We have had some good times together; remember the pancakes:
Or maybe my shameless modelling:
Embarrassing moments aside, it has been a pleasure and i hope you enjoyed reading this blog as i much as i have enjoyed writing it.
]]>We have had some good times together; remember the pancakes:
Or maybe my shameless modelling:
Embarrassing moments aside, it has been a pleasure and i hope you enjoyed reading this blog as i much as i have enjoyed writing it.
]]>I've never been much of an artist but I think even I could have come up with a better design for the logo representing London's 2012 Olympics.
This appears to be a sentiment echoed throughout the country with 38,000 people signing a petition for the logo to be scrapped. One of my favourite quotes, found online, was: "I've vomited better logos."
For those of you who haven't seen it yet, (where have you been?) picture the Tiswas logo and you're half way there. On top of all this, the 'geniuses' behind the idea have managed to spend £400,000 on a promotional video that triggers epileptic fits.
Farmers Weekly has decided to embrace this artistic outpouring by running a competition to design a logo for the British Agricultural Society. To find out more and to enter click here.
]]>It's not been unusual (pun intended) to hear strains of Tom Jones' 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' in the office all morning. Thankfully it's not his 'Best Of' album but a video of six hunky farmers getting their kit off.
Don't judge us though, it's not what you think! It's all in the name of charity. It may not be everyone's first thought for a fundraiser but six Cumbrian lads have decided to strip off Full Monty style on 16 June to raise money for their local hospital.
The event is already a sell out, with local women beating down doors to get tickets to see these burly young men. Their practice video can be seen on fwi.co.uk/monty and it's definitely worth a watch.
]]>Gingerbread 'people', midday supervisors (as opposed to dinner ladies), lollipop 'person' - just when you thought political correctness could go no further, common sense has finally been pushed over the edge.
The RSPB has banned the use of the work 'cock' to describe male birds on its online forums and appears to be phasing out its use throughout its website. Any user who attempts to use the offending word will find it censored.
The RSPB claims it has put this into practice as a lot of children visit the website and it wishes to avoid embarrassment. Surely the bigger concern should be why children would realise this could be an embarrassing word in the first place?!? However fans of blue tits need not worry, there are no plans to rename them...yet.
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All this week we have been running a feature that highlights the pros and cons of finding date in the countryside.
Mr Food Chain Andrew Watts volunteered (reluctantly) to be our eligible bachelor, as we went to a point-to-point and found three lovely ladies for him to go on a date with.
It's been a long and emotional journey but Mr Food Chain has chosen and now it is time to see how his final date goes.
Will they get on?Will love blossom?Watch to find out
]]>This performance artist shows a more extreme method of protesting. The office has been discussing about how much meat you would get from a Corgi but i would say that all Corgi's that i have seen are chubby little things. Miss Business Reporter said that she thinks it will taste like lamb but i am not sure.
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Mr Farmlife has been gushing over his kittens since he got them last week.
Pictures of his new pets in various cute poses have been circulating the office over the past few days, resulting in lots of "aaahs" coming from members of the FW team (Miss Poultry World in particular).
This afternoon, weekend visits were even arranged to see the pair, named Parsley and Nutmeg.
It seems as though it's not just Mr Farmlife who has given unusual names to his feline friends.
Mr Foodchain lovingly call's his housemate's cats 'Black Cat' and 'Other Cat', and when pressed admitted he couldn't actually remember their real names.
But my favourite names went to Mr News Editor, who, banned by his family from calling his cats Steve and Mike, instead plumped for Greg and Fergal.
Sadly I'm allergic to cats, which means I'll never have the opportunity to bestow a bizarre name upon one. Perhaps I should get a goldfish instead - I wonder if it'd appreciate being called Fluffy.
]]>My triumph was short-lived though. While I wasn't exactly expecting to be applauded when I shared my gallant tale at the office, I didn't expect quite so much laughter from the Farmers Weekly team.
"It was only the size of a Smartie?" Mr Web Editor asked incredulously. "You ought to be careful - it's probably laid eggs on your sports socks," he joked. (At least, I hope he was joking. Maybe I should check when I get home this evening...)
All the talk of my arachnophobia got the rest of the FW team talking about their phobias, and there were some surprising admissions, especially for people working for a farming magazine.
Miss Deputy News Editor confessed she is unnerved by cattle (apparently termed Bovinophobia), while Miss Business reporter revealed sheep make her nervous because she is frightened of wool (a weird enough phobia not to have even been given a name).
Looking around on the internet, we found some other weird phobias that wouldn't be too helpful for farmers, including scarecrows, carrots and wind turbines. I wonder what some of FWi's forum members would have to say about that one...
See we can bring you beauty here at the Black Sheep.
]]>All day members of the team have been pretending to come over to the news team (who have all the sweets) with 'serious agricultural issues', before returning with a sneaky chocolate digestive in their pocket.
I have of course used no such tactic, just bounding up and stealing a biscuit before running off before Miss Deputy News Editor throws something at me.
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Mr Europe Editor has been sent these two images of people who have unusual methods of carrying large quantities of material. I think the grass rider is trying to camouflage his/herself, but unfortunately the undergrowth 'look' is unworkable in a city street. As for the egg guy, it sure looks impressive, but if he has to stop quickly he is definately going to get egg on his face (sorry but it was too good of a pun to ignore)
We have found a more unusual way of weight control however, using a computer game console called the Nintento Wii.
This 'Wii Weightless plan' allows you to lose weight by interacting with the computer. One person on the regime is even blogging about his experiences.
I think i would prefer to go for a walk to be honest but good luck to these guys.
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