Archive August 2005

Thursday 11 August 2005

Also MacGyver-related, this list of "MacGyverisms" (a word that apparently means "nonsensical things MacGyver did during episodes") makes for fantastic cryptic crossword clues, eg.

Disarmed missile with a paper clip
Matches, rope, & rifle made diversion
Smashed flare-launcher barrel used as rocket thruster
Stood on stone to activate Inca mechanism
Stapled coat to ground, person was in coat
Sodium metal & cold capsule explosive
Magnifying glass using hairpin & white wine

Feel free to solve these, those of you who do cryptic crosswords. You can even choose the word lengths for yourself. [10:49] [1 comment]

Recent television-based amusement:

On the subject of whether people should be allowed to tinker with their preborn childrens' DNA to make them smarter and prettier, a scientist argues "if we don't play God, who will?"
Advertising for the final episode of Ecclestone Doctor Who, it was described remarkably accurately with "...to an unfathomable ending."
In an episode of MacGyver, a girl says "he got his act together all right... ON MY FACE".

I hereby declare the end of the era of appending "in bed" to fortune cookie texts, and the start of a new and brighter era of "ON MY FACE". [10:43] [10 comments]