The grandmother June Jackson claims that www.hintsandthings.co.uk is her “way of trying to share all those little pearls of wisdom that used to be passed from generation to generation”. Just click on a room in the house plan, such as the library, office or nursery to find a range of tips. In the kitchen you will find that shiny eyes and slippery outer skin are signs of a fresh fish.
Transformer-type toys and their plastic ilk may have invaded the shops, but a little corner of our nation’s toy-making tradition remains at www.englishtoys.com, “the home of good toys”. There are jack-in-the-boxes, hobbyhorses, dolls’ houses and teddy bears. Ideal for nostalgists.
The lively tongue-in-cheek site www.chucknorrisfacts.com has become a legend. Reporting “facts” about the martial artist, it paints him as a superman capable of doing anything with the help of his fearsome roundhouse kick. For example: “Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.”