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BenSpiers

  1. "Helium not only makes your voice high-pitched, after a liquid helium enema, farts do the same. I call it 'laughing gas.'"- Patrick Duffy
  2. #np Regulate, Warren G
  3. #np Modern Way, Keiser Chiefs, followed by You Really Got Me, The Kinks.
  4. RT @BrentSpiner: @MJMcKean--Hey Michael. Sending out my world famous healing powers to you! -Am channeling this good energy to @derek_acorah
  5. There is a very cheeky thing that keeps lurking on the HD free space. It is interested in system volume info and media. Splatted again.
  6. Don't know where the day is going. Pottering so hard with such slow progress.
  7. RT @newscientist: Animal aviators. Meet six of the strangest bit.ly/Lq8LIR -- This is amazing. No spoilers, but worth logging in for.
  8. RT @newscientist: Brain rewiring offers slim hope for #obesity epidemic bit.ly/KBatsv -- "Slim" hope. Loving your work :)
  9. Nice to get nagging out of the way. Only trying to be constructive. It's nice when companies have the right staff. See? "Nice," I said.
  10. Was in @HestBlumenthal's kitchen. Went to fix hair with liquid nitrogen as no gel. Crumbled to bits, bald as Heston and big cold headache.
  11. My right earhole's wax genuinely smells of chocolate. Can anybody explain?
  12. "I TOLD YOU I DON'T WANT A F*CK*NG CORNISH PASTY!" via @robbiewilliams, screaming at padded wall, standing alone wearing straight jacket.
  13. @rickygervais My friend was wondering if he drinks enough milk, he'll reach puberty more quickly. He's now in his mid to late fifties.
  14. @akaWorf Have you or @levarburton ever invited @wilw and @BrentSpiner over to a barbeque just to fool them into eating meat?
  15. RT @BadAstronomer: SpaceX successfully launches Dragon capsule to the ISS! is.gd/qd3BSX - Why are they only sending lizards?
  16. "Razzle Dazzle Frazzle Man, I myself am contraband. Fizzle sizzle understand, feel electric from my hand." - The Emporer, Jeturn of the Jedi