Why is ‘reality’ TV so popular, when we know so much of it is as unreal as it gets?
Whilst you ponder this, consider your eighth gift from the Sandpit – some paparazzi fun!
Download the poster here: On the eighth day of Christmas
UPDATED: Grammatical typo in download corrected (9th December)
On the seventh day of christmas my true love sent to me … seven swans a flipping (through a magazine)!
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Download it here: On the seventh day of Christmas
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me … teeny tiny little boots!
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Of course, most geese don’t wear boots these days, but before mass transportation geese were walked to market in little boots or with tar applied to their feet.
Download the poster here: On the sixth day of Christmas
There is a rather splendid video from 31st Dec 1966 on the BBC archive about walking geese to market: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/chronicle/8619.shtml
I am … well, actually … the noticeboard is nearly ready. Just needs some tinsel and decorations!
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You can download it here: Twelve days of ChrisMaths title
This is one of the snowflake placeholders (for Day 3):
The six point snowflakes are quite easy to make :
Each of my snowflakes references a number from 1 to 12 and each day the appropriate poster will be put on top of the appropriate snowflake.
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent me a Bandora gift voucher.
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Download poster five here: On the fifth day of Christmas
On the fourth day of Christmas Maths Sandpit gave to me … another odd problem.
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Download the fourth poster here: On the fourth day of Christmas
Note: There is a minimum call solution (6) and a logical call solution (0 – birds can’t use phones)
On the third day of Christmas Maths Sandpit gave to me … French patisserie cake!
Download the third day here: On the third day of Christmas