occasional words by mark trotter var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5608589-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @noisemonkey)http://www.noisemonkey.com/‘Noncore’ = a non-encore. E.g. “I waited twenty minutes after he left his spot,...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857688303http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857688303Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100Sure-fire tip for curing hiccups - re-boot your diaphragm.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857687096http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857687096Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100The worst vegetarian restaurants are the ones where they over-cook the vegetarian.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857686394http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857686394Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100A laundrette is a female laundry.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857685483http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857685483Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100If you don’t have a TV licence, it is illegal to use your television on motorways.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857684541http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857684541Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100Prior to c.10,000 years ago, there were no permanent human homes. Historians agree that this was the...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857683766http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857683766Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100I’m like a walking Wikipedia. I’m known as the ‘Walkipedia’ [citation...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857682941http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857682941Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100Music trivia: If you swap the L & R headphones on any Beatles record, Paul McCartney sounds...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857681972http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/857681972Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100If Superman squeezes a vinyl record really, really hard, it turns into a lovely shiny CD. Any...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766677057http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766677057Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:23:00 +0100I scream for ice-cream. I yelly for jelly.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766674554http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766674554Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:22:00 +0100Fashion fact: 3/4 length trousers were invented by The Hulk.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766672963http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766672963Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:22:00 +0100Green tea is so-called because it is made from recycled tea bags.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766672448http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766672448Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:22:00 +0100Eyelids are the curtains of the soul.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766673460http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766673460Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:22:00 +0100Kids! Don’t nick pic’n’mix for picnics!http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766671947http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766671947Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:21:00 +0100When life gives you melons, make melonade.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766671215http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766671215Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:21:00 +0100Coming at you, like Cleopatrou.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766675765http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766675765Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:23:00 +0100Hay fever is often a symptom of hay flu.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766675115http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/766675115Wed, 19 May 2010 22:23:00 +0100You can tell that it’s springtime when all the daffodils have returned from their winter...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/480087356http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/480087356Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:55:02 +0100At Easter, check the label and be sure to buy cruelty-free. Never buy eggs from chickens that have...http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/477041122http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/477041122Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:11:43 +0000Its tricky to catch a flying-squirrel, because first you have to find some flying-acorns.http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/477039656http://www.noisemonkey.com/post/477039656Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:10:55 +0000