Only once a pirate.
Sometimes, I get the urge to dress as a pirate. I'd love an excuse to do it, and despite havi...
Never meet your heroes.
I used to quite fancy this actress off the telly. I wont name her, but she completely made my Sat...
Toilet Humour
I heard a noise in the garden yesterday, so I went to investigate. Three strange lads were urinat...
Waiting for zombies.
I'm actually all ready for the Zombie apocalypse. I've got stacks of bottled water, tins...
Sometimes, I like not camping.
It's lovely and sunny this morning, which is putting me in the mood for a bit of camping....
Take care of the keys.
I've always been quite a careful person. I've (so far) never lost a wallet, and keys have ...
When Di died.
I woke up warm. It was a beautiful morning and I'd been sleeping on the roof of a house in Br...
Sweet dreams.
It's fair to say that cake and sweet things in general are very close to my heart. If it'...
Paralympic Games London 2012
Thanks very much to Sainsbury's and the Waterloo Novatel for sending random-things.co.uk a f...
Diesel power.
After Sir Jimmy Savile died in October 2011, it was decided that many of his personal possession...
All the crotal bells.
I got up early today. The whole house did in fact, as I'd set my alarm for stupid o'clock ...
There once was a slug....(part 1)
I'm not a big fan of slugs, in fact I utterly despise them. In 1992 I went 'wild campi...
Some very mini, tiny cars.
I'm not a car nerd, I don't really care for the fancy fast ones, or the noisy ones with bi...
Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare (in my shed)
Practically everyone will already know Sarah Beeny from such TV programmes as Beeny’s Restorati...
What happened to Hamfatter.
Eoin O'Mahoney and the band Hamfatter first came to the countries widespread recognition aft...
Never eat yellow snow.
I found this random thing in a posh part of Bristol and for many years I kept it in my wallet. It ...
Ten random things.
Since 2007, an annual competition to celebrate sheds and shed building has taken place all over ...
Ai Weiwei's seeds.
For two and a half years, 1600 Chinese artisans took on the task of hand making one hundred mill...
A mixed box of old things.
Helen Birmingham very kindly send me a mixed box of random things. Amongst the items inside the v...
Things from under the floor.
In our dining room, there was a small hole in the floorboards. I had to lift the boards one day, ...
The mystery of the Ramsey Street spoon.
There once was a spoon in Swansea (this isn't a poem though, so the rest wont rhyme) It said ...
A giraffe in Scarborough.
Whilst out looking for an old WW2 pillbox near Scarborough today, I spotted in the distance, what ...
Random Cappuccino.
This wonderful creation was expertly crafted by Angie, using a real cup of cappuccino and a hand m...
A stiff little hammer (or a very dead bird).
I found a dead Yellowhammer by the side of a road yesterday. I picked it up and put it in my pock...
Concrete boxes.
by Phlegm One of the things I really quite like are concrete constructions. They're usual...
A rare white poo.
When I was growing up, white dog poo was a common sight. Nowadays it's as rare as rocking hor...
Hospital fashion (or stupid sponge slippers).
The other night, I ended up having a ride to hospital in the back of an ambulance. It was a pre...
A diver like me.
I found this little man on a beach near Swansea. A little diver that dived out of the sea and o...
Compliments cost nothing...
I once gave someone a compliment. She stuffed it in this bag and gave it me back. I never bother...
Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May.
Mayday, Mayday Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May. Outdoor sex begins today. What shall ...
My slider from Sheffield.
When I was nine years old we used to 'play on the railings' in our break times at Gleadles...
Braille Radio Times (or dot to dot).
The Braille method of reading for people with a visual impairment, was designed by a Frenchman cal...
Under wraps - paper and ribbon.
I get lots of random things delivered and I love not knowing what's in a package before I ope...
Four rubber girls in a wooden box.
This just arrived. In a jiffy bag, with bubble wrap was a box made out of thin strips of wood. In...
Closed doors (No.2)
Redcliffe, Bristol 2002 Over a fence and behind a derelict building; this doorway had a hole jus...
Closed doors (No.1)
Sydenham road Belfast 2002 I really like finding old doors and blocked doorways. There'...
The hands of a mole.
I've never studied a moles' paws before. In fact , I've only ever seen the one mole i...
This plastic man.
This little man came from Kate, who found him on a housing estate in Bethnal Green in Lon...
A Scottish corkscrew.
It seems (according to the internet) that corkscrew collecting is a serious and sometimes cost...
Found photo (No.2)
I love finding random photo's of people I don't know. It's the serendipitous act of...
Four turntables but no microphone.
What goes on in the mind of a five year old is anyones guess. This is what happened when my five ...
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