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A while ago I brought to your attention to the “Path Cra” game which features a model of George W. Bush on a machine-gun equipped tank chasing a skate board-riding Osama Bin Laden. This was found on sale in Seychelles and given to me as a present.

Here’s a short (sadly silent) video showing the Chinese made toy :

It’s so wrong on so many levels that you just can’t help but love it. Thank you Sandra for finding it and Gay for bringing it back to the UK for me.

I think it’s worth seeing the box again, so here it is…

…gone.

In search of warm shade.

I thought I’d take a break from my labours to share the visitor stats for foolhandy.com from the past year. This is, honestly, more interesting than it sounds because of one thing : Spider Pig.

I posted the Spider Pig MP3 file late July, almost as soon as The Simpsons Movie was released. And wow… the above graph tells the tale rather better than words but it’s worth noting that I’ve had more hits in the first five days of June 2008 than I did in the whole of June 2007. It’s still being downloaded a fair bit now, and has been joined by the less successful for still worryingly popular Moon Pig MP3…

It may not be a BBC level of hits but still, 144 hits a day isn’t bad for a website with not much of interest on it!

Now all I need is another pull like Spider Pig.

I may have an idea…

Gardener Monty Don says he is spending his time recovering from a stroke “pottering around and having a nice time”. It might not be glamorous, but it’s a simple pleasure, and it could be better for you than you think.

Well Done to the BBC for highlighting such simply and uplifting pleasures!