Owling With Laughter

Perhaps
Grimacing in pain or wreathed in smiles, there's not much to choose between them, is there?  
     If I can persuade you of that, then let us carry on.  Cast your mind back to Sunday, when Conrad and the clan met up at Darling Daughter's suave apartment in Longsight*.  Either her or Wonder Wifey were blathering on, and happened to mention a tee-shirt decorated with a picture of two owls, one of which wore a hat or cap or other piece of headwear not commonly associated with birds, that bore the legend "Bad".
     Conrad, ever one to spot the potential for a bad pun, immediately leapt in with the comment "Beaking Bad!".  Nobody seemed to appreciate this witticism, so he repeated it, again to no applause, which meant - you're ahead of me here, aren't you? - it got said a third time even louder than before, whereupon eyebrows were raised and the orbs beneath them rolled.  Hey, a reaction's a reaction!

Close enough

     If you recall even more of Sunday, you will remember the insanely huge and heavy cupboard that Degsy and I shifted, a cupboard made out of SOLID NEUTRONIUM**!  So that Darling Daughter could use it as a display for the theme of "Creepy".
     Alas, no!  The Met has a size restriction policy of 50 cm cubed at the maximum for displays  <sad face>


More Of First Bus
Always willing to dramatise the ride into work, First Bus has now taken to running a single-decker bus at the busiest times of the day, as with this morning.  Conrad, being a passenger on these vehicles, and thus the lowest form of intellectual life in the First Bus book of Evolved Beings, has noted that, at peak times, First could run three double-decker buses per hour.  So, as big fans of that party game Sardines, they only run two buses per hour and ensure that these are single-deckers, driven by bus drivers fully skilled in the art of Idiot.
     I feel another complaint letter coming on ...

First Bus interactive training game -

BOOJUM! Reviews Stuff
Film, television and a live show, hence the rather slack use of "stuff", which I hope you'll forgive.  You know I like to be precise.
     "Demolition":  featuring Jake Gyllenhaal, and not to be confused with "Demolition Man".  There isn't any tagline, so what's a chap to think?  Plus he's not even wearing Personal Protective Equipment, so there's probably a dearth of things exploding.  Avoid.

Close enough.  Probably more exciting, too

     "Ratchet and Clank": animation for kids in bright primary colours so all the depth of a desert stream.  A robot and a raccoon.  Didn't "Guardians of the Galaxy" already to this, except better?

Ratchet Crank.  Close enough

     Marvel Live Universe Super Heroes Assemble: Note the franchise, parents.  Don't take your kids and expect to see Batman.  Also, superheroes aren't REAL.  Just to be clear.  Camouflaged alien spies, yes.  Superheroes - no.
     Not only that, the advert features The Hulk and Spiderman - the world's biggest anger management problem and a reminder of hideous eight-legged freaks.

An incredible hulk

     "The Huntsman":  A tad pretentious, non?  Why not simply call it "The Hunter"?  Or is there a gender-issue here?  Or an anagram of "Man The Shunt"?  "Shun That Man"?  Or is this a ploy to promote that terrifying Australian spider?  I think we should be told!

World's bravest man

     "CSI Miami": I only caught the last few minutes of this and was immediately struck by the UFO effect.  NO!  Nothing to do with flying saucers, "Ubiquitous Filter, Orange".  Was it directed by Michael Bay?  Apparently not, although Jerry Bruckheimer is the Executive Producer, so that's practically in the same tent.  And they have a 2nd 2nd Assistant Director in the credits.  What DO these people do?

"Mock me all you like.  I'm RICH!"

     "NCIS - Bounce":  What can I say about this flawless blend of action, drama, comedy and pathos? Well, I hate to quibble, but there is very little that's bouncy about it.  Tony acts as "The Boss" for this case (instead of Gibbs).  There's murder, embezzlement, adultery, computer fraud and stealing hotel towels - hardly qualifies as "bouncy", does it?

Now this - this is bouncy

AAAAAGH!
Conrad, as you may be aware, likes to tackle The Metro's Cryptic Crossword on the way into work, since this acts as a mental limbering-up exercise for the day's duties.  Every now and then a clue comes up that makes one shudder when solved, and today proved that.     "Number" said the clue.  11 letters.  I got A_A_S_H_TI_
     Could I think of anything numerical that fitted?  No I could not.  Because it meant "Number" as in "To render numb" - ANAESTHETIC.
     BAH!  I am very cross!  Very cross indeed!



* This is a lie; Darling Daughter get's her room organisation skills from Conrad.
**  It certainly felt like it