It’s the early hours during our Xmas Jolly in Rome this winter, and Julian (out of shot) has obviously just ordered another pint of Grappa for Sarah. Much to the obvious displeasure of not just Sarah, but the bloke in the poster behind her.
Roman Holiday
The first evening out in Rome on our Xmas jolly – simply pick a nice local restaurant, find a table outside by the heater, select a dish… Umm, OK. I think we’ll have the meatballs…
Roman Holiday
Swordfish has been doing its bit to help the Eurozone financial crisis this Christmas, by flying over to Rome and buying lots of beer! We discovered that Rome’s a great place for walking off the effects of extreme alcohol-indulgence. A tour of the old city for example, where the Swordfish girls posed for the camera between two old ruins.
Roman Holiday
We partied hard when we all flew over to Rome for our Christmas 2011 Jolly. Yet John still managed to get up on Sunday morning just in time to do a bit of Pontiff Spotting in St Peter’s Square.
Post-it modernism?
If, unlike me, you’ve always been on the look out for cast-iron proof that French office workers have far too much time on their hands, then take a look at this colourful Guardian story…
Calling all grommets.
As my boy would say “ABD”. Yet I will persist in posting this… Apparently, a Grommet is a Skaterboy term for someone new to the skating world, who’s not very good at it. Well, ‘chillax’. Now all you Groms out there can test your skating skills without leaving your desk, let alone shredding the backside out of your best trousers. How? By using two fingers on one of these, slightly-on-the-small side skateboards from Tech Deck. Needless to say, mine was a laugh for a while, but now it’s sat gathering dust on the edge of my keyboard.
3D pavement art
3D feature films often prove to be disappointing viewing after all the Hollywood-hype. 3D pavement art is far more intriguing and takes some talent and a careful eye to get right. Based in Bristol as we are, we wonder why Banksy hasn’t been tempted to give this art form his twist yet? In the meantime, here’s a selection of chalk-tastic artwork that caught our eye while we were out-and-about surfing the net.
What’s all the Fussball about?
A well-used Table Football table takes pride of place in one corner of the Swordfish Advertising office. Some of us are quite handy at the game, using all kinds of bamboozling trickery to get the ball in the net from any angle. Some of us frankly are not quite so skilled. – me for instance. Don’t get me wrong, I do see what all the Fuss is about, it’s a great game. (Get it – fuss – Fussball? No?) But I just can’t get the hang of it. I mean, the players’ legs are joined together, they have square lumps of plastic in place of footie boots, a piece of chromed alloy rod shoved through their midriff and they’re permanently stuck in 4-4-2. I mean; even Fabio Capello changes his formation every once in a while. (P.S: I’ve played Human Table Football a few years back – it’s an absolute riot.)
Meet the team – Pete
When he’s not overdosing on tea, Account Manager Pete Thain just loves to eat, in large quantities and at alarmingly regular intervals – 9am, 10am, 12 noon, 2pm 4pm…
Meet the team – Julian
Account Director Julian Hamilton Smith is extremely accomplished with numbers, especially 1664.