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Jaffa Cake Advert Song Revisited

Many thanks are due to Jo for the words of the Jaffa Cake Advert Song which went like:

Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa
Now listen general public for goodness sakes
my family they go crazy for these jaffa cakes,
like when I’m bouncing little baby on my knee,
the first words that he speak were ‘they’re orangey’,

My wife she say I’m crazy need to see a shrink,
he prescribed two a day with a nice hot drink,
it’s the spongey bit for granny she lose all control,
I can’t see it myself cos I like a fig roll.

If you are still reading this Jo, let me know which Amazon you’ll prefer to receive a voucher for (.uk, .com or other) and I’ll arrange for one to be sent to you.

Another £5 to anyone who can find a copy of the video online OR can find/upload an episode of the BBC’s Galloping Galaxies….

Spiderman 3

Yesterday I watched SpiderMan 3 with my other half and I must admit it did seem a bit “not good”. The opening credits were good – giving you a quick refresher of the previous two films, but then it was very slow going and some bits were just irrelevant (how “important” was it that we found out the Marcus Flint did “that crime” and that the editor of the Daily Bugle wanted a picture disproving Spiderman and then MJ on broadway). This meant that once the action actually started, it was over pretty quickly (some of it such as Peter vs Green Goblin Jnr was difficult to watch as it was so fast-paced you couldn’t keep an eye on the action). I’d say around 7.5-8/10, not brilliant but if you are stuck for something to do with yourselves ona damp bank holiday weekend, you could do worse.

Star Wars virginity

This story on BBC news reminds me of my situation just a few months ago when I was a Star Wars virgin. Yep, until November time I hadn’t watched more than just a few minutes of Star Wars – but my other half made me watch it and like the guy in the BBC article, I didn’t find it as bad as I expected.

I’ve only seen 3-6 but I don’t think I’ll bother watch the first/last 3.

Call me slow off the mark….

I’ve just realised something….

When I was in Japan in September 2004, I brought a Japanese DVD. The DVD was in Japanese and since it was intended for the Japanese market, it was entirely in Japanese. I watched the DVD on the plane back and I’ve seen it several times since.

Laying in bed just now, it just occured to me…. The Japanese DVD is in Japanese: i.e. there is no English. How on earth did I manage to watch and understand it and how come it’s taken me over 2 years to realise it was in Japanese?

I’ll now have to find the DVD and re-watch it and see if it still makes sense. If so, somehow, magically, I know Japanese without knowing it… Either that, or I’m really really slow off the mark!