Man-Points

Due to the heavy snow our cars got snowed in in our garden and required to be dug out. We had previously done this when the snow was only 9 inches deep but since another 10 inches got dumped on us I decided to undertake this heroic task.

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The road and parking area was completely and can't be distinguished from the grass in those photos but there is a hell of a lot of it. So I grabbed my trusty weapon and proceeded to dig out the road.

Trusty Weapon of Choice

Halfway There

After clearing about half of it a new weapon appeared on the scene. So I did when any sensible man would have done and threw away the shovel and hijacked the tractor.

The Better Weapon of Choice

Easily Shifts The Snow

Deep Snow Is No Match For It

The deep snow was no match for it and the job was completed in half the time. I used the shovel to dig out round the cars as night started to fall and could proudly say the manly task was completed.

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This surely has to be worth some points for , a) unleashing the guns to clear away deep snow using a shovel, and b) Having the common sense to throw away the shovel and hijack a tractor when the opportunity arises.

After an unprecedented internet campaign by Tracy and John Morter on Facebook to get Rage Against The Machine's track "Killing In The Name" to the top spot for the UK Christmas Number 1, on Friday the Official Charts Company (OCC) reported that the gap is down to just 9000 sales with Rage Against the Machine still leading but the margin is decreasing and expected to continue to decrease over the weekend.

The official facebook group has had problems with facebook connectivity all week but is now back up and running at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2228594104&ref=ts

It has also been announced today that Sir Paul McCartney is now backing Rage to hit the top spot for this years number one but it just isn't going to happen without continued support from the online community.  The official facebook group has 800 000+ members but there are only 306 000 sales of the Rage Against the Machine Track this week which means a whopping half a million users who have signed up to the group haven't purchased the track.

The final of the three webcomics we're going to bring to you this week is also the least socially-acceptable:

Cyanide and Happiness is a webcomic that often walks the fine line between funny, and just plain wrong; but if you have a darker sense of humour, then this is the one for you.