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The 15(ish) things worth knowing about coffee

Christine — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:01:59 +0000

The Oatmeal tells us a lot of things we need to know about coffee.

How to use an apostrophe

Christine — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:04:09 +0000

Are you really sure that you know how to use an apostrophe? If you need help, then read what The Oatmeal has to say.

The 9 types of crappy handshakes

Christine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:56:52 +0000

The Oatmeal shows us the 9 types of crappy handshakes.

Twenty things worth knowing about beer

Christine — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:53:07 +0000

I bet you don’t know the twenty things worth knowing about beer! Let’s see what The Oatmeal has to tell us.

Laughter clubs

Christine — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:00:12 +0000

Well, I know that we say that “laughter is the best medicine” and a “day without laughter is a day wasted”, but I didn’t realise that there were laughter clubs springing up all over the place.

The BBC NEWS reported on a course on relaxation through the use of laughter in London and here the famous John Cleese goes to Mombai to visit a laughter club. You’ll hear the therapists advice in the video: “Fake it, fake it, until you make it”. So now we know!

How to use a semicolon

Christine — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:42:53 +0000

The Oatmeal gives you some great help on how to use a semicolon.

Why it’s better to pretend that you don’t know anything about computers

Christine — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:51:22 +0000

Why is it better to pretend that you don’t know anything about computers? Let The Oatmeal explain.

So do you know anything about computers?