Cycling in this morning I pulled up to a traffic light. One of those special constables crossed the road in front of me and I swear he was walking exactly like the man in the closing credits to The Bill. He was about the same age as me, if not a little older and I wondered if he too, as a 11 year old, was as transfixed by the closing titles as I was. The way the male copper’s feet seemed to dip ever so slightly as they approach the ground. I always imagined that this curious walking technique was taught to them at police school. Perhaps this clip even inspired the chap to join the police.

And the comments on YouTube are similarly nostalgic.

“Gosh!
When I was younger, as soon as I saw the two police officers walking in sync “RIGHT!! Bed Time!! ” and I’d say “they haven’t finished walking yet” XD”

I know it’s easy to say “Oh they don’t make them like that any more”. Because, they probably do. My kids stay up a little later at the weekend and watch XFactor or particularly Harry Hill’s TV Burp. But as TV-by-appointment slowly dwindles, will we still have this kind of nostalgia about TV shows. And does it even matter?

It probably doesn’t.

This is so good, I’m transfixed.

After discovering the recipe for Robie’s Buttermilk Flapjacks in a magazine a year or two ago, my wife has been making them for breakfast most Saturdays and they are, no foolin’, the best pancakes I’ve ever eaten. They are fluffy and moist and delicious. Here’s what you do.

I’m pretty much pressured to make pancakes every Saturday morning, so this sounds like something worth trying.

Very nice tiltshift animation from UNIQLO.

Tao Xiangli works as a technician in a karaoke bar and has built a submarine in his spare time from parts from the market. His family think he’s a nutter.