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Tuesday 7 August 2007

Oxygen - You Know It Makes Sense.


New Nivea Visage Oxygen helps women look younger, the manufacturers claim, because it contains 15 per cent oxygen.
Well, you can't argue with the logic. Oxygen definitely makes you look younger. Let's face it, without it you tend to take on a blueish tinge. Research has also shown that vacuums seriously harm your chances of attracting members of the opposite sex. Your opportunities to run barefoot along beaches in flowing, silk gowns - as all the bints on the adverts tend to do - are also seriously curtailed.
The people behind this latest method of extracting cash from the gullible and vain no doubt knock out this muck at about £30-a-tub - well they've got to replace all the mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits and beagles blinded or killed off in their experiments, haven't they? The trouble is, there is a slight flaw in their business plan. The miracle ingredient oxygen is also in another product already available and used by the sane to tend to their skin - it's called water. Two hydrogens for every one oxygen, if I remember rightly. That makes it 33.3 per cent oxygen, doesn't it?
Even doing fuck all is a better option. The air around us contains 21 per cent oxygen, apparently. Not only does it beat Nivea Visage Oxygen it's free (at the moment)!!
Not only can NVO go to Grantham, all cosmetics can follow it. God, my leg hurts!

3 comments:

Vicus Scurra said...

I surmise that Betty has not been round with her moisturiser yet. Definitely not Nivea.

Anonymous said...

It's worse than you think, Reg. Water is indeed two hydrogens to every oxygen - but the atomic masses of these elements mean that's a bit like saying two peas to one Jersey mid.

With two hydrogens at a measly one atomic mass unit each to every oxygen at a whopping great sixteen atomic mass units, I believe that makes water 16/18 = 88.9% oxygen. It truly is the elixir of life and that should send the Nivea people straight back to the lab in search of something more marketable.

No wonder the water companies manage to make such gigantic profits out of us in such a fair and selfless manner. With a monopoly on this heaven sent compound, they could, if they so wished, really tap into our wallets in a big way. They must be saints to let us have it as cheaply as they do. Stock up while it lasts is my advice. It can only be a matter of time before we get forced to pay the true value of this luxury commodity.

BGT

Barry Lawrence said...

Vicus,

Elizabeth is far too busy to come round here in a short, tight, revealing nurse's uniform and give me an all-over massage with baby oil and.......sorry, my mind was wandering a bit there. Anyway, I don't think even Nivea Oxygen can penetrate a plaster cast!

BGT,

I was, of course, only talking....erm....erm... empirically and not by-volume (he said, bullshitting hastily).
Water's not THAT good - never forget, fish fuck in it!

WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2007

SHORTS DON'T MATTER! 1. From the greatest programme ever made about association football, Barnstoneworth United FC manager Mr Dainty delivers one of the finest English soliloqiues of all time.......and afterwards, spare a thought for the club steward's wife Vera (YOU ONLY HAVE TO WATCH HALF OF THE CLIP!!).

Monday, 12 November 2007

Not everyone who agonises over their life is a painter. Some of us agonise because we're NOT painters.

....And On the Subject of Great Public Services

I know most of you have heard this marvellous song by those doctors who are the Amateur Transplants......but I think the video is a nice addition. P.S. If there are kids in the room I'd shuffle them out before hitting play.

...There's More

On the subject of those great doctors, here is their version of More Than Words which presents their challenging views on women outside Watford. The very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither, coming from Cumbria, is a huge fan. Again, get those kids out of the room!

Leave Britney Alone, Ok!!!

Oh...........my............God!!!!! My heartfelt thanks go to BGT for this. I won't say much more, I don't need to. Mr Loony of Loonytown, USA (I think it's a bloke, anyway), says it all. I fear he may be wound too tight for.....well.....well for everywhere, really!

Tuesday, 18 September 2007.

I wish I'd sung this! For non-Americans, and with apologies to all the smart arses out there who already knew, the FCC is the Federal Communications Commission and it monitors TV and radio output in the States - a sort of broadcast police - while the EPA is the Yanks' so-called Environmental Protection Agency, a body which does exactly the opposite of what it says on the can. (P.S. We went to the same school, you know? Eric and me, that is, not George, Martha, Dick and Condoleeza and me. I don't think they went to school.) P.P.S. Please see below if you are I Like The View, Malc or Doris.

To Make You Laugh and Cry

I was listening to this on a Sunday, the very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither is a Catholic, Tom Lehrer is one of my all-time heroes and this is one of his best.............no other reasons. On a more sombre note (and with thanks to Fish for coming up with this Woman's-Own-passes-the-time-in-the-dentist's-waiting-room nonsense), why not get a computer to tell you that you are a waste of space and your life is a sham of a mockery of a farce? Ok, it's from one of those poxy dating sites but...go on, take the test. You ain't got much to beat!!
This Is My Life, Rated
Life: 4.2
Mind: 4.1
Body: 2.7
Spirit: 8
Friends/Family: 1.6
Love: 0
Finance: 5.9
Take the Rate My Life Quiz
Apparently, in my case, "computer say 'no!'"

I First Saw This When I Was Little - And Loved It! I Hope That Explains a Few Things

Fuck, Fuckety, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck

It has been pointed out to me that, particularly for one whose profession is supposedly literary, my language is getting worse. My use of the "F" word is, I am told, far too prevalent and hence loses impact. To those who share this view I suggest you watch the following:

Tony Blair Isn't a Burglar - But If He Was.........

In the spirit of Gustav Holst's Jupiter and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, I feel like raising a smile today. The Big Green Thing alerted me to this and, for no other reason than to raise a smile on an otherwise crap Wednesday, I think it has to be shared. Grantham shall not have him - when he gets out of prison.

Life On The Edge - No Net.

I was wrong when I feared it might be a dull weekend, what with my pals being away, my soon-to-be ex-wife in rehab and only the dogs to play with. How wrong can a man be? This much fun must surely be illegal? Just click to see the japes and hoots I am having! Click again to see how things got REALLy exciting! Tomorrow we're going to chase pigeons.

The Good Old U.S. of A. - Guardians of Freedom and Democracy. Nothing to Be Scared of, Then?

Be honest........

IT'S THE QUIZ OF THE WEEK! JUST SCROLL DOWN AND HIT "FULL QUIZ".