Harry is sitting next to his mother in the shoe section of a giant department store. It’s the first time he’s been allowed to sit down all day as he’s spent most of it being dragged round the different departments. It was all so very boring. Except the hat section that had been fun. His [...]
Archive for December, 2006
A game of cat and mouse
Posted in Fiction on December 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Dating in ’57
Posted in Jokes on December 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the summer of 1957 and Harold goes to pick up his date, PeggySue. Harold’s a pretty hip guy with his own car and a duck tail hairdo. When he goes to the front door, PeggySue’s mother answers and invites him in. “PeggySue’s not ready yet, so why don’t you have a seat?” she says. [...]
How does the Traffic Alert function on a car radio work?
Posted in Articles, Questions on December 27, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I was asked this question the other day in The Pirates and the Economy and the answer should really be in the form of a question. How does your radio know what the name of the radio station is? Basically the answer is that the radio signal has a data signal that is sent along [...]
Ask a question
Posted in Admin, Questions on December 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Haven’t you always just wanted to ask a question to me here at gamboling but been too shy to ask? Isn’t there some question lurking that you would really love to hear the answer to but have never worked out how to search for the answer on the modern interweb? Or are you like Nick [...]
Doctor Doctor
Posted in Jokes on December 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve got a mince pie stuck up my bottom. Doctor: Oh, would you like some cream for that?
Merry Christmas
Posted in Articles on December 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas wherever you are. I’m sure you probably weren’t expecting a post today but it’s still a Monday and so post I must. The thing I was going to talk about today was the two sides of Christmas. Some people really love Christmas and some people genuinely [...]
Point of resolution (5)
Posted in Fiction on December 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is part four (of four) of this years Christmas story on Gamboling. This started four weeks ago with: You may have seen a cakewalk, but have you seen plenty of this (9) Jenny was sitting in her kitchen and it was snowing again. It didn’tseem to snow that often anymore at Christmas. Not actually [...]
What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
Posted in Jokes on December 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Tinsilitus
The Pirates and the Economy
Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Here is a nice little logic puzzle for you all to play, it’s called the Pirate Loot problem and it goes something like this: Imagine you are the oldest in a band of five pirates, where no two pirates in the group are of the same age. It is your responsibility as the oldest pirate [...]
A cowboy rode into town and stopped at a saloon for a drink
Posted in Jokes on December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A cowboy rode into town and stopped at a saloon for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals always had a habit of picking on strangers, which he was. When he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen. He went back into the bar, handily flipped his gun into the air, caught it above [...]
