scottish Government is thrilled that the people at Coca-Cola have taken time out of their busy schedule dealing with Columbian trade unionists to create a special bottle as part of this year’s Homecoming festivities:

To mark the launch First Minister Alex Salmond and Simon Baldry, Vice President and General Manager of Coca Cola in Great Britain, travelled to Gleneagles Hotel to meet the first delivery. Commemorative bottles are rare and only ever produced at major world events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. This is the first time an individual has been immortalised on a Coca-Cola bottle, and that a design has been designated to one nation

Ah, yes. Only ever produced at major world events, like a shop having a birthday or films being shown at cinemas or a fashion house having a birthday… major world events like that.