MBM – Nothing Left To Say

September 1, 2010 by sherby57 6 Comments

There is nothing left to say…except everything that hasn’t been said yet, of course.

Ahhhhh.  I tricked you, didn’t I?  You were all like, “Oh god, he’s like all depressed and he’s got totally zip to say about squat.”  And then, I was all like “Uh-uh, girlfriend, you better twist you preconceptions right around because I’m actually saying the opposite.”

In truth, there are almost too many things to say.  That’s why I’m generally silent.  I’m holding back the tide, but ultimately I’m just a modern-day verbal King Canute.  One day, some unfortunate fool is going to be on the end of a verbal barrage of ideas and notions so revolutionary that the universe might just crack like an egg.  Luckily for the fool, he really likes eggs.

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MBM – Short Romcom

August 5, 2010 by sherby57 Leave a Comment

Short Story – A Romcom

A man met a woman.

‘Hello,’ said the man.

‘Hi,’ said the woman.

They fell madly in love, as you do.  Then they had some ridiculous misunderstanding and the woman was going to move to another country or something.  Then the man got her back and they lived happily ever after.

Cue the amusing wedding montage.

This week’s MBM really stretches the boundaries about what can fit onto a milk bottle label.  I’m happy to report that this intense story of romance mixed with comedy has had a profound effect on the people of Warrington.  Young JLS (yes, the one from Team Extreme) recently overheard some women from the Health & Safety team discussing the label.  They described it as “random” and “would love to know who wrote it”.  Perhaps they’ll never find out that it was I, LeClerc, who wrote it, but I’m sure that my words will stay with them forever.

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MBM – Scottish and Jewish

July 29, 2010 by sherby57 1 Comment

Being Scottish and Jewish: 2 racial stereotypes for the price of “1″, perhaps the best value in the fridge.
Or perhaps not?
Incidentally, just let me say how pleased I am to be here in the fridge today!!
Where so many other comedians have died before me (please take a bow) and why not!!

Yet again, I wasn’t around when the milk was bought.  Yet again, someone stepped into the breach to provide the fridge with a wonderful MBM.  This week’s label is particularly bonkers.  What does it all mean?  Any suggestions are welcome below.

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MBM – Young Girl

July 21, 2010 by sherby57 Leave a Comment

Young girl! Get out of my mind… Just because you’re a telepath, it doesn’t give you the right to invade my privacy…OK?

I think that we can all agree that the Young Girl by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap is a classic hit from the sixties.  Sure, it’s a classic, but the message of the song is unclear.  Is it really advocating paedophilia?  It seems unlikely, but you really have to wonder.

Today’s MBM offers an alternative explanation as to why you might want to get a young girl out of your mind.  It’s worth thinking about.  But don’t think about it when you’re near any potential telepaths.  Who knows what they’ll do.

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MBM – Beautiful Creamy

July 16, 2010 by sherby57 Leave a Comment

Fat Tony’s beautiful creamy rat milk.

Just when you think that humanity is nothing but a plague upon this earth, something happens that makes you reconsider.  Having been out of the office for most of the week, I thought that there wouldn’t be a MBM this week.  Imagine my delight when I opened the fridge and found that somebody had done one for me.  Mystery milk bottle writer, I salute thee.

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MBM – Very Milky

June 30, 2010 by sherby57 Leave a Comment

Ooh, I can see you looking at me.  Yes, I’m very milky.  You could even say that I’m extremely milky. It’s probably not that surprising, to be fair.  I am a bottle of milk, after all.

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MBM – 2 for £3

June 24, 2010 by sherby57 Leave a Comment

You can buy 2 bottles of this milk for £3, which would give you a saving of 6p.  This represents a 2% price reduction.  Given the inherent life span of a bottle of milk, in what way does this constitute an offer?

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MBM – Let’s Get Physical

June 15, 2010 by sherby57 Leave a Comment

“Let’s get physical,” sang Olivia Newton-John.  It seems a bit overly suggestive.  Why didn’t she sing, “Would you like to come to the gym with me? It’s good for you to get some physical exercise.  It could help to prevent hear disease in later life.”?

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MBM – The Panopticon

June 8, 2010 by sherby57 2 Comments

Do not fear the Panopticon.  Have you ever considered that they could be used for good instead of just for social control?

Have you ever considered that?  Have you? What do you mean that you’ve not heard of the Panopticon?? Ok, fair enough, I hadn’t heard of it either until last week.  It’s a crazy kind of prison that regulates the behaviour of the prisoners by its very design.  I won’t bother trying to explain it further, but it is fascinating.  Why not read the wikipedia page about it, here.  In one of our in-depth philosophical discussions, Dr Angel and I wondered if the Panopticon concept could be tweaked so that it actually provided positive encouragement.  We’re so bloody intellectual.  Anyway, feel free to join the debate in the comments section below.  Or not.  You can do what you want to.  You’re not stuck in a Panopticon.

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MBM – Team Extreme + Squashy Face

June 3, 2010 by sherby57 2 Comments

If you’ve got a problem, and no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… TEAM EXTREME. To be fair, we’re quite cheap for what we do.  Just make us a brew and give us some biscuits and we’re anybody’s.

Today’s MBM is quite obviously an advert for Team Extreme.  We’d just like more people to make us brews.

As a special treat, I now present a guest MBM from Dr. Angel:

“I can’t help loving you, even though you have a squashy face!”

“Maybe you love me because I have a squashy face.”

This is truly a classic of the MBM genre.  It’s both funny and touching, a potent combination.  I’m particularly impressed by the milk being housed in a Pepsi bottle.  It really lends an added poignancy to proceedings.  Many thanks to the Doc for her contribution.

This MBM is an example of one of Dr. Angel’s excellent short plays.  If you’d like to read more of them, please check out her blog, here.

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