London Ninja

Word: Bugger All or in a more harsh way…Fuck All.
Definition: British phrase for nothing, nil, zero.
Usage: “This morning I checked my bank account and since there was fuck all in there, I decided to do fuck all today.”

The Cock on the Sam Smith pub crawl route and is certainly one of the best pubs in London. Yes, there are grander, classier, nicer pubs out there but you cannot beat the name. They also make great cocktails. See what I did there?

Please do not Cock Block the pavement.

Ok, I will admit I have not actually been to this pub but I have walked by it plenty of times and…um it’s name is Spread Eagle. Next week I am going to visit The Spoon and The Dirty Sanchez. I’m sure they exist in London.

Word: Fanny
Definition: External female sex organs; vulgar slang for female genitals
Usage: “Wearing that American ‘Fanny Pack’ makes you look like you possess a fanny instead of proper manhood.”

- Worked on this for a while but was not a fan of any other examples. One interesting point is that the biggest lender in the US is “Fanny Mae”. Wonder how we got into this global economic crisis?

Word: Puff
Definition: Slang for homosexual, not to be misconstrued for puff pastry.
Usage: There are lots of puffs in San Francisco, not that there’s anything wrong with that…and btw, Puff Daddy is a puff.

My mates ODJ and Koko are visiting London for the next week for my birthday week. Since this is their first times in London, I decided to call upon my British friends for the best way for them to experience London and have found a nicely devised pub crawl. This was the brainchild of my mate Giles, who mapped out all of the Sam Smith’s pubs in London for a 20 pub crawl. There was one other option, the Monopoly Pub Crawl, that we considered but while it sounds interesting, it is 26 pubs and a bit too much to drink from 10:30am to 10:30pm. Also, a Monopoly board without Boardwalk and Park Ave is not real Monopoly as far as I’m concerned. Park Lane and Mayfair are the most expensive properties? WTF?

I ran across an interesting blog entry by Paul Kedrosky that mentions the four worst currencies relative to the dollar, which all of a sudden is a great currency to have (bloody hell).

Top four countries to travel to right now.
1. Hungary
2. Iceland
3. Pakistan
4. Argentina

I was previously planning on going to Argentina over January to climb glaciers and hunt for elk, but that trip has fallen through due to the current global economic meltdown and the fact that flights cost a lot over the Christmas period to fly there. Hopefully Argentina remains depressed so I can go out there. For me, hunting bears in Iceland and eating bear goulash in Hungary are in the plans for 2009. No offense to any Pakistanis that read this blog, but it may be a while before I go to Pakistan. And by a while, I mean when the US takes over China.

I just FAX’ed in my absentee ballot a couple of minutes ago. You can see who I voted for in the image above. I have to say it was an exciting election and I hope my candidate wins tomorrow!!!!

Good luck!!!