A Favour

RaW Sport are having a review of 2006 on Wednesday (6th December) and are taking votes for the personality of the year. Please register your vote here! Thank you.

That's "Mr D. Sheffield MSc" To You

Good news this week: I passed my Masters!

My supervisor said:

I was very pleased with your dissertation and your mark was 65

Also congratulations to all the other stats masterers who all passed! Go us!

(In other news MSN has decided to work of my pc now so send me your address and I shall add you.)

An Unusual Request

E-mail sent round work today that was just a little bizzare...

"Does anyone have any interest in sheep dips?
My father in law's life time work was sheep dips and we rescued his collection of ticks from the bin man. It is an extensive collection of animal parasites, preserved in a variety of means that I could not see destroyed. They need a new home. Any ideas?"

Stupid Man On The Train

Yesterday I took the day off to attend the 11th annual Student Radio Awards, and because our sports quiz had been nominated for best comedy and entertainment I got to go for a tour around GCap offices in Leicester Square including standing in the Classic FM studio while they were on air!

The quiz didn't get a placing but nomination was better than we expected. Otherwise it was a brilliant night for RaW...
- Second in the best station category "a close second to URN (Nottingham)",
- Gold award for the techies for their studio rebuild,
- 2nd and 3rd in best interview, (one I "produced")
- 3rd to Matt Rebeiro for best newcomer,
- Jimmy and Adam were unlucky to only come second in best entertainment.

(click here for Chris Doidge's account)

On the way home I got chatting to a guy on the train who works in lighting at a theatre. At first I was glad to have someone to talk to and listened to him rant on for a bit (showing genuine interest) but when I finally got to say where I had been (and I was gagging to talk about our 6 awards and Jo Wiley) but he immediately turned the conversation back to himself, never asking me a single question about my evening or infact about me, presuming to know it all already. It was such a frustrating conversation, so if your reading this Mr I-missed-out-on-a-really-interesting-conversation because-I-only-care-about-myself, next time you talk to someone on a train please LISTEN, just for a minute.

A List Of Jokes

My top 10 favourite jokes - some are a bit gross.

10. Is it alright to kiss a nun?
Yes, but dont get into the habit.

9. What do you call Edward Woodward without any D's?
Ewar Woowar.

8. What's green, has 6 legs and would kill you if it fell on you?
A pool table.

7. Doctor, can you give me anything for my bad wind?
Yes, you can borrow my kite.

6. Two sausages sitting in a frying pan, one says to the other:
"Cor, isn't it hot in here?"
"Agh, a talking sausage."

5. Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs.
That's because we've amputated your arms.

4. Two biscuits walking down the street. One says to the other:
"Where do you live?"
"I'm not telling you, you might steal my washing."

3. Mummy, Mummy, I can't stop running round in circles.
Shut up or I'll nail your other foot to the floor.

2. I hate fox hunting. In fact I'm a hunt saboteur.
I go out the night before and shoot the fox.

1. Why did the girl fall off the swing?
Because she had no arms.

Hello Een

Were those kids doing trick or treat with sheets over their heads meant to be dressed as matrices?