Recently Gingell’s blog has been getting visits from people curious about running, which makes sense considering it’s a website about training for a race. The keywords people type into Google to end up here are a lot less easy to explain away. They confuse, amuse, inspire and disturb me in almost equal measure.

I’ve mentioned them briefly before and I tried to look at them again recently but Abbey Clancy got in the way.  Here’s a selection.

scribbleboy

Scribbleboy is a book written by Philip Ridley and illustrated by Chris Riddell.  It also seems to be a popular feature on a number of schools’ book lists.  Unfortunately there are no “novel essays on scribbleboy” here, nor are there “pichers of scribbleboy”, there never has been a “scribbleboy 2″ and I am unaware of any plans for “scribbleboy the filme”. It looks like you may be forced to read the book yourself and do your own homework.

I adopted Scribbleboy as my email username because I liked the sound of it and had enjoyed reading the book (I also discuss my nickname in the comment section of this post).  Since I met Reg, who in the beginning was too lazy to learn my real name and instead called me by my email address, it seems to have stuck.  Over the years it’s been shortened to Scribble and Scribs.  Variations have included Squirrel and Scribblé (thanks to Gwyn for giving it that French feel).   Stokies pronounce it as Squiggle, Squizzle and Squibs (they seem to struggle sounding hard letters).

Gingell is currently testing out a new generation of variations that includes Scribblehead and Scribbilicious.

nude ukrainians

If that’s what you’re looking for I’d start by looking in the Ukraine.

adidas

Two weeks ago I wrote a rather controversial piece about Adidas’ Celebrate Originality ad campaign. People are now asking Google “the purpose of adidas house party advert”.  The short answer would be to sell sportswear and with questions like “what adidas originals trainers does katy perry wear?” and “where can i buy the trainers that katy perry wears in the addidas originals advert?” it seems like it’s working.  I did a quick search to try and find out for you but unfortunately I come up as the top result and still don’t know.  Answers on a postcard (there are a couple of people out there trying to scam you, if the trainers don’t look like the ones Katy is wearing at 0:47 in this Adidas interview then I wouldn’t be buying).

Jon Harrington

Now that’s just creepy, I don’t even want to know why you’re Googling me.  If you’ve got my number, call me, if you haven’t, there’s a reason.

wu-tang clan

I thought the note here would have cleared this up but apparently not.

The song is not called “big cash controlles everything around me” or “money controls everything around me” it is called C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) and is track eight on their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

If you want it on a t-shirt you can pick it up stateside here (can’t see any UK stockists selling this particular design).  Personally I’d rather wear the shirt on this page but I imagine that fans of both the clan and the man in black are in short supply.

As for people asking what samples are used, the answer is “‘As Long as I Got You’ performed by the Charmels used courtesy of Warner Special Products.  Written by Isaac Hayes/ David Porter”.  Read your liner notes people.

dildo vagina x-ray

No, no, no.

lent – give blood

Maybe it’s a new trend or maybe I just move in better circles these days but a lot of people I know seem to be taking up something positive for Lent rather than giving up something negative. Charity’s exercising and reading the Bible more often, Antonio’s painting and gardening, Baines is looking at random acts of kindness.  Giving blood seems like an excellent idea and you can find out all you need to know on The National Blood Service’s website.  I will be giving blood this Friday, hopefully it all goes more successfully then last time.

Well, I quite enjoyed that.  Hopefully I’ve helped some people and provided some kind of amusement.  We’ll have to do it again sometime.