http://retroyakking.today.com Northern/British humour, spoof news, old stuff and general fun Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:33:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Power." Those of you that are familiar with my work will know that I'm not one to waste my time with unnecessary lengthy introductions, so I'll get straight to the point: something the regular author of this 'website' will do well to note for future reference. When I, Jeremy Clarkson, was asked ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/29/a-sunday-special-guest-post-from-jeremy-clarkson/ One part down and nine to go in Retro Yakking's new(ish) series that'll be a godsend to spongers, cheapskates and homeless people everywhere: useful stuff you can do with newspaper. Today's list has a distinctly delicious air about it, with ten tippety top food-related tips for reusing your morning paper once ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/28/yaks-top-tips-101-uses-for-newspaper-part-2/ In my opinion, QI's been off the general public radar for an unfashionably long time now. Well, that's technically incorrect, as there've been endless repeats of all six series up until this point on Dave, which is quite surprising considering that 98.4% of the channel's programming consists of Top Gear ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/27/tv-review-qi-season-7-g-series-episode-1-bbc1/ International footballers Thierry Henry and Paul Scharner have joined forces to create the country's first FA Premier League handball team. Former Arsenal striker Henry has been in exile in London ever since being rejected by the nation of France for the 'Hand of Frog' incident, and has had literally nothing ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/26/football-thierry-henry-and-paul-scharner-form-handball-team/ GCHQ, the UK Government intelligence agency, is to begin recruiting members via XBOX Live, The Guardian are reporting. It's thought players of such games as Medal of Honour and Halo possess the skills needed and are the very people the country need to be signing up as future spies. Whilst there is ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/25/government-to-recruit-spies-via-xbox-live-the-guardian/ Following their crushing 9-1 defeat to Tottenham, the heaviest in the Premier League since Manchester United annihilated Ipswich 9-0 in 1995, Wigan have submitted an appeal to the Football Association to have the match replayed. The appeal centres on the fact that Latics' Austrian midfielder Paul Scharner committed a blatant handball ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/24/football-wigan-athletic-to-appeal-for-replay-of-9-1-tottenham-defeat/ The following advertisement was Found on Craigslist yesterday morning. Is it me, or is this Credit Crunch thing becoming rather annoying? ~ ~ ~ ~ Posted by: Cadbury PLC, 22nd November 2009 Price: 3,000,000 chocolate buttons Detail: This is your opportunity to own one of the galaxy's largest confectionery empires. Wispa it quietly, but ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/23/for-sale-britains-largest-chocolate-company/  In't WordArt brilliant? I'm generally not a massive fan of Sundays. They're like a strawberry milkshake - brilliant, but you know its gonna be over soon and you'll have to wait seven more days for another to come around. Still, it could be worse: there could be two Mondays to start ... http://retroyakking.today.com/2009/11/22/sunday-shout-out-rivington-barn-bikers-whirlpool-and-twitterers/