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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-29

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:59:00 +0000

@EmmaK67 @indiaknight absolutely, no way, are any of these ‘dudes’ gay. hope that’s clear. *not* gay. are we straight on this? #
@jennyrees77 @HJCorner though you don’t need, let me know if you want a fash/beauty consultant, a la Ken Paves and Vicky Beckham. call me! #
Alan Partridge not pictured RT @RedMagDaily Gordon Ramsay mixes prisoners and fairy cakes in Gordon Behind Bars, 11pm, Channel 4 #
interesting when you get asked to interview someone who you suspected was dead (and whose career certainly seems to be…) #journohazard #
new discovery: loving Golden Caviar Luxurious Cream Face Mask by spa brand Biodroga. super-rich on dry skin, feels lovely. about £35 #beauty #

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:07:29 +0000

What I Would Do If I Were Ever to be Invited to the Cannes Film Festival

Dangle Naomi Campbell off a Russian oligarch’s super-yacht by her hair-weave
Yell ‘how much for the whole night?’ at George Clooney’s girlfriend
Congratulate Cheryl Cole on the marvellous irony of her judging a talent show
Wear a Renault Espace as a hat and tell everyone it was a Gaga-esque fashion homage
Try to sign Brad Pitt up for my film idea: a remake of Se7en, in which Spacey severs Gwyneth Paltrow’s ACTUAL head (if he’s heard her singing, he’s bound to be up for it)

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:01:43 +0000

Things I Can Guarantee My Mother will Wish To Discuss in Every Single Phone-Call

The price of cushions in Dunelm
The outrage of People With Jobs shopping in Morrisons when 70-year-olds want to buy their biscuits at 8pm on a Thursday evening
The hidden dangers of crossing the road (because clearly I have never navigated one successfully yet, despite considerable evidence to the contrary)
There is never anything on TV
The price of tea-towels in Dunelm
Her latest all-out Navy Seals-style attack on some poor call-centre flunkey
The resulting and usually incredibly impressive deal she wrangled out of aforementioned poor call-centre flunkey (who now has her name on a blacklist of Pensioners To Avoid)
What my husband and I will be having/have had for dinner
How her immaculately fault-free parenting has made me the person I am today
The price of curtains in Dunelm

Here’s the thing. I am addicted to lists. And, yes, I am too lazy to write a proper blog. So you’re stuck with this.

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:57:29 +0000

Things I Learned from my First Trip to the Local Leisure Centre Today

Today, in a spectacular triumph of hope over experience, I decided to go swimming at our local leisure centre. Despite not having sustained a head injury recently, for some reason I thought it would be the same as the spas and health clubs I’m lucky enough to review now and then as part of my job. How wrong can you be? (clue: very). Here’s what I learned:

That £60 a month I had been paying at my previous, private and rather posh health club was FOR something: protection from the public
Eye contact is apparently too much to hope for from the tickets chick at Reception. So is putting a comb through her hair, which looked like a squirrel was living in it
Just because I smile at you in the changing room does not mean I want to hear about your hysterectomy/messy divorce/urge to weep during sex
Every single man, woman and child in the cafeteria had a tattoo
The pool lifeguard was so ugly he looked like his head was on backwards. Also, I think he may have been drooling
Good personal hygiene is a closed book to the schoolchildren of my town
If you like The League of Gentlemen, you will make many new friends at the Aqua-robics class
I’m not a scientist, but I’d put the ratio of bleach to water in the swimming pool at roughly 95:5
Shouting is the preferred past-time of women aged over 65
It is not only high-security prisons that have orange plastic chairs nailed to the floor

Twitter Updates for 2010-10-23

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:59:00 +0000

@Olympustraining thanks but I put that tweet out on Monday: the feature’s done and dusted now. got to be faster than that! but thanks anyway in reply to Olympustraining #

Twitter Updates for 2010-10-22

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:59:00 +0000

just catching up with #ChrisHiley’s attack on #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth in the Indy and #DailyFail: well-intentioned, but a huge mistake. #
just got press release on ‘gold parties’, where women get together to sell their old ‘unwanted’ gold jewellery. what? is this a thing now?! #
@CeriJane can’t think of anything more grim. even Tupperware would be better…! in reply to CeriJane #

Twitter Updates for 2010-10-22

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:59:00 +0000

just catching up with #ChrisHiley’s attack on #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth in the Indy and #DailyFail: well-intentioned, but a huge mistake. #
just got press release on ‘gold parties’, where women get together to sell their old ‘unwanted’ gold jewellery. what? is this a thing now?! #
@CeriJane can’t think of anything more grim. even Tupperware would be better…! in reply to CeriJane #

Twitter Updates for 2010-10-13

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:59:00 +0000

got press release on #TheBeatles 50th anniv concert at Royal Albert Hall. fab! then saw the bill: Darius, Anthony Costa, Tony Christie…oh. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-29

admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:59:00 +0000

@unclewilco sorry to hear that, Wilco. in reply to unclewilco #
@tabswebb: the interview you kindly did with me in the latest issue of Style Birmingham mag: http://www.stylebirmingham.com/the-magazine/ #

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-01

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:59:00 +0000

was excited to find the great Professor of Reason @RichardDawkins on here but disappointed to see he doesn’t seem to actually tweet anything #
sent info on a lipgloss that comes with a drink-spike detector kit. ‘check your drink for ketamine!’. gd idea maybe but depressing #beauty #