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Who’s Your Daddy?
So Father’s Day was invented just over a hundred years ago by a church-going woman in Spokane, Washington State. Being a dad may seem like a rather strange thing to celebrate – you had sex and managed to produce an offspring, me, well done! – so even when it was first introduced in 1909, the [...]
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So, our company name now tops Google search when you type in Watch Me Go. Woo hoo to us, and thank you Google spiders for your strange and magical ways of finding us… It actually didn’t take that long – I guess it’s a fairly distinctive phrase – but we had been thwarted for a few [...]
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It’s Valentine’s Day in two weeks’ time. Being online shopkeepers, we inevitably jump on any special day or event to promote our wares, so of course now is the time to start talking about gifts for your loved one. ‘So cynical!’ I hear you cry, but give us a break. Card shops, travel agents and [...]
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New Year, erm… New You?
Christmas is always a rather indulgent time… more varieties of canape than Delia Smith could whip up in a year, more days of turkey sandwiches/curry/pie than you really wanted and more champagne than is remotely sensible. G and I had a lovely Christmas with family and friends, but we’re actually rather glad to stop the [...]
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A Christmas message from WMG
Feeling festive? We certainly are – seems like Crimble is just around the corner, with only this weekend’s marathon of Christmas parties to contend with first. As we searched around for a way to express our festive Friday spirit, we stumbled across this rather bizarre but somehow perfect little video. “Ready for Christmas, kids?” I’m sure this won’t be quite [...]
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…okay that’s a bit harsh – if you ever thought Americans spoke funny, watch this clip. In fact, there are dozens of videos from the States of people who are unable to say the simple phrase ‘Irish wrist watch’. How hard can it be? Erm, and how often do you find you need to say [...]
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Our Mazda MX-5 goes for a swim
Some of you will have heard about our little incident in Scotland recently… Driving up for a long weekend on the lovely west coast, we were cruising along the winding roads, enjoying the scenery and looking forward to a wee toddy at our destination. Then, as it is wont to do in Scotland, it started to rain. [...]
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