The Idiot Awards! (part 2)

A few months ago, the Charles Fudgemuffin blog recognised excellence in the field of idiocy with the Idiots Awards. However, there are many more idiots worthy of recognition, so here's another batch of 'winners'...

1) Choose your age

In perhaps the craziest news story of the decade, a 69 year old wanted to legally change his age to 49 because he identifies as a 49 year old.

Seriously, the world has gone mad. If we can now choose what we want to identify as, then I would like to identify as a millionaire, so presumably my bank will now let me withdraw loads of money from my account?

Thankfully, common sense prevailed and he lost his case, but the fact that this was even a thing is a sad reflection on the level of lunacy in the world nowadays.

Stupid questions (part 4)

This week's collection of stupid questions has a library theme to it...

This week it's time for one of my favourite themes as the Charles Fudgemuffin blog once again takes a look at a selection of stupid questions.

As with part 3, all of the following questions were asked at the library...

1) Written by ... ?

A general question which one librarian got asked a lot was...

"I'm looking for the autobiography of ______, but I'm not sure who wrote it."

Hmm, now who would an autobiography be written by?

Modern Japanese words

If you've ever considered learning Japanese then you may be surprised to discover that many Japanese 'import' words sound very similar to their English equivalents.

Orenji ju-su!
(Orange juice.)

To give you an example, a mate of mine once heard that the Japanese word for orange juice was 'orenji ju-su', and at first he thought it was just a joke.

However, in actual fact you'll find that many Japanese words sound very similar to their English equivalents. This isn't the technical explanation, but to give a light-hearted explanation, you basically add a Japanese accent and that's pretty much it.

I've collected a few of my favourites below, and if you're naturally distrusting then you may think I've made some of these up, but I promise you these are all actual real Japanese words...

How to write good.

Previously on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog I've written about how to write a helpful review and also how not to write a helpful review.

A bad workman blames his tools.

This week's blog post is also on the theme of writing, but in a more general sense, as a selection of tips are offered for any budding authors on 'how to write good'...

1) Always proofread your work to ensure you don't any words out.

2) Never overuse exclamation marks!!!!!

3) Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

4) Be careful not to make speling misteaks.

Random thoughts (part 7)

It's time for another collection of random thoughts about random subjects such as breathing, early birds, and advertising...

This dog obviously has its sense of self-importance just right.

1) Laughter is the cure

If you lose one sense, your other senses become enhanced. That's why people with no sense of humour have an increased sense of self-importance.

2) Road rage

When two people are walking and almost bump into each other, they both apologise and immediately take all the blame. When two people are driving and almost bump into each other, they both immediately get angry out and totally blame the other person.