Hello, I’m Simon - a freelance script/copy writer based in London. (More)Tumblr (3.0; @simonswatman)http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/833564100aa1a76437b202d71a35fb1a/tumblr_mml3e8POgX1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/05/10/the-doctor-who-drinking-game/">The Doctor Who drinking game</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/50086820535http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/50086820535Fri, 10 May 2013 14:13:20 +0100doctor whotvworkdrinking gamesonic boozedriver<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/049d71a8bc11e4af468d2a7a4ff8c9b0/tumblr_mm2p68HcRW1qh35m6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://foreignmovieposters.tumblr.com/post/49260118855/the-spy-who-loved-me-1977-ghanaian-poster" class="tumblr_blog">foreignmovieposters</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>The Spy Who Loved Me</strong> (1977). Ghanaian poster.</p></blockquote>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/49261131136http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/49261131136Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:11:42 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32d8edd22f639000b9cbf4fc89353387/tumblr_mlefygkI6P1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/48194954389http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/48194954389Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:27:52 +0100David Cameronhighbrow political commentarypoop<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf3a44653f5e384a1a947fac6bd6a027/tumblr_mkq8ruwwHc1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/XHg3QV6.jpg">So happy</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/47099727272http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/47099727272Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:50:17 +0100kim jong-unnorth koreajoy<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="225" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=2258973084001&playerID=1150175498001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAABC-FjfjE~,nGj2b_nKunIqSQQqUGbs78br6OLNR72t&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=2258973084001&playerID=1150175498001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAABC-FjfjE~,nGj2b_nKunIqSQQqUGbs78br6OLNR72t&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="225" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><span id="internal-source-marker_0.5715603505102148">This is ‘Nightcap’ - a short film I wrote that’s showing on Channel 4 tonight at 11.05pm as part of the <a href="http://randomacts.channel4.com/">Random Acts</a> season. It’s a sequel</span> <a href="http://vimeo.com/44934783"><span></span><span>to this</span></a><span> and has a scene with a prawn in it that will <em>shit you right up</em>.</span></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/46867050503http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/46867050503Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:04:00 +0100random actschannel 4animationwork<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbb9a6ac5e935375c0c4c13a2f02b7c5/tumblr_mjxareM8Jn1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tokyo Compression</p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/45773276138http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/45773276138Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:44:18 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd430536e473298b2d62a8eb49e93f97/tumblr_mizvw5bdDI1qzcdbeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thejogging.tumblr.com/post/44307698747/ayn-rand-and-a-cat-2013-image">thejogging</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span></span><span><em>Ayn Rand and a Cat</em>, 2013</span></p> <p><span>Image<br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://andreaservik.com"><span>☯</span></a></p> </blockquote>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/45195380219http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/45195380219Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:36:18 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f81dd651ce2e1ab3fa6c10b1b9f3a9e/tumblr_mjc8ahkqNp1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2013/03/queen-of-lemons-1920.html">Queen of Lemons, 1920 </a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/44852617965http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/44852617965Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:39:53 +0000vintagephotographyblack-and-white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d24ce97bd264818300907a75f77ece5a/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo1_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/24bc4cdc5b57553629cd54f9b24bad3f/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo2_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9fea7399e694d9b1e586c5ff4ed7a56e/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo3_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/69796fe8f0bdc14adbe5e29843d67d11/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo4_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cce0c1b31ecc4856d96866fba9bb5d48/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo5_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a5247b7af0a7a416de5f20aaf3c009a/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo6_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6a2f30d8602f0718d6933b6bac5639c4/tumblr_miqy94HRsF1s55i8wo7_400.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/44288775055http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/44288775055Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:45:01 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b44a93477e3d2bce626cfac2566eaec5/tumblr_mhvjhppAMx1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/42537627373http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/42537627373Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:49:01 +0000celine dion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b5a01b9ca92f3ddb9811c739dc8d280b/tumblr_mhpnatJQ9k1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2013/02/the-song-that-brought-disaster-from-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-comics-january-1954.html">The Song That Brought Disaster</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/42289853384http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/42289853384Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:29:51 +0000comics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/87a3b58a815cfb6e4ae087d0e08663e9/tumblr_mhg0xpihWJ1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/01/30/the-greatest-goofs-in-movie-history/">The Greatest Goofs In Movie History</a></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>2. Gandalf Wears Novelty Sunglasses In Lord Of The Rings</p> <p>Fans of the original books by J. R. R. R. R. Tolkien were outraged at some of the goofs in the <em>Lord of the Rings</em> trilogy, not least in this scene when Gandalf wears a pair of beer bottle novelty sunglasses. Director Peter Jackson defended the mistake, arguing it ‘brought some humour to all that boring orc shit’.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/01/30/the-greatest-goofs-in-movie-history/">See the full list! Or don’t!</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/41865712927http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/41865712927Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:44:13 +0000lord of the ringsTolkienmoviesgoofswork<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/54286365ea51057f69119c941073eea1/tumblr_mhe0bflMoi1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://imgur.com/a/mCQ5r">The only good system</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/41780211429http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/41780211429Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:35:39 +0000graffitiProragermany<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m77nwqvUOL1qzwr8io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>cDonald’s Theorem</p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/40332199208http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/40332199208Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:49:57 +0000look around youmaths<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_38713866963" src="http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/38713866963/audio_player_iframe/simonswatman/tumblr_mfjgo0Fn8n1qzwr8i?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fsimonswatman%2F38713866963%2Ftumblr_mfjgo0Fn8n1qzwr8i" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://electricjive.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/miriam-makeba-on-78rpm-1955-1959.html">Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks - Kisimus Time (1958)</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/38713866963http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/38713866963Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:29:00 +0000christmasmiriam makebasouth africa1958<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxsp4NsCP1qzwr8io1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a title="link" href="http://www.sandor-collection.com/SFCVDZ/7.html">James VanDerZee</a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/37826902370http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/37826902370Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:55:53 +0000photographyBlack and White<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3hfnFe5Z1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/11/26/pizza-hut-unveil-new-passive-aggressive-menu/">Pizza Hut Unveil New Passive-Aggressive Menu</a></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Pizza Hut has unveiled a new passive-aggressive menu, that asks customers to “Please buy a pizza. Or don’t. Like we give a shit.”</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/11/26/pizza-hut-unveil-new-passive-aggressive-menu/"><em>Read More</em></a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/36588157624http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/36588157624Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:30:59 +0000pizzahutfoodnewswork<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdwdjql8PN1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Supermarket Lidl has some really strange offers this week.</p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/36288117794http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/36288117794Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:23:50 +0000supermarketslidlgran?<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdfovzAIxP1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/11/13/facebook-to-ban-vague-status-updates/">Facebook To Ban Vague Status Updates</a></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>The social network says it will no longer tolerate users posting updates such as ‘Why????’, ‘I Know…’ or ‘*sigh*’ to the site and have designed a special algorithm that will automatically delete the guilty account.</p> </blockquote>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/35639104023http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/35639104023Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:09:35 +0000facebooksighwork<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcr949DyHJ1qzwr8io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/10/31/helena-bonham-carter-to-dress-normally-for-halloween/">Helena Bonham Carter to dress normally for Halloween</a></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Her previous Halloween costumes have included ‘businesswoman in suit’, ‘jumper and jeans’, ‘popping to the shops’ and in, 2011, she famously wore ‘a nice dress’ to go trick or treating with film director husband Tim Burton and their children.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/10/31/helena-bonham-carter-to-dress-normally-for-halloween/"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p>http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/34696275878http://simonswatman.tumblr.com/post/34696275878Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:26:00 +0000Helena Bonham CarterTim Burtonhalloweencostumework