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Episode 41 - The Polite Fantastic
27 Jun 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Episode 40 - Allright, if you like that kind of thing
20 Jun 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Welcome back to The Blueprint Podcast, the podcast described by Podfinder UK as, “Allright, if you like that kind of thing” and “almost humourous”. Thanks for the review, though, it's nice to be in your thoughts.

In this episode, things get scary, as Greg reveals that he possibly believes in werewolves. We also visit a quirky story in which some bears go into a restaurant, and the reporter charged with writing it up goes into “Three Bears” pun overdrive. So it's all sort of animal-based, with a perfect balance between real animals, fictional animals, and fairytale animals.

The woman from Podfinder UK, only with glasses and a beard, and horns. We really ARE almost humourous!

This week's picture is of Jo from Podfinder UK, only with glasses, a beard, and horns. Big hugs from The Blueprint Podcast to Jo and her pals.

Episode 39 - Blueprint Coach Tours Presents
13 Jun 2008 @ 12:00 pm

This one starts off a bit nerdy, with one or two William Shatner impressions, and Greg tries to “out” Chris as a Star Trek nerd.

Continental lager is explained, as are Denmark and Holland, with particular reference to Chris's travels, which leads to a new business idea for Blueprint holiday coach trips.

Impressions that everyone thinks they can do (including the ubiquitous Sean Conneries, Kenneth Williamses and Prince Charleses) are discussed, but it's really just an excuse for Greg to do his Frankie Howerd.

Quirky stories this week take us into the world of a man so hungry that he apparently ram raided an Indian takeaway, and Greg's machismo related to curries, coffee and knowledge of the locations of speed cameras are revealed, before we delve into our male psyches, but only as far as the issue of us liking women drinking pints.

Some women drinking pints in the olden days

In order to prove our point about women drinking pints, here are some approachable and attractive women doing just that.

It's all going on. We'll be back next Friday (that's June 20th) at 5pm, UK Time.

Episode 38 - Teatime for Democracy
6 Jun 2008 @ 12:00 pm

As the British summer lurches, stumbles and shuffles on with bouts of typically changeable British weather and all of Britain expresses surprise, despite this being the 20000th year in a row that this has happened, The Blueprint Podcast eschews meteorological talk in favour of the really important things.

We kick off with some more-interesting-than-it-appears discussion on the subject of names for meals. If you're not in the UK, did you know that we often refer to the evening meal as “tea”? Well we do, even if the meal has none of the drink known as “tea” involved. From there, we discuss the evolution and unkillable nature of the blue jean and remember its temporary demise in the mid 90s.

A tightrope walking dog turns out to be a possible secret government project, and yet another person complains of high fines after refusing to turn up to court several times. Fight the system from within, for crying out loud! The Man will stamp on you every time if you try to ignore him.

Mexican donkeys are not getting the best press these days because of their violent behaviour, and a squirrel apparently makes friends with and ultimately has a romantic relationship with some humans, who think he's a monkey. It's difficult to explain, go and have a listen.

Hu Hu the tightrope walking dog. He lives in China. They get all the best tightrope walking animals there. Hu Hu is visible from space.

Hu Hu the tightrope walking dog is what it's all about. In this picture you can't see the tightrope very well, so he looks like he's just having a bit of an air walk, but he isn't.

Episode 39 will be arriving on schedule at 5pm (UK Time) on Friday, June 13th. Be there, and wear something slutty.

Episode 37 - Especially For The Ladies
30 May 2008 @ 12:00 pm

This episode is going out to all the sweet ladies. At least it is at the start, but then we get into the politics of restaurants and dating and non-romantic eateries. Then we basically start having a go at cavemen for not being funny enough, before moving onto something else altogether.

Remember Jaws? It was awesome, wasn't it? Or was it? Was the shark not a little bit flappy mouthed? Did the bit at the end where they're on the boat not go on for a little bit too long? Was the whole thing not a publicity disaster for the shark community? Were Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Schneider not a little bit flippant on their way home at the end?

And that's just the first Jaws.  Don't get us started on Jaws 4: The Revenge. Well, as it goes, you don't need to get us started, because we have already started and stopped, and recorded the event as Episode 37 of The Blueprint Podcast.

We also give a brief an formless critique of the new Terminator TV programme, in which some stuff happens, but in all honesty I can't remember much of it because of Summer Glau. Summer Glau is definitely in it, I can tell you that much.

Summer Glau. Just, really, really easy to look at.

This is the poster from the new stage play Chris is writing, called Lovely Lovely Summer Glau. It's about Summer Glau. In the play, she goes around being lovely, and the townspeople rejoice.

We'll be back next Friday at 5pm (UK time), so join us then.

Episode 36 - Transexual Chips
23 May 2008 @ 12:00 pm

We're having fun on this episode, and we hope that it's infectious rather than annoying. Chris discovers that Greg can be made to laugh by exposing him to childish rude words, and obviously uses this new weapon to his advantage when possible.

We find out about Chris's daredevil onstage exploits in his younger days involving an apple and a samurai sword, and expose another irrational protest. This time it's a man cutting his own car in half in order to “thwart” some vehicle clampers. Now come on. Who's being thwarted there? The clampers probably had a lot less hassle to deal with afterwards.

Some cow business involving flatulence and tax comes into play, and there is some bickering between Chris and Greg over various things.

Neil Young, though, is living the high life, having achieved every rock star's dream of having a spider named after him. We discuss this at more length than it deserves, but don't worry, we do punctuate it with tangental conversation about other things entirely.

CHiPs. They aren't mentioned in this episode, but then so aren't many other things. Girls used to really like Ponch, didn't they?

This episode's picture is of CHiPs, rather than chips as discussed. Nor are we suggesting that either of them is a transexual, or that there would be anything wrong with it if they were. Hell's bells, it's a legal minefield, this podcasting thing.

Episode 35 - Nuclear Autobahn!
16 May 2008 @ 12:09 pm

Welcome to the weekend, friends. As ever, we've scoured the world looking for the quirkiest and most mind-boggling stories, eithout even knowing what “boggling”really means. How do you “boggle” something, really? No, really, have you ever used that word without prefacing it with “mind”? No, you haven't. You don't foot boggle, you don't arm boggle, you don't go out for a bit of a boggle. You don't pay for goods and services in boggles, and it was Buggles, rather than Boggles, who sang Video Killed The Radio Star.

So think on.

We get nuclear, and we get German. It's all going on. I'm aware that I have given you very little information here.

Clarkson - he likes the Autobahn

What we're showing you here is a picture of Jeremy Clarkson. He really likes the Autobahn. I wonder how many times he's said “Autobahn”. I bet it's loads.

Episode 34 - Doctor Goldfish vs Bongo Langford
9 May 2008 @ 12:00 pm

We're back with another Blueprint Podcast. As warm weather makes a welcome appearance in the British Isles, we're in fine fettle and raring to bring you more quirky news and chat.

From Bonnie Langford to a man who claims to be able to train a goldfish, this episode covers all of the topics that we're sure have been on your mind this week. Greg commits an act of violence, and Chris can't tell you anything about jury service.

Yet another seemingly pointless protest is discussed, this time involving a fireman who feels an urgent need to fly a skull and crossbones outside his house. You've got to ask yourself what the point is in that one. You could argue that it's about freedom or something, but it also could be a lot more about someone being stubborn.

We'll be back next Friday (that's May 16th) at 5pm, UK Time.

Three trained goldfish draw their plans against us.

The goldfish on the left has trained his two friends to form rudimentary piscine pyramids.

Episode 33 - Talking Wheelie Bin Fascism Blues Part Two
2 May 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Welcome back to part two of our two-part examination of how it's possible to weave fascism into talk of wheelie bins. There's a sentence you're unlikely to find anywhere else.

Having talked about a story concerning a man who overfilled his wheelie bin and then saw the fine imposed upon him more than double when he ignored it, we go between the lines and lay into The Daily Mail a bit. Which is always fun. If you like The Daily Mail, you  should still listen, as this episode will give you the feeling you enjoy so much of having your blood boil.

For those listeners who don't live in the UK, The Daily Mail is a national newspaper with a slightly chequered past and a questionable sense of perspective. That's about all you need to know in order to feel primed for this episode. Shocking revelations await for those who have never thought too much about British Fascism.

We find time to crack some jokes as well, though, so don't worry.

Hitler, positively incensed after hearing that we have been talking about him behind his back.

In a rarely-acknowledged cut of Superman II, Hitler was sent into the Phantom Zone, with hilarious results.

Come back and see us for Episode 34 on Friday, May 9th (Chris's birthday!) at 5pm (UK Time)

Episode 32 - Talking Wheelie Bin Fascism Blues Part One
25 Apr 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Episode 32, with its Bob Dylan-style title,  is the first of a two-part Blueprint extravaganza, so make sure you tune in next week to hear part two.

In this first part, we kick off by talking about old audio cassettes. You know, C60, C90 and all that, and bemoan the very existence of the C15, which contained about three feet of audio tape designed purely for putting oldschool computer games on, but later causing frustration when one tried to recycle them as proper music tapes, only to find that only three or four songs would fit on each side. Walkman repitition was the price one paid back in those halcyon days.

Paul Weller has apparently slammed the Glastonbury festival, and we put our twopenneth in on the subject, pointing out that the problems Mr Weller experienced at Glastonbury last year are common to live music performers at all levels in these days of music on demand and cheap best-ofs. Is “ofs” a word? Fasten it securely to “best” with a hyphen, and we're saying it is.

A strange set of quirky stories follow, in which it's difficult to spot the hero. What's going on with people these days? A woman who parks in front of some clearly labelled fire doors gets her car thoroughly vandalised. See what we mean? Who's done a good thing in that scenario?

Also, a well-covered story about a man who was fined after overfilling his wheelie bin is examined, and that brings us on to the way that stories are reported, and that's what we'll talk about a bit more in episode 33, where we'll be talking about the startling hypocrisy of certain newspapers, and their friendships with the likes of Hitler.

What we have here, friends, is a whole nuch of wheelie bins. This is what it would look like if you had a bad dream about wheelie bins.

This week, we've got a picture of loads of assorted wheelie bins with which to entertain you.

See you next Friday with part two.