When did you all stop trusting me? Was because of the thing with the dog and the vodka? 'Cos honestly I can explain... you'll laugh when you hear it... And why are you following me? That seems kinda creepy. Though not as creepy as following 300 people seems to make me? What happened to the old Moggie jargon? I trusted you, and now this... Now you are physically and internetically unable to regain
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Posts by Joxley
Um, guys?
Check out my ball...
Cambridge University is renowned for many things. Indeed, it is renowned for doing many things better than pretty much anywhere else in the world. It has produced some of the world's greatest writers, inventors and scientists. Without its graduates we would not understand gravity, evolution or genetics (in other words, we'd all be Sarah Palin). But worse still, without Cambridge, we wouldn't ha...
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On cliques and clubs
It's three and a half years since I signed up for MOG, and whilst I never frequent this site as often as I used to, I guess I can still be considered one of its oldest hands, and dare I suggest it, elder statesmen. In all this time I have never failed to be amazed by MOG's ability to piss people off. This weekend, it seems it happened again. Perhaps it is a good thing - it has often been said in t
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Noughtie Boy: A Millenial's Manifesto
The champagne glasses have been put away; the ticker tape has been swept up and tipped into the dustbin reserved for yet another used-up decade. But, as the noughties recede into the past, condensed into a myriad of "Best Of…" lists and 60-second collages, some of us have more reason to mourn than others. Just as the world exchanges one decade for another, so too do I, flicking from my teens to
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British British British to the Core
For nigh on 60 years, Britain has been absorbing American musical culture, repackaging it, and sending it back. The US may have pioneered rock'n'roll, punk, and folk, but we've polished them into superior products. And, in our efforts to ape and improve Americana, we have produced some true British gems, records that embody our national character and while painting a "u" into the 'color' of pop mu
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