The Megaphone : A Debate Blog

You have a dirty mind.

Today I really want to know what people think of the big toothbrush debate. Are electric toothbrushes actually better than manual ones?

I have been considering buying an electric toothbrush, because on TV ads they really get rid of the dirt with ease. Plus in the morning, I am pretty much incapable of getting myself dressed, let alone the manual labour involved with getting your teeth clean. I have a feeling though that those TV ads are about as real as Kate Moss’ eyelashes.

There was a freelance guy at my work for a while, and one day he came in after being to the dentist and he said the dentist had suggested he buy an electric toothbrush. The dentist has never suggested I buy one, so maybe he was just rubbish at brushing his teeth. Or maybe they are better, I don’t know.

So should I buy an electric toothbrush? What kind of toothbrush do you use?

Let’s settle this once and for all, what is better… electric or manual?

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that I had started a new blog… and I wasn’t kidding. I discovered the most amazing thing ever for lazy blogging mofos like myself. It’s called tumblr. I’m not very down with the technology as I’m sure you’re all aware by now, so it’s probably old news… but I only just stumbled across it and I love it, so I’m going to tell you about it.

Tumblr is a way of keeping a tumblelog which is like a blog of really short posts about stuff you discover on the web, or overhear or want to say. It’s a bit like keeping a blog of stuff you’d normally submit to delicious, digg, stumble upon, clipmarks and twitter.

So anyway you can check out my new tumblelog, brown boxes here. Let me know what you think. If you already have a tumblelog, then let me know the address and I will check it out.

I would advise that everyone starts one, they are really easy to update and a good way of looking back over stuff you discovered online, but might otherwise forget. If you’re a lazy blogger like me then it really is the perfect tool for you. Oh, I forgot to mention, the default design is really nice too.

Hello, I must apologise for my absence over the past few days… ok weeks. I have been mega busy with work and doing some freelance design, and re-designing the main part of my website… I intend to apply that style to this blog (when I find the hours), so any comments would be nice. I have also started another blog, but more about that later. I have also started teaching myself to write php and mysql which is not as much fun as you’d think.

So anyway. Today’s question is based on this thing I found while perusing the interweb as I do.

I found this video of a woman spinning around, and don’t even ask me how it works, cause it makes me fill ill thinking about it… it’s like when I think about how big the universe is, when I feel overwhelmed I feel ill.

So anyway this woman is spinning around. I see her going clockwise and can’t understand why anyone could not see her going clockwise, but Sarah can and so can other people.

If you can see her going clockwise apparently you use the right-hand side of your brain more, and if you see her going anti-clockwise… you’re a freak of nature and you use the left-hand side of your brain more, which is the useful side of your brain.

Click here to see the spinning woman… then come back here and tell me if you see her going clockwise or anti-clockwise.

Ok, so I got the idea for this post while watching Elektra on five the other day. Electra is a Marvel Superhero (hottie) who has been transmorphed from the pages of comic book illustration into a real human in the movie version, played by Jennifer Garner.

This got me to thinking… who is the sexiest superhero of all time?

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So I’m sure you are all aware of this news story. Radiohead are selling their new album In Rainbows at the amazing price of… “whatever you’re willing to pay for it”… That can even be £0.00 (just a 45p credit card handling fee).

I have been trying to work out if this is a good or a bad idea. At first I thought it was going to make a massive loss, but I believe it is download only, so there is no postal cost.

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New law in the UK means it is now legal to have a pet sloth, and I want one. I imagine taking a sloth for a walk would be very fun. I heard Paris Hilton was going to get one and carry it around in a bag*.

That is all.

*Not true.

So apparently exercise is good for you… not to be confused with exorcism, which is also good for you… but totally different.

I’m not the least healthy person in the world, I play football once a week for an hour. But I haven’t been able to play for like two months, and I actually noticed I was getting a bit of a belly. So I decided to take drastic measures and actually do some exercise… it is after all “good for you”, and the alternative would be to give up pizza and ice-cream and all that other good stuff people on American TV eat when they have just been dumped.

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So the legal age for buying cigarettes has now been raised from 16 to 18 in the UK.

I feel sorry for the poor people who started smoking (legally) at 16, they’re now addicted. Now they’re like 17 and can’t buy cigarettes any more, what are they going to do… is Gordon Brown going to give them prescription cigarettes or something? They don’t make heroin addicts go cold turkey… this is just mean.

What do you guys think of this?