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It's cold at MBUK

Ric 'Iceman' McLaughlin Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 11.00am

Granted, today is warmer than yesterday but damn it's cold!

This morning saw me wrap up in more layers than the average onion. All this though didn't stop me arriving in work covered in my own snot and frozen tears though. Not a good look so we thought we'd have a quick look at the good and bad sides of the cold in...

THE COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL AND IN NO WAY FACTUALLY CORRECT MBUK GOOD COLD/BAD COLD BOARD

GOOD  Cold

- Cold beer. One of life's little pats on the back.

- Cold pizza. The hangover breakfast of champions.

- Cold, moist air on long climbs far superior to the dry, dusty variety. 

BAD Cold

- Cold shower water when you've just got in from a winters ride.

- Cold coffee. Ironically, the result of writing this blog.

- Coldplay. Nuf said.

- The Cold War. The potential nuclear armageddon that hung over the eighties threatening to make them interesting.

Got any colds you reckon should be on the board? Let us know...

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  • BAD Cold

    - Cold, muddy roads on the morning commute which result in crashes

    - Cold half of Gordon Ramsay's bed now that he's in the doghouse

    - Cold, tasteless 96 from the machine

    - Cold shoulder from the Mrs

    GOOD Cold

    - Cold can of ginger beer

    - Cold drink after super strength chilli sauce

  • BAD Cold

    - Ramseys cold, cold heart

    GOOD Cold

    - Ramsey's cold, cold Gispatchio soup which I made the other night

  • BAD Cold: The common cold

  • GOOD COLD

    Cold - under-appreciated 90s metal band

    Icy cobwebs on the way to work in the morning

    The first frost - parsnips taste so much better from here on in

    BAD COLD

    The stinkin' MBUK lurgy that gets spread around by the office air conditions

    Cold feet when you realise that flimsy Converse are not adequate to protect you against the aforementioned frost

  • Good cold:

    - wife being quiet as she has cold

    Bad cold:

    - cold shoulder am getting for writing this

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