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Another hilarious tale of ebay stupidity. Enjoy!

A guy called Amir thought it a good idea to sell a broken laptop on ebay without telling the buyer it was not working. The unfortunate victim, "laptopguy", decided to create a spoof blog of Amir. Laptopguy had managed to removed the harddrive from the bust PC and got it to work. The blog shows all of the dodgy things that Amir had kept on it. All in all you can safely say that Amir has had his comeuppance - I hope he gets plenty of flak for it.

Gambler's paradise is getting closer with the publication of this list: 'Super-casino' shortlist set out. Beyond the mega casinos that are being planned, smaller venues are on the cards. My city, Bath, is in the running for a casino licence. This is being mooted as a tourist attraction. I'll reserve judgement, but the word is that the local casino won't have a large fruit machine presence and will be more likely to stage poker tables. Which means that its likely I'll have a ready made poker location for photoshoots right on my doorstep. I have to explain that I work on World Poker Tour magazine.

Looney story of the week comes from the Beeb: Woman allowed to sunbathe naked. Lynett, it seems, has taken a liking to sunbathing in the altogether. Fair enough. However the neighbour, upon spying the bountiful display, decided to video the scene as he found it deeply offensive. The story doesn't tell us if he actually challenged her at the time. "Oy, put some clothes on!", would have surely ended the matter rather than having to end up in court (and therefore in the full media glare). To me it's the neighbours eagerness to reach for the camcorder that's more disturbing than the actual offence. I feel that Mr Jones really needs to get a life. I'm sure it won't have done the prosecutors reputation much good to have brought this case to the court.

My wallet is getting a serious battering since I moved into my new home. Recently I've bought a circular saw, an electric tile cutter, a cordless hedge trimmer, a fork and a shovel. My wife managed to break the fork with her first attempt at digging the garden. Good job its got a 25 year guarantee - the sign of a kwality product. The hedge trimmer is good fun though. I'm now a fully qualified suburban dad. Rumours of me taking up pipe smoking in the garden shed are grossly exaggerated.

When someone decides to point a loaded gun at you during a photoshoot do you run or do you laugh hysterically at this prank and cajole the "model" to pose just one more time? Luckily I had just been fortunate enough to pull the curtains off their window, which set them up in a lovely mood for modelling.

I've been to Hull three times in my life. Each time I've left there saying "Never again!". In Hull Monday nights do not exist and the only place open serving food is Pizza Hut. I spent the night there this week on a photoshoot. The hotel I stayed at was adequate but the room I was in overlooked the rail station platforms - "Bing Bong" at the break of dawn.
It makes Norwich look like a fun place to go.

Needless to say the new gas cooker we had installed today is faulty. Only half of the rings spark to ignite the gas. Cue more servicemen traipsing through our home, to stand around scratching their arses, and tutting at the previous servicemans work.

Why is it that all household appliances decide to break all at the same time. I'm currently out of pocket for a new gas cooker, DVD player, and my phone looks like its about to crash and burn. My wallet has had more of an airing recently than Paris Hiltons booty. That's one item I wouldn't get my wallet out for. Bleugh!
Anyway why is it that when things break its just cheaper to go out and buy a new one than to get it repaired. My Dad was a TV repairman so he took a look at my old DVD player. He couldn't find the problem but just said "If I had a manual for this I could fix it but the cost of the replacement parts wouldn't make it worth it". Hurrah for technology!