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Happy Father’s Day! Wait, what? It’s not Father’s Day? Ah I see why you’re confused, please allow me to explain. You see, here in the magical world of internet shopping we tend to celebrate holidays a couple of weeks before the rest of the country so that there’s plenty of time for us to deliver your gifts in time for the actual holiday, so while you won’t be celebrating Father’s Day for another fortnight, as far as we’re concerned it’s father’s day now!

This year, we’re doing something a bit special for Father’s day (or rather, Sam’s doing something a bit special for Father’s day) by introducing the Gadgets Dads! Whether you’ve got a Techie Dad, Sporty Dad, Joker Dad, Foodie Dad, and Retro Dad, there’s a great selection of gifts for every kind of father out there.

Norman the Techie Dad is heavily into his Gadgets, priding himself on his techno know-how and ability to fix anything electrical.

Terry the Sporty Dad is the most competitive of the bunch, he plays and watches sport at every opportunity and, more often than not, drags his poor unwilling kids into it too!

Kevin the Joker Dad likes to think he’s a hoot, but really he’s a constant source of embarrassment to his children with his out-of-date puns and cheesy t-shirts.

Heston the Foodie Dad has taken on the domestic duties and excelled at them, creating fabulous meals for the family and always happy to splash out on dinner at a fancy restaurant.

Lionel the Retro Dad lives to reminisce about his past glories, the night clubs of the 70s, classic 80s movies and, of course, Van Halen. Rock ‘n roll!

Sound like your dad? You know one of them does! Why not leave us a comment and let us know how well we’ve captured your dad!

Residents of Gadget HQ were shocked this afternoon when Terry, the office’s beloved Boiley Egg, was found to be missing. Head Ranger Mandy Evans was the first to discover the disappearance, checking the Egg’s enclosure at approximately 13:30 and finding it empty. Police Chief Barnaby has issued a statement announcing that the Gadget HQ Police Force will be searching round the clock for their ovular friend, and appealed for anyone with any information to please come forward.

Missing: An Egg

The drama did not end there. Already distraught from the disappearance of the egg some sources are calling her “best friend” and “trusted confidant”, Miss Evans had brought in two raw eggs with the intention of using Terry the Egg to boil them. However, displaying her trademark steely resolve, Miss Evans announced that she would not be beaten.

“Adapt and overcome, that’s my motto. Don’t think you can’t do it because you don’t have the things you need,” she stated. To the amazement of her colleagues, she dropped her eggs into the office’s electric kettle and flicked the switch. Although she did concede that “I’m not going to be able to get it as perfect as I would have done had I been using a Boiley Egg”, Evans laughed in the face of her nay-saying co-workers and kept reboiling the kettle for five long minutes.

We WISH this was our kettle.

Emptying the eggs out onto her plate, Miss Evans tentatively peeled back the first few fragments of shell to reveal two boiled eggs in excellent condition, delightedly exclaiming “Awhhh look at that! How is that for a good egg?” The praise from her co-workers, though begrudging, was well deserved, and ensured that this story did have an eggstra special happy ending.

To enjoy your own cute little Boiley Egg, have a look at him here!

What time is it? Oh come now, you know what time it is. I know what time it is. Sam and Mandy know what time it is. Even Academy Award Nominated Actor Woody Harrelson knows what time it is!

Yeah he does!

It’s Sporcle Friday time! Once again, there’s no real theme to this weeks quizzes, just whatever we thought sounded fun at the time. The first round of this league was very exciting with me and Mandy tied at the top and Sam bringing up the rear, but would someone take a commanding lead this week? (Spoiler alert: Yes!)

Quiz One: Test Your Memory

A simple memory test to start with, but an unforgiving one. A single mistake would result in the end of the quiz, as Mandy found out when she scored a paltry 3/11; to be fair, she’s very tired today, and Sam and I were absolutely fine with it! Things looked good for the two of us, and we both scored maximum points to win 2 points each. Sam was now level with Mandy, while I’d taken a 2 point lead.

Quiz Two: Sins, Dwarves and Spice Girls

In all honesty, any quiz with this as the title is probably going to be the best quiz in the world, but unfortunately Mandy will never know! A computer malfunction meant that she was unable to complete this quiz; as compensation, she now has a Double-Points-Joker to play on a quiz of her choosing to make up for it. With the Supreme Quizzing Machine now out of today’s running, Sam and I went head to hear. He performed admirably, naming an excellent 18/19 answers correctly but, as you can probably tell by the smug tone of my writing, I achieved another perfect score! With a maximum 4 points for today’s quizzing, it looks like the Reflection of Perfection is on course to win the second Gadgets Sporcle League, but there’s a long way to go yet…

So, the table at the end of week two:

1^st: Murray “The Reflection Of Perfection” Dougall – 7 points

2^nd: Sam “The Man That Gravity Forgot” Nicholls – 4 points

3^rd: Mandy “The Supreme Quizzing Machine” Evans – 3 points + 1 game in hand