Wise-san's Surfin' Safari

There's only so much 'Hannah Montana' and 'Corey in the House' a man can take, and it's measured in nanoseconds, so I do try to take full advantage of the blazingly fast fibre optic broadband that is commonplace in Japanese homes. Here's my current internet Top Ten, in reverse order. Enjoy...

10. Manbabies.com

Incredibly stupid, somewhat disturbing, but alarmingly addictive. My humble offering has been ignored to date, so here it is. My Photoshop skills suck I'm afraid...

9. The Ladybird Book of the Policeman

Quality stuff. Probably won't mean very much to non-Brits however.


8. It's-Behind-You.com (same as 9. Non-British nationals read on...)

Possibly the most depressing site in the world. Not only for our peculiar fascination with panto, but to see the Ghosts of Christmas Past that are annually exhumed for it.

Britt Ekland was once married to Peter Sellers, but is now doing panto in London (a step up from a few years ago when she was doing panto in Worcester...)

Bobby Crush! (Peterborough) Huggy Bear! (Catford) Stu bloody-crush-a-grape Francis! Sue Pollard… All these washed-up lovey-darlings, and many more, continue to tread the boards when they should have walked the plank long ago.

7. The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks

And most of the culprits are from the USA. Funny, that.

6. The Perry Bible Fellowship

'Thwack Ye Mole' indeed....

5. The Cremation Society of Great Britain

It sounds morbid, and it probably is, but you just can't knock it for quality data. Who would have thought that the number of deaths in Great Britain hasn't changed appreciably since 1885, although the way we dispose of our loved ones has? Over 70% of all UK funerals are now cremations, compared with just 3% pre-war. There are even international stats - so you can learn that the Italians still shy away from the fire of eternal damnation (less than 10% are cremated), but in space-conscious Japan a whopping 99.73% go up in smoke.

Well, I thought it was interesting...

4. BoingBoing - A Directory of Wonderful Things

Who needs a newspaper anymore when you've got Boing Boing? I don't. Especially as I can't read any of them here.

And now for the Top Three...

3. Puccho

Weird sweets. Even weirder website!

2. An Englishman In Osaka

What this blog would be like if I was better at it. Must try and get to meet the guy before we leave.


1. Photoshop Disasters

Fabulous stuff indeed. Great to see that The Daily Mail is as useless at Photoshop as it is at dispensing any kind of responsible or informed opinion on anything whatsoever.

Shadow pies anyone?