humour'ish : Brett Fish

Taboo Topics: Race – Meet Hari Kodabolu, some humour and the insulting idea of ‘The other’

Changing tack a little bit on this whole race conversation as we bring a little humour into it. Comedian Hari Kondabolu appears on the David Letterman show and shares some race-related humour which becomes deeply insightful when you take a moment to realise some of the truths that the comedy is bases on and especially as he dives into the highly insulting idea of group of people from different races or cultures being classified simply as [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-18T06:15:25+02:00April 18th, 2014|challenging thorts, humour'ish, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|1 Comment

solving all the problems of the world

so i got a little silly today and i can't even remember why - someone's #firstworldproblems hashtag triggered a Will Smith response version... which then became a 'being spun in a huge circle by someone really strong' version and of course a 'surfing in the ocean when the first wave arrives' one... 8 attempts later and i had a bit of a list... what world problems did you experience today? After Earth, Wild Wild West, [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-12T16:30:55+02:00April 12th, 2014|activities, humour'ish, silly things|0 Comments

Dangerous Things You Can Least Expect: Wedding Titles

Well it has been a long time coming but Brad Fish is back and with him a brand new Dangerous Things You Can Least Expect video, this time dishing out his wisdom and warnings of the kind of titles we give to people at weddings which can set us up for a whole lot of danger if we are not careful. If you're wondering who Brad Fish is, he is an [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-09T14:08:21+02:00April 9th, 2014|activities, humour'ish, marriage, silly things, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Pearls before waves

More cynical greatness from Stephan Pastis and the Pearls before Swine strip... Not gonna lie, i'm a hand wave guy - you gotta do the wave! [For Pearls before Swine and a shark, click here] [For Pearls before Swine and a big fat pun, click here]

By brettfish|2014-03-31T05:27:32+02:00March 31st, 2014|humour'ish, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|0 Comments

It’s getting hot in here…

...so take off all your clothes. I am getting so hot, I want to take my clothes off. No, mom, don't worry, it's just a song! ...and one of the most hilarious parts of my weekend... SETTING THE SCENE Friday 6.30pm: Borrow my housemates car to go hit field hockey practice at the Bladium and i turn the radio on as i drive down the road and it's some irritating talking and so i flip [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-18T15:18:58+02:00March 18th, 2014|activities, and other animals., humour'ish, Uncategorized|0 Comments

That what he [Terry Pratchett] said.

if you don't know who Terry Pratchett is, then you should probably administer yourself a slap to the head. come on... do it... there, you go. much better Terry Pratchett is a man who i have never met [altho he did email me once] who has kept me thoroughly entertained for, oh since about 1983 when his first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published and 40 novels later [as well as others not [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-11T20:44:31+02:00March 11th, 2014|and other animals., humour'ish, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|15 Comments

Whenever you are holding on too tightly, Lego.

If i were to ask you what the best job in the whole world was, i doubt if anyone would respond, "Working with Lego" simply because, how is that a job? But if i were to tell you that for the last two months i have lived with someone whose job is working with Lego, your response is very much likely to be, 'Wow, that's the best job in the world!' So Aaron and Sarah [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-10T15:11:26+02:00March 10th, 2014|activities, adventures, and other animals., humour'ish, silly things, Uncategorized|5 Comments

Pearls before Sharkfodder

Ah, what a winner, Pastis. Tackles the big issues and all. If you are not a Pearls before Swine fan yet, this is a great one to start with and then click on some links to other strips at the bottom - this is some fun stuff: [For another Pearls before Swine strip with a touch of Dr Seuss, click here] [For a growing collection of some of my favourite recent Pearls before Swine [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-10T08:11:27+02:00March 10th, 2014|and other animals., humour'ish, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Pearls before Seuss

In honour of legendary South African comedienne and fellow improviser, Anne speak-like-Seuss Hirsch, another great Pearls before Swine strip: [For a Pearls Before Swine cartoon about dating fish, click here] [For some of my favourite Pearls before Swine strips, click here]

By brettfish|2014-02-21T05:33:18+02:00February 21st, 2014|humour'ish, silly things, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Doctor WHAAAAAAAT?

this weekend i started watching Doctor Who. i told people i was watching Dr Who but someone's daughter told me that in this case you aren't allowed to abbreviate Doctor and who am i to argue with anyone ever? i started watching the Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who because that was the start of the new generation of Doctor Whos [Whose?] although for the first two tweets i spelled his last name Ecclestone with an e [...]