A Year Of Twitter (2012)

2012 was really good for me on Twitter - I would like to thank the everyone who replied to various daft stuff I tweeted.

The following is a list of the famous people who took time out of their busy lives to tweet me, I would love to thank everyone on it...

• Sara Willis (@Saraurora) - model
• Penny Smith (@WhichPennySmith) - TV presenter, writer
• Glynis Barber (@MsGlynisBarber)- actress
• Sallyu Thomsett (@SallyThomsett) - actress
• Rebecca Tan (@Rebecca_Tan) - Price Drop assistant
• Ali DeFoy (@AliDeFoy) - GemsTV presenter
• Corrinne Wicks (@CorrinneWicks) - actress
• Sarah-Jane Crawford (@DJSarahJane) - radio presenter, dj
• Pooja Shah (@PoojaSha08) - actress
• Kate Robbins (@KateRobbins) - actress, impressionist, cousin of Sir Paul McCartney
• Kelsey-Beth Crossley (@Kelsbethx) - actress
• Emma Forbes (@EmmaForbes) - presenter
• Nicola Bryant (@TheNicolaBryant) - actress
• Claire Hardy (@ClareLHardy) - Price Drop assistant
• Jenna Leigh Green (@Jemma22) - actress, Libby in Sabrina The Teenage Witch
• Lucinda Grossmith (@LGrossmith) - Price Drop assistant
• Melissa Suffield (@IAmMelTeaser) - actress
• Sally Jacks (@SallyJacks1) - singer, Price Drop host
• Suzie Samuels (@MrsSuzieSamuels) - singer
• Angellica Bell (@AngellicaBell) - presenter
• Kat Shoob (@KatShoob) - presenter
• Jodie Marsh (@JodieMarsh) - model
• Gemma Atkinson (@MissGAtkinson) - actress
• Billy Murray (@BillyAMurray) - actor
• Lisa Leyland (@LisaLaylandx) - former Price Drop assistant, presenter
• Hollie-Jay Bowes (@JollieHayBowes) - actress
• Sinead Moynihan (@SineadMoynihan) - actress
• Kay Little (@TVsKayLittle) - presenter
• Tinashe (@Tinashe) - singer, actress
• Janine Jones (@J9Jones) - radio presenter
• Tanya Vital (@TanyaVital) - actress
• Victoria Coren (@VictoriaCoren) - presenter, writer
• Carol Roache (@CarolRoache) - GemsTV presenter
• Michelle Livings (@MichelleLivings) - presenter
• Gizzi Erskine (@GizziErskine) - TV chef
• Sarah Jayne Honeywell (@SJHoneywell) - presenter, actress
• Amanda Lamb (@MissAmandaLamb) - presenter
• Debbie Arnold (@DebbieArnold1) - actress
• Dr. Brooke Magnanti (@BMagnanti) - formerly Belle Du Jour
• Jemma Forter (@JemmaForte) - presenter, writer
• Rebecca Callard (@RebeccaCallard) - actress
• Melanie Sykes (@MsMelanieSykes) - presenter
• Nathalie Emmanuel (@MissNEmmanuel) - actress
• Alex Lovell (@AlexLovellTV) - presenter, news reader
• Laura Whitmore (@TheWhitmore) - presenter
• Samantha Fox (@SamFoxCom) - model, singer
• Dawn Porter (@HotPatooties) - presenter, writer
• Gail Emms (@GailEmms) - Olympic Badminton Silver Medalist
• Avy Scott (@AvyScott) - pornographic actress, model
• Lisa-Marie Long (@LisaMarie_Long) - actress
• Suzi Perry (@SuziPerry) - presenter
• Michaela Tabb (@MichaelaTabb) - snooker referee
• Danielle Fishel (@DanielleFishel) - actress, Topanga in Boy Meets World
• Aled Jones (@RealAled) - singer, presenter
• Sapphire Elia (@Sapphire_Elia) - actress
• Lisa Rogers (@MsLisaRogers) - actress, presenter
• Marina Berry (@Marine_Berry) - Price Drop assistant, singer
• Julia Hardy (@ItsJuliaHardy) - presenter
• Siri (@SiriPornStar) - pornographic actress, model
• Helen Lederer (@HelenLederer) - actress
• Lucy-Jo Hudson (@LucyJo_Hudson) - actress
• Robert Ross (@RobertRossEsq) - writer
• Charlotte Stokely (@Char_Stokely) - pornographic actress, model
• Lynn Jinks (@LynnGemsTV) - Gems TV presenter
• Whitney Stevens (@WhitneyStevens) - pornographic actress, model
• Karen Hassan (@KarenHassan2) - actress
• Sally Ann Matthews (@SallyAnMatthews) - actress
• Rae Carpenter (@RaeCarpenter) - GemsTV presenter
• Natalie Pike (@MissNataliePike) - model
• Cal Wilson (@CalBo) - comedienne
• Stephen Fry (@StephenFry) - presenter, actor, writer
• Roxanne McKee (@RoxanneMcKee) - actress
• Sheree Murphy (@ShereeMurphy) - actress
• Ruth Langsford (@RuthieeL) - presenter
• Andree Bernard (@Andree_Bernard) - actress
• Sienna West (@SiennaWestland) - pornographic actress, model
• Anna Richardson (@AnnaRichardso) - presenter, writer
• Anna Williamson (@AnnaWilliamsTV) - presenter, actress
• Melissa Wells (@MelissaKWells) - actress
• Carley Stenson (@CarleyStenson) - actress
• Karen Alloy (@KarenAlloy) - internet blogger

Note To Self: be grateful I only have to do this type of list once a year.

If you've tweeted me and your name isn't on this list, then I apologise.

My favourite name on that list is Stephen Fry - I was actually properly giddy with excitement when I realised he'd replied to something I said!

After doing some calculations (because I'm sad like that) I have found out that Ali DeFoy was the most prolific reply-er, so thank you Ali.

The Top 5 Reply-ers were

1. Ali DeFoy
2. Suzie Samuels
3. Kelsey-Beth Crossley
4. Pooja Shah
5. Angellica Bell

A big thank you to everyone.

The Fool.

Happy New Year 2013

Hello, and I hope you are all well.

I start with a resolution - to try to update this more and also try to get more people to do the Seven Deadly Sins questionnaire.

YEAR IN REVIEW (A SMALL REVIEW)

2012 saw so many interesting things happen.

A new series of Red Dwarf (which I thought was great), London held the Olympics and did a fantastic job (we should try it again sometime), Lance Armstrong turned out to be a drugs cheat, and Jimmy Savile turned out to be pure evil (who'd have known it - well most of the BBC by the sounds of it).

Big love to my former (albeit fictitious) employers, Will and Kate, on the announcement of a pregnancy (lovely).

Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy came to a stunning conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises, hopefully whoever takes over the directing on the next Batman film won't bugger it up.

IN MEMORIAM

Sadly in 2012 we saw the passing of quiet a few noteworthy people - here are the ones I'd heard of.

• Bob Weston
• Bob Holness
• Etta James
• Ian Abercrombie
• Colin Tarrant
• Whitney Houston
• David Kelly
• Ken Goodwin
• Frank Carson
• Davy Jones
• Doug Furnas
• Philip Madoc
• Robert B. Sherman
• Philip Jenkinson
• Dick Clark
• Adam Yauch
• Vidal Sassoon
• Donald "Duck" Dunn
• Robin Gibb
• Caroline John
• Henry Hill
• Victor Spinetti
• Andy Griffith
• Hollie Stevens
• Eric Sykes
• Ernest Borgnine
• Simon Ward
• Sherman Hemsley
• Mary Tamm
• Geoffrey Hughes
• Gore Vidal
• Scott McKenzie
• Phyllis Diller
• Nina Bawden
• Jerry Nelson
• Neil Armstrong - probably the most impressive person on this list - actually walked on the moon
• Max Bygraves
• Michael Clarke Duncan
• Terry Nutkins
• Andy Williams
• Herbert Lom
• John Clive
• Sylvia Kristel
• Mike Morris
• Brad Armstrong
• Beverley Goodway
• Clive Dunn
• Bill Tarmey
• Larry Hagman
• Dinah Sheridan
• Buddy Roberts
• Sir Patrick Moore
• Kenneth Kendall
• Charles Durning
• Jack Klugman
• Fontella Bass
• Tony Greig
• Baron William Rees-Mogg

Rather depressing that list, isn't it.

On a slightly lighter note - I notice that the apocalyptic prediction that some thought the Mayan's had didn't happen. So there's always that to smile about.

The Fool.

Merry Christmas!

Anyone who has taken any notice of my twitter will have noticed, apart from a few bad gags and complaints about life, I have done my own Twitter Advent Calendar using pics of famous people - mostly girls, I'll admit that.

What follows are those pics, plus some selection of others

Hope you all have a great christmas and a lovely new year.

Will try to blog more in the 2013.

The Fool.

Reasons To Be Cheerful

Just a list of a few things that make me smile

• The Beatles
• Seeing an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine I haven't seen before
• Red Dwarf
• Monty Python
• The Marx Brothers
• thinking I was wrong about something and finding out I was right
• someone I like finding happiness
• the Welsh accent
• various episodes of Doctor Who
• receiving a reply on Twitter by someone I'd admired for years e.g. Stephen Fry
• managing to break though a stubborn patch of Writer's Block and actually write something
• reading
• listening and possibly singing to music (even though I know I can't sing)
• Beetlejuice
• Ghostbusters
• The Dark Knight - especially Heath Ledger's performance
• QI

more to follow, if I think of anything

Fool's Facts

Comedian Shappi Khorsandi is fluent in Norwegian

David Bowie created Connect Four

Fearne Cotton's middle name is One Hundred Percent

American President Barack Obama is a big supporter of Scunthorpe Football Club

Holly Willoughby's full name is Hannah Olivia Laura Louisa Yolanda, but she shortens it to HOLLY

Soap Characters are Time Lords which is why when some of them go on holiday they return looking completely different

Where's Wally? is based on the disappearance of Lord Lucan

Elvis Presley is alive and well and living in Tewkesbury, England

Christina Hendricks' breasts are mostly padding as she's completely flat chested

Former UK Prime Minister John Major had a pet iguana called Eric

Hallowe'en 2012

the following is a few of my favourite Twitter posted costumes I have spotted this year

I do not on the rights to any of these - so if you want them removed - just ask and I'll be happy to :)

Smoking Monologue

written by Paul Merton

"I'd hate to give up smoking...because I don't smoke.

To give up I'd have to start, and I've tried starting, I haven't got the willpower.

I've tried suddenly starting. Gradually increasing the number of cigarettes I smoke each day. Cutting up.

I find myself not having a cigarette, and then not having another one immediately afterwards.

I'm probably not smoking 40 to 50 cigarettes a day.

Of course there are many ways to give up smoking - nicotine chewing gum, hypnotism...

My aunt used to douse herself in a gallon of petrol every morning, the idea being that she couldn't light up without turning herself into a human fireball.... didn't stop her. You'd be in the living room, you'd hear a cough and a whoosh. She was up to 40 whooshes a day by the end of it.

The bloke next door's had surgery to stop him smoking. He's had his lips sewn together. But he still carried on smoking, he used to put the cigarettes up his nose and smoked them like that. So the doctors thought this is no good, so they got hold of him and pump a load of cavity foam up each nostril. but he still carried on smoking... and it wasn't through his ears either I can tell you. He'd be sat on the bus and everyone would be wondering where the smoke rings were coming from. Nobody else had a drag on his fag I can tell you. In the end he was cured by accupuncture - they stuck some needles in eyes, he went blind, now he can't find his fags anymore."

Believe it or not, but that was from memory - I have watched/listened to Paul Merton Live At The London Palladium way too many times.

The Fool.