Darth Maull's mind dump: September 2005

Twinnings? Hurley?

http://www.gaa.ie/page/hurling.html

God it gets tough being right ALL the time. Isn't that right AL ;-)

Hurley indeed.

Comments!

No one ever leaves any comments any more - its as if only 5 people read this thing!

I get the occasional offer of an intriguing financial website (obviously people think my Star Wars habit is out of control), and sometimes Cath comments on my typing, but no one else leaves their views.

So I say to all of you out there in cyberspace that actually read this (and you know who you are students), leave me some damn comments once in a while!

I'm not Brazillian

Do you think a T Shirt with "Don't shoot, I'm not Brazillian" would be in bad taste?

Outraged Mothers of the world unite

Ms Phipps
The National Childbirth Trust

Dear Ms Phipps,

As a perpetually outraged mother of yet another baby (my twelfth), I was further outraged to find a veritable stranger (the woman in the next bed) looking at my new baby. At one point I distinctly heard her utter "coochy coochy", although I had to step in before any cooing could start. I feel that my child, due t start Harvard Law School next week despite being only a day old (still more mentally advanced than most Harvard freshmen) would immediately sue the woman for an infringement of its basic human rights and for loss of dignity. It is disgraceful how other people can be allowed to look at anyone, let alone babies. I firmly believe that my child will grow up into a top Ally McBeal style lawyer and take on pointless cases of people looking at, or god forbid talking to, each other, as everyone has the basic need and right not to be looked at.

Your assertion that your mailbag is not full of complaints letters from outraged mothers is obviously a myth, there must be thousands of mothers, like myself and my idol, Lizzy Bardsley off Wife Swap, that would try anything to get rich (including defrauding the benefits system). Only last week I rang the National Accident Helpline after my natural idiocy caused my to spill coffee over myself which was HOT!! I mean how absurd is it opening yourself up to lawsuits by serving hot coffeee!! These people don't know they are born.

I hope you take notice of my outrage and ban the looking at of babies immediately, and the Government, in line with the rest of their Nazi policies ban the looking at of each other as soon as possible.

Yours

Ms O Mother.

How much do I want to mail this!!?

Maybe I will get shot as a terrorist?

Really, really REALLY stupid rules....

From recent news reports it is clear to me that Britain is actually quite, quite mad.

So far, a 73 year old lady has been sent to prison for refusing to pay her unfair £53 council tax hike, yet muggers and drink drivers wander around with a barely slapped wrist.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4280040.stm

Even more bizarrely, some Northern hospital has banned cooing at babies because "it infringes their hman rights"(!). What the fuck is this all about!!!! They are like 2 days old, I'm sure their working knowledge of the European Human Rights Act is minimal at best, say about as good as the judge who decided to jail a 73 year old woman. Unbelievable.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4284522.stm

"Debbie Lawson, neo-natal manager at the hospital's special care baby unit, said: "Cooing should be a thing of the past because these are little people with the same rights as you or me."

Rather more sensibly, Ms Phipps of the National Childbirth Trust said

"I don't find myself with a post bag full of (letters from) women complaining that other people are looking at their babies. " (although I suspect she will now start to get them!!)

Talk about a police state - next the government will be shooting innocent Brazillians just for....

Oh holy crap.

I'd watch out if I was Gilberto Silva.

The Ebay song

http://www.imagestorepro.com/ebay_song.html

Listen to this - its all true. All of it. Even down to the Dukes of Hazzard ashtray and the ALF alarm clock.

Balls

Yet more new Star Wars...

another MISB tripod laser cannon - I bought it because it was easier than not buying it!

Star Wars book about computers - blurred

Star Wars punch out and make it book - for some obscure reason the Jedi one on Ebay is currently selling for £36?!!??

Finally, after getting the Han rubber in the fabled Salisbury shop in 1997, I have completed the set.

ROJ tin. Does what it says on the, err...... tin?

Bizarre two part self assembly party hats. I think I'm taking the party theme too far sometimes.

An Ord Mantell story record I'd not seen before. Sealed, but I want to listen to it :(

Jewel in the crown this - an almost full sculpted night light display box with original store mailer box. Awesome.

Really lush sealed ROJ Jabba Play Doh playset in triloo Palitoy box - this s really cool. I just missed out on a Kenner ESB set on Ebay when it crashed on me. Oh Well.

ESB FX-7 - I won this on Ebay and wasn't sure if I wasn going to take it, but its pretty cool. Slight creasing but looks fine in a case.

Laminated book covers - no, I have no idea either

www.ebay.co.uk - user ID feelgoodytoday

This is the (as yet unpaid for) booty from Alex's. Blimey.

Look at the size of that thing!

They seem to be constructing a small marquee shaped death star on the green outside Fulton House. ooooh those Imperials and their plans, how we laugh. No sign of the Superlaser or the IG-88 infested supercomputer though (for all you EU fans out there). Perhaps he will be in the Supercomputer due to be housed in the RESEARCH ONLY (!!!!) institute of Life Science?

Surely now a DVD boxed set is on the cards....

I almost shot my boat when I heard that 3 and 4 were out. I will be wan..watching tonight so I will review here when complete (obviously 5 * all the way then).

Monday's Breakfast

Rather than the marmalade sandwiches that you would expect to get at Paddington station, this was my breakfast on Monday while I waited for my train. After slightly underestimating London Transport I arrived about 2 hours early and needed a pee. Naturally I refused to pay 20p, so instead I went to the pub in the station for a pint. The pee cost me £4.20 in the end, but it was a nice pint. Plus they had a TV and station info screens so I could watch my train arrive (late). God I'm so manly sometimes. Grrr.

Continuing the theme of amusingly named products...

Weekend at Alex's

White TIE boxed and some other bits.

Box of Titanium Series and those stupid coin things.

Bend Ems. Great.

Some store displays.

Weird ROJ flag thing - not sure if its real or repro but quite cool anyway

Celebration 3 Exclusive foam heads inc ollectors case. Pointless.

yet more

Box o' vintage figures

Including Meccano Jawa - $3000 anyone?

Evil Knievel Scramble Van and bike set - always something interesting on top of Alex's monitor. Last time it was a boxed B Wing

Rare bootleg cap/potato gun with Vader holding severed head!

Stock, stock and some bizarre mexican bootlegs. Blimey.

A box of those premium cup things from 97 and 99

This was all the stuff we had listed before I left

The stock of new figures was impressive - even more so was how so many had been crushed!

The house sprouted MISB Tripod laser cannons at all corners

I have returned from the promised land of Alex's house in Barnet, complete with a huge bag of Star Wars swag, a load of photos and a sense of self satisfaction. I am totally knackered as I was going to bed at about 4am, but we got through almost all of his stock and listed a large portion of it. Its amazing how much stuff he had forgotten about, let alone what he actually had.

Bye Bye Davide

Sadly Davide has now left us - after saying my tie was "Orribal" and spending two hours in HMV. Nevertheless we have a free room inItaly and 20 minutes of recorded Pro Eve playing to remember him by - as well as these pic.

Always remember - look to tha miiidle - and you will never go far wrong (unless you are talking about politics, or driving)