Sometimes things have a weird way of coming together. On arrival to the office today our current young charge Mr. Couch (pictured left) showed us his latest masterstroke, tattooed slap bang on the inside of his lip. And after several hours of laughter, some pointing and lots of head shaking a quick Google search found out that this month just so happens to mark the anniversary of Jack Daniels birth. I’d love to say that our boy actually knew that, but he didn’t. 

[Disclaimer: LIP TATTOOS, LIKE DRUGS ARE NOT BIG OR CLEVER, BUT THEY ARE FUNNY WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS ONE] 

Today sees the screening of the very final episode of Grange Hill. Sad but true. Enjoy this picture of Rowland while you remember all the ‘issues’ this very British TV institution addressed over the past 30 years. Remember the anti drugs single ‘Just Say No’? Classic   

It’s very rare that Internet jokes remain funny, but the Chuck ones are still making us laugh. A lot. Here’s a selection of our favourites and you can laugh at a whole bunch more here

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

Chuck Norris is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.

There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Chuck Norris’s computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.

Chuck Norris doesn’t actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.

Chuck Norris is suing Myspace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you.

Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

When he’s not writing about cooking a human or digging up mushrooms our resident food critic works in advertising creating ads for gastronomic colossus Pot Noodle. This is pretty funny though  

Not content with being quite the man about tinseltown and starring in the upcoming Hamlet 2, Steve Coogan is taking his classic comic characters to the road once again. It’s very rare this happens and now that it is, he’s touring all over, everywhere. So there is no real excuse for letting this opportunity slip by.You have from the first of October until the 14^th December 2008. Go and grab yourself a piece of some very special comedy you mother. Get tickets here

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD   As much as we loathe longboards this is pretty impressive to say the least, feel the speed.   

Did you ever see that movie Wall Street? It’s got Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas in. Well I haven’t, and that’s beside the point, regardless of how much you know or think you know, the stock market is cool and so are drugs. (Disclaimer: DRUGS ARE NOT COOL)

In Drug lord 2 you play the markets with drugs! Making money and generally buying and selling more drugs, it’s fun and it’s free, and you can also vent your frustration by buying various weapons and getting loose with a variety of law agencies. So, buy low and sell high, test the water and see if it’s time for a career change. Top game playing inside tip: Heroin, nuff said. (Disclaimer: THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO THE GAME AND ONCE AGAIN, DRUGS ARE NOT COOL, BIG, OR CLEVER, IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM)

Starting on BBC 2 last night ‘By Any Means’, despite sounding like the title of a Seagal movie, sees chirpy Charley Boorman travelling from his home town in Ireland to Australia. You’d be forgiven for thinking a lot of the distance travelled (across a whole 25 countries) would be covered on motorcycle, but it isn’t. With over a 110 modes of transport the show adds some much needed diversity to the auto culture our Charley so adores and which Long Way Round was lacking, that and there’s a lot less moaning (notably because of Ewan McGregor’s absence). On every Sunday at 8pm the show proves the journey is just as important as the destination, oh and that the BBC will lob money at anything travel related. 

After an unnecessary amount of hassle at the bank, I managed to obtain the badly needed £12.99. Why did I need it so badly? Being an a avid music and comic book fan, I decided to metaphoriclly kill two birds with one stone and purchase The Umbrella Academy, Apocalypse suite issues 1-6. Written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance fame) and drawn by Gabriel Bá (illustrator of De:TALES and Casanova) it seemed a perfect addition to my ever expanding comic/graphic novel collection. The book, set in an Orwellian style, not too distant future, is about seven extraordinary children, born in a worldwide spontaneous labour (47 births in total) from mothers who’d shown no previous signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopts seven of these children, and for what purpose, “To save the world” of course.

The book is a poetic and dark satire of the relationships between brothers and sisters, but contains the comic genres favourites of zombies, super powers and an iconic sense of humour. It’s a perfect addition for both the veterans and novice comic collector’s library. It’s so good, that having already read it on the way to work; I might just read it again. Possibly a bit Emo, but who doesn’t relish the chance of indulging in a bit of hopelessness.

One of our favourite comedians Dylan Moran is on tour this month, next month and the month after, so you have no excuses for not seeing him. None. Go here for tickets and dates.