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Hey everyone,

This blog site, as lovely as it is, is not actually very good.

It takes an absolute age to load photos on and and videos... well you may as well not bother!

Also some posts haven't shown up.

So basically we're not going to blog anymore.

Instead, we're going to put our stories up as we upload our photos on the Facebook group. So join that and enjoy the fun there.

Regards,

The Stupid Boys.

throats and postmen

was really looking forward to today, to the look on a postmans face as i thanked him for all his hard work.........unfortunately work got in the way so i didn't get to thank one face to face but here is a copy of the email i sent to royal mail....


hello there,

you may or may not know that today, 4th feb, is officially national thank a mailman day! as i haven't seen any postman during my days activities i thought i'd write an email instead. so to all at the royal mail THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

dave guard

ps. check out www.365daysofstupidness.blogspot.com
to see more national days





.......yesterday i blessed some young peoples throats at drop-in. photos up soon.

much love

dave

the last 9 days!

so i'm crap at regular blogging. sue me.

i agree with pete, peanut butter sticks to your mouth and is rank! i celebrated with gizmo, sarah and the lovely laurie

i announced at the front of st marks church gillingham that it was national opposite day and then informed a lady in the front row that she looked lovely!

chinese new year was celebrated with the lovely hyde family! zoe cooked a fab chinese meal which myself ben and emily gobbled up!

on thomas crapper day i had a huge poo and appreciated what the ballcock does.......unfortunately i was friend-with-camera less that day so no pic........ur probably quite glad

daisy day. no daisies. what a ridiculous time of year for this day. short on inspiration i facebooked daisy burrows, someone i haven't seen for about 6 years, and wished her a happy daisy day!

puzzle day was seriously fun. myself and one of the young people adam completed a 50 piece puzzle in about 6 mins.....really good fun

i yodelled at the people in the shop next door to our office. they thought i was nuts.

brandy alexanders were so nice i made 1 for ben and myself the next day. brandy based drinks national days are definitely among my favourite of 365 so far!

baked alaska was made round at ben and zoe's. although i did whisk some eggs for a couple of minutes zoe has to make all the credit for a lovely chocolate ice cream flavored one! we scoffed it down and felt a bit sick afterwards.......

hedgehog day today.....heres some facts about those spiky little beings!

• Hedgehogs are well-known for rolling into a ball as a defence mechanism, using their spines to protect themselves. Unfortunately this mechanism does not help them when trying to cross roads.
  
• Hedgehogs can communicate in a variety of different ways, including grunts, snuffles, and loud squeals.
  
• Hedgehogs are nocturnal.
  
• Hedgehogs were eaten in Ancient Egypt, with a common cooking method being to cover the hedgehog in clay and then bake it. Please don't try this at home!
  
• The gestation period for hedgehogs is 35 to 58 days, depending on the species, and this results in three to six mini hedgehogs.
  
• Hedgehogs in Britain generally hibernate from November to March, although this can depend on the temperature and weather.
  
• British hedgehogs can live up the age of 10.
  
• Hedgehogs are mentioned in Shakespeare's The Tempest and Midsummer Night's Dream.

23rd Jan - 28th Jan

28th January

So why would you decide to have Daisy Day at a time of year that daisies don't bloom?!!? I passed a few parks and grasslands on the way to work and there wasn't a flower anywhere. Florists are hardly going to sell daisies. So what did I do? Well I remembered at the back of my mind that Tesco's new discount cleaning brand was called Daisy! Job done!! I went into Tesco and there was a beautfiul display of Daisy products. So I immersed myself amongst them while Hannah from Crux Media (a brilliant schoolswork team from YFC - bookings available at www.yfc.co.uk) took the pictures.

Measure your feet day

there was some feet measuring in Gillingham today. as you can see, the right foot is not always the same size as the left in this town.

i have just measured lauries and they are a very pretty 23cm each!

Jan 18th - 22nd

January 22nd - Answer Your Cat's Questions

At 71 Westy Road, we have no cat. Will is allergic and the landlord won't let us anyway. However, theres is a cat that regularly comes into our garden. He also entered our conservatoy quite a lot and sometimes came into the house. We named him/her/it Stella. I wondered when lying in bed, what it would ask me if it could. So let's answer those questions....



Stella: You always used to let me in your house, now you don't, why is this?
Pete: Sorry about this, this is partly because Will is allergic to all cats, not just you. Also, we have a tumble dryer now and the tube that lets the hot air out needs to go somewhere, so we had to use your cat flap. Sorry!

Stella: I quite enjoy roaming around your back garden, but there's a lot of rubble and dangerous items there that could injure me. Can you please clear these out so that I can use your garden as a shortcut to other places?
Pete: The garden was in that state when we arrived. We're not really sure if the landlord is still working on it or not. As a result we haven't done anything to it as we never use the garden. I will do a sweep of the area to ensure it's not too bad though. Think of it as an urban jungle!

Stella: Why did you only offer me a saucer of milk once?
Pete: Because you didn't touch it!! It was a complete waste. I presumed you didn't like milk so I haven't done it again!

Stella: Why did you name me after a bottle of beer?
Pete: We didn't know your name. We'd been drinking Stella at the time when you came into our garden so it seemed a good idea.

Stella: Why do people think that cats like fish as our main treat? I want some steak!!!
Pete: Ask more politely and it's more likely to happen. I don't know why. You cats seem to love fish! and it's cheaper than steak. I might offer you a piece next time I'm cooking some, if you're lucky and a bit more polite.

January 21st - Hot and Spicy International Food Day



I love spicy food. I could have been boring and got a microwave curry or a takeaway. But where's the fun in that?? So I defrosted some chicken, bought a spicy sauce and boiled some rice. The sauce, as it turns out, was more chilli con carne in style. But it was still good. Another good day in the 365 project.

January 20th - Penguin Awareness Day



Today i tootled across to Hinckley to assist the Crux Theatre guys in a sponsored bike ride. In the van was Laura (team driver; team chaplin), Bex (team nutritionalist) and myself (team mechanic; navigator. Also in the van and pictured left to right is Squid, Sydney and Peter. For the whole day I aware of them as they sat on the dashboard staring up at me.

January 19th - National Champagne Day



SJ's birthday was annoyingly the day after so I had to time this one well. I went to Aldi and bought a bottle of real champers for £9.99 (probably the grapes that fallen on the floor). I then went to SJ's house and poured the champagne at 11:58pm on the 19th. I then had some at 11:59pm on the 19th. The girls consumed some at midnight to celebrate SJ's birthday. Definately the most expensive day so far, but also very good!

January 18th - National Peking Duck Day

What a beautiful day!! I love duck. I love chinese. What better excuse to have some than a whole day dedicated to it.



I bought my quarter of crispy aromatic duck and settled down to watch the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers attempting to win and qualify for the Superbowl. I loved the peking duck, was so flippin tasty! And the Steelers won! hurrah!

answer your cats question day

kat langton asked:

what is your ambition?

i answered: to live as God intended and complete this 365 challenge

cat jones asked 2 questions:

1. are you a cake?

i answered: yes i am....i like to have myself and eat myself

2.who are you?

i answered: a killer bee

Pastrami Ice Cream Eating Fairies Pig out Whilst Ducking Champagne

its been awhile since i've blogged, apologies, but i have religiously kept the 365 days of stupidness tran running in my life. as i dont have a camera or a phone good enough to have one my photos are a little delayed in coming up but will be up soon.

some updates:

hot pastramis sarnies are ace..... pastrami is not available in aldi and is expensive n somerfield

strawberry ice cream is quality....i had mine in the form of a cornetto

fairies are fun....i wore a tinkerbell hat and waved a wand

pigs are great animals...especially the way harvesters cook them and smother them in bbq sauce

peking duck is sensational.....bought from iceland for £2

champagne is horrible....so is champagne marmite! the cheap mans way of celebrating this day

today is penquin awareness day i was just gonna p-p-p-p-pick up the chocolate version but i though i needed to be more aware of penquins so here are some penquin facts:

they spend 75% of their time underwater

they can't breath underwater but can hold their breath for ages

average water speed is 15mph

they gather in groups of up to 5000

their man diet is fish

main predator is the leopard seal

PENQUIN JOKE-----

why don't you see penquins in britain?

cos they are afraid of wales! haha! happy penquin awareness day!

January 12th-17th

It's been a fun week. Every day is something new and things that I normally do. That's why this year is going to be great. Taf loves Hot Toddy's now, something he probably wouldn't have normally have experienced otherwise. For me, the highlight of this week was probably Blame Someone Else Day.

So how did the week start? Well, Monday the 12th January was National Pharmacist Day. It was very well timed as I was feeling pretty ill and was off work. So I went down to Selly Oak and found one immediately. I went in and had a lovely chat with a lady who worked there. She didn't know that it was her day so I gave her good wishes and she seemed quite chuffed. I asked for a photo with her but she declined, which wasn't in the spirit of things, so I took one outside in the rain.



January 13th

This is brilliant. I'm sure people took part in this day without even meaning to. I, of course, decided to try and video me doing it and did quite a good job. I went into work at YFC and through a highlighter at Brodie, one of the volunteers. I immediately blamed it on Hannah and Brodie actually believed that it was her. Lovely stuff!!



January 14th National Hot Pastrami Day. Lovely. Pastrami is a kinda salted herbed dry beef. It's quite nice. I couldn't find any packaged stuff in the little supermarkets so instead I bought a pre-packed sandwich from Sainsburys. It came with the normal garnish of gherkin and american mustard. It was lovely. Happy days. I put it in the microwave in order to make it sweat and be hot.


January 15th

I was ill again today. Still couldn't shake the flu. So I got my slave Watko to get me some strawberry ice cream on the way home from work. She delivered. It was nice, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I couldn't taste it. Meh.



January 16th

SJ bought me some pink fluffy fairy wings today. So I went to Hinckley to have dinner with Crux Theatre in a pub. I sat with the wings on all night. Laura has the pics and will upload them to facebook soon. I felt belittled. But at least I celebrate the Festival of All Fairies. I love you tinkerbell and the tooth fairy, even if you never gave me as money as my friends.

January 17th How beautiful is this day. I would have loved to actually see a pig today, but it was Saturday and that means football for me. Instead I bought in sausages and bacon, an actual rare occurance for me! So I made a fry up. It was booootiful!! Here's me about to demolish it! LAVERLY!!

Puddles, Toddys, Pharmacists and Blame

So recently, i've splashed laurie in a home made puddle (video is on the facebook group), drank a hot toddy at home with my housemate and her boyfriend..... Presented a bemused Pharmacist with a certificate and told him to keep up the good work (photos up shortly) and today i have sent an email to manchester united blaming them for spurs current plight......

here it is for your pleasure....

To Whom it may concern,

I am a Tottenham Hotspur fan so as you can imagine I'm not a very happy bunny at the moment. My club is languishing in the bottom 3 of the league and to be honest I BLAME MANCHESTER UNITED! In January 2005 the mighty Spurs came to Old Trafford and were robbed. Pedro Mendes 'scored' an ambitious yet beautiful 'goal' from about 50yards. It went about 2 feet over the line before Roy Carroll clawed it out. Unbelievably, Referee Mark Clattenburg ruled this injury time 'winner' didn't cross the line, thus robbing Spurs of 2 valuable points. If Roy Carroll or anyone at Man Utd had any decency they would have campaigned to the Premier League for justice to prevail. This did not happen and Spurs went on to narrowly miss out on european qualification that season. Had they qualified Spurs would have enjoyed the financial benefits and I believe would have been able to attract a better quality of player to White Hart Lane. Now, 4 years on we would definitely be challenging at the top of the table instead of battling relegation.
The blame lies firmly at your door.

Dave Guard

January 11th - National Hot Toddy Day

I first came across Hot Toddy's when working at The Fox. Here's a definition of what one is...

"Hot toddy is a name given to a mixed drink that is served hot, believed to have originated in the 18th century to make the taste of scotch more palatable.[citation needed] Although there are many variations, essential ingredients are:

* a hot beverage which may be tea, coffee, cocoa, water, apple cider, etc.
* an alcoholic spirit such as brandy, rum, or whiskey.
* usually a sweetener, such as honey, sugar or syrup."

So for mine I went for ingredients I had in the house already, and they were Pimms, Apple Juice, Syrup, and Cinnamon. I was given a Winter Pimms Tea Pot Set a year ago and thought this was a great chance to use it. So I put the ingredients in the saucepan and heated the mixture up. Susie, Naomi and I drank the Hot Toddy's and they were lush. I have a cold at the moment so it was great timing.

January 10th - Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friend Day

This is a genius idea. It's pretty well known by people and is always on the 11th. The problem with it being in January is that often those puddles will be frozen. The problem that we all encountered around the country (Birmingham, Gillingham and Cambridge) was that it hadn't rained. So there weren't any at all! That added to it for me. It meant I had to create my own puddle. I've been pretty ill all week and struggled out of bed late on Saturday to complete this, hence why the video is pretty poor but at least the sound is good. I went round to Susie's house and got a bucket of water and found a dip in the pavement where I created the puddle. Naomi filmed the event and Susie volunteered to be splashed. For some reason though I just didn't think about where the water would go. Not only did I get Susie, but I also got Naomi (therefore spashing TWO friends) and seriously got myself in the face and got soaked! See if you can work that out from the video and noises.... oh and it's also 90 degree rotated round the wrong way.

January 9th - National Dance Day

This was the last day that Taf and I would be together for a while so what better way to finish than with National Dance Day. On our facebook group, Erin has uploaded a video of me and some of the volunteers dancing. It's a great vid, check it out. This video is poor quality but you can clearly see myself and Taf with a couple of others dancing.

January 8th - National English Toffee Day

This one could have gone horribly wrong. We were pretty much stuck in North Wales without any toffees as the day approached. We sent some of the volunteers down into town to get specifically English Toffees. They duly delivered. They were Sainsbury's own brand and said "Produced in the England for...". We were delighted. Many people joined us in the celebrations. In the picture is Malcolm's son. His parents joined us in the day.

January 7th - National Pass Gas Day

It's very hard to picture a fart taking place. And equally unpredictable to video too! So I wrote down the times that I passed gas in order to prove that I had. Alan Gray from YFC can confirm I did one with him.

00:45 - in bed at the hotel.
08:52 - in the queue for the cooked breakfast. Don't think anyone noticed.
15:38 - whilst playing Indoor Bowls with Alan Gray. He farted first, I responded. Classic.
16:47 - walking from the snooker room to reception
18:15 - whilst sat in restaurant waiting for dinner I leant to one side and farted inthe direction of Bex Bryant. She wasn't impressed. I explained it was National Passed Gas Day, it seemed to work.

January 5th - National Whipped Cream Day

Taf and myself were away at YFC Staff Conference this week in North Wales. So we thought we'd include some of the YFC peeps in our photos this week. On the 5th we had our desserts and invited others on the table to join us. Sandra (left) spilt some of her dessert from the spoon just as the photo was being taken, hence the laughter that is going on. It was cracking. Taf decided to then completely cover my dessert as you can see...



Also, on the way to Wales, Taf offered me some Dairy Milk as I was driving. I accepted and he then asked if I wanted Whipped Cream on top. "Well of course!" I said. He shook the can, sprayed, and it went everywhere! All over the dashboard and gear stick! thanks for that!

January 6th - Take A Poet To Lunch Day

Being that Taf and I were at Staff Conference meant that we had to find someone within YFC who was a poet. I vented my worries on this to Luella on the Sunday and as it turns out she had a poem published when she was 10!! Perfect! So we arranged it for the Tuesday and sat together at lunch. Because I asked her on the Sunday, before we got to Wales, it gave Luella time to get a photo of her poem in the book.

Dave. Spaghetti. Day 4.

Spaghetti is nice. True fact.

January 4th - National Spaghetti Day

National Spaghetti Day has been on this date for some time now. Americans celebrate it and it seems that it is less known in the UK, but is still known by some. I headed to Tesco to buy some real spaghetti on Sunday evening, but seeing as it was only a petrol station sized one they none. However I did find the microwave format, so purchased that one. Much easier and was quite tasty to be honest :)

January 3rd - National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

At just past midnight, after coming back from engagement drinks (did I mention Dave and Laurie are engaged now...?), the melting of the Dairy Milk began. The pot of glaced cherries, normal ones are so out of season, was ready. Then, at about 00:03, the cherries were dipped and National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day was celebrated.