Recent content by Dusty Fred

I agree with you there. Young men confused on that point should consult The Chap magazine for more information. An interesting point. I wouldn't refute your charge that the scales are tipped, but I would suggest that any public figure with aspirations to a long career has to be mighty...

I fully agree with the OP... ...but, because I'm essentially a coward, my trilby (let's face it, hardly anyone knows the difference) is staying in the cupboard. I got it when I realised I had only a few more months before male pattern baldness rendered any kind of hairstyle other than shaved...

Well, you could continue the game if a character died (unless it was a key character, in which case you'd need to change into your instant-game-over trousers). You had the choice of being a perfectionist; completing the game without losing anyone, or tolerating a few losses (some members of your...

A few years ago my dad bought a new car. A Toyota Aygo, to be precise. We don't normally name cars in our house, but someone in the office suggested one, so it became a 'thing'. It seemed to attract dust inside, so I suggested we call it 'Dusty Fred Aygo'. We agreed this was a sound...

I didn't mean to exclude anyone, but I didn't want to generalise either. I'm 25 so I felt reasonably confident that I could speak for people my age. The fourth decade is uncharted territory for me, so I didn't want to stray beyond what I could speak from experience on. That's all. I'm open to...

Sorry. I'd intended to use the matter more as a point of departure than go stomping over old ground, but clearly people still feel strongly about this so perhaps there's more to be learned and understood from further discussion. I honestly wasn't sure if anyone else thought the way I did...

I saw earlier that 'friend zone' has now received official recognition as a concept/phrase/thing. Now; I'd say this is not far off becoming a well-flogged dead horse and I don't want to go raking over any coals here -after mixing your metaphors, pour and serve with a twist of lemon- but this set...

"Respect ginger people, drink tea, hate socialism"

I liked this one. It resides in the angle of off-the-wall that's just my cup of tea. Playing the situation straight worked very well, I thought. Additionally: Kate Stark.

I have to say, Bob, it never ceases to impress me how much intelligent analysis you can squash into 5 minutes. This here is a fine example. Good Job, as Will Smith says in Hancock (which I apologise for bringing up) OT; Ironically it was only yesterday that I heard on Planet Rock radio that...

Never. Tea, Toast and bass guitars are the only companions I require.

The lightbulbs were beautiful, the eggs tense. What a fine way to liven up a rainy Monday evening. Tar very muchly chaps/chapesses!

I'm prepared to put my hand up and admit I have been guilty of indulging the mindset of friendship+time=relationship. In fact, the first time I was educated about 'the friend zone' was in response to the girl in question saying 'I just want to find a good, nice guy' [words to that effect] and...

The Illusion of Time on the SNES. The ratio of 'desire to continue' vs. 'confusion about HOW to continue' was unfavourable. Never really took to it, but then again I was a highly sensitive child who was genuinely scared by the ghost world of Mario 64.