Bruce Campbell said:I had to wait until today, but I'm super excited to announce this!
On Facebook...
Dammit ... I just came on to post this lol ... it's weird to me at least that I'm a Big Bruce fan and John Hurt fan, add to that that Hurty doesn't live far from me and he's going to be the next doctor. I stopped really giving a shit about Dr Who after Tom Baker.I so want this to be true.
Dammit ... I just came on to post this lol ... it's weird to me at least that I'm a Big Bruce fan and John Hurt fan, add to that that Hurty doesn't live far from me and he's going to be the next doctor. I stopped really giving a shit about Dr Who after Tom Baker.
I've always been a fan of the first Evil Dead film more than a Bruce Campbell fan Tribble ... the star of the first film was off camera and was called Sam Raimi, after that, the trilogy evolved into a cult of Bruce thing. I'm certainly not slagging Bruce off, far from it ... I've got quite a few factory sealed mint condition action figures of him from different companies (including a nodding head Ash that you'd put in the back of your car) ... I just think the original film was a different beast that jettisoned the subsequent sequels into what they've now become ..By a slight coincidence, when I saw Bruce Campbell (he was taking questions after a screening of "My name is Bruce" in Edinburgh), I very nearly asked him if he'd like a jelly baby. But instead some pillock a few rows back asked him a stupid question about shit-flavoured ice cream and then time was up.
Exactly .. it probably doesn't help that we're Forteans by nature either so too used to weirdness happening anyway.Looking at the Independent's website last night it seemed to me that by the headlines alone, about a third of news stories may have been April Fool's jokes. I just couldn't tell. I think they spin headlines so much now in a desperate attempt to get you to click on them, that all of the news sounds like a joke.
Unless it's outright horror, but that gets the clicks as well.
P-p-p-pick up a degree in penguin studies from Dundee University
by Daisy Pallfoor
April 1 2017, 12.01amUpdated: March 31 2017, 5.27pmNEXT POST
Penguins in university robes.
Dundee University is offering students the chance to p-p-p-pick up the world’s first degree in penguin studies.
The university unveiled the masters degree in penguin studies on Saturday, April 1.
The inter-disciplinary postgraduate course will allow students to explore the world of penguins up close and gain hands-on experience of penguin rearing.
Modules will include “Penguinese – the language of penguins” and “Did penguins ever fly?”
Students will also be given their own penguin to look after for the duration of the 12-month course.
They will also be asked to examine the role of penguins in popular culture, from the child-friendly animation of Happy Feet to the satirical examination of post-Soviet Ukraine in Andrei Kurkov’s 1996 novel Death and The Penguin.
Due the anticipated demand for places on the course, applications will only be accepted between midnight and 12 noon on Saturday.
Penguin enthusiasts can apply by visiting www.uod.ac.uk/penguins
Anyone wishing to apply must be able to prove they have suitable living space, such as a bath, for a growing penguin and a ready supply of fish.
Dr Ramanee Peiris, senior penguinologist and course leader, said: “It’s a dream come true to finally reveal our course.
“It’s a bit of a shame that our application period is only open for 12 hours but it will do for now.
“Allowing for an unprecedented opportunity to students across the world, the Penguin Studies MSc will enable never-before-seen interaction between academia and our feathery friends.”
According to website penguinworld.com, there are 17 distinct species of penguin.
Despite being named after the bird, there is no proven link between penguins and the chocolate biscuit of the same name, which were first made in Glasgow in 1932.
It is believed penguins have existed for at least 30 years longer.
Exactly .. it probably doesn't help that we're Forteans by nature either so too used to weirdness happening anyway.
The BBC is set to announce plans to withdraw the UK from the Eurovision Song Contest, in a move which will anger and dismay nearly half of all Brits. Plans are afoot for Scotland to compete by itself.
https://www.thelocal.se/20170331/swedish-and-norwegian-newspapers-ditch-april-fools-due-to-fake-news
Sad to say the same, looking at legit stories last night and trying to work out which might be April Fools that had dropped early.