Tumbleweed Wednesday

No midweek football means that, once again, I'm relying on the work of others to to keep the blog ticking over by listing a few links that you may find interesting.

It's no secret that Mossley are having a few problems on the pitch at the moment, particularly in regards to scoring and defending them. Thankfully though it hasn't got quite this bad:





Laurel and Hardy were great weren't they? There wasn't an occupation that was around in the early part of the last century that they couldn't mine for comedy - boat painters, car mechanics, piano movers and, memorably, the Foreign Legion.

One notable exception though was firefighting but now, thanks to two US firemen (albeit unwittingly), you can get a taster of what it would have been like had Hal Roach allowed Stan and Ollie to make a film that would probably have had 'blaze' in the title:



Have you ever bought some food purely on how it looks on the packet, only to find out that what's inside the packaging doesn't even come close to resembling the on the front? Well you're not alone (presuming you answered yes) because someone has gone to the trouble of detailing the discrepancies with photographs: Advertising vs Reality

My particular favourite is Grunkhol (about a third of the way down the page) as instead of a plate of food, it looks suspiciously like a grass verge that's popular with the local canine community.

Finally, a financial forum may be one of the last places you'd think of visiting for a really good laugh but I highly recommend reading this thread at MoneySavings Expert.com, as it details a fraud victims dealings with debt collection agency Debitas. Particular highlights from the many phone transcripts with call centre staff listed include the aforementioned victim pretending to be god and, in one inspired exchange, to have travelled two months back in time.

Hopefully there are one two things here that will keep you occupied for a few minutes while we await the arrival of Harrogate Railway Athletic.

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