Richard Bexon Ramblings of a mad man in Costa Rica

So, you are coming to Costa Rica, a country 9-10 degrees North of the Equator that is famed for its abundance of wildife, over 250 volcanoes and holding over 6% of the worlds biodiversity, a truly amazing country.  One of the first questions people ask about is immunizations required while in Costa Rica?  Typically as long as you are up to date in the UK or the US then you are fine.  All this talk of Malaria and getting rabbies injections (you ahve to pay on the UK NHS for this) is over rated and just a way for the pharmaceutical companies to make extra $$$.  My suggestion is get everything apart form the Rabbies and Malaria preventions, the Rabbies injection gives you another 24 hours to seek medical attention on top of the suggested 24 hours.

One of the biggest questions is what type of sun tan lotion to bring with you, what sun factor, well this what any normal person would ask.  It is pretty common sense that if you are close to the equator ina  tropical country then sun tan lotion is vital.

My mate from Ireland had one of his friends come to this fine country, and to cut a long story short, his friend decided to sit in the sun between 11am-2pm in just his boxers.  Now in Ireland this is fine as the sun strength is not too strong, however if you are 9 degrees above the equator then you will probably fry like bacon, and fry like bacon he did.

He has turned purple on the latest reports from the ‘Galway Sunshine Times’ and has yellow pussing blisters all over his legs and feet.  What a great start to a holiday in Costa Rica.

Essentially the lesson behind this story is that the closer you get to the equator the stronger the sun is, therefore wear some bloody sun tan lotion!!

I would suggest factor 30 and above if you are English and sunblock if you are Irish!!

Is this guy french?  Maybe he can rap in French?  Jon Lajoie is a comedian that is going to be a mainstream comedian within years I am sure of it.  We all enjoy his funny commercials and songs from E=MC Vagina to his most popular Everyday Normal Guy.

He is about to start his tour and the dates can be seen here.  I am sure that if I find myself in the US or Canada during this time I will be going for sure, I cannot even think about what it would be like

So enjoy and Jon, thanks for everything!!

On a recent trip with some friends to meet a mate of mine (mate being a friend, not a same sex partner) who was from Northern England, Yorkshire to be exact (which is show on the map).  So when he first opened his mouth and the Northern Monkey accent (name us Southern Furies have for Northerners) came out their jaws hit the flaw and they looked to me to translate.  I mean come on it was not that hard to understand, however when your only knowledge of English accents is a soft London accent, I suppose a rough Northern Monkey accent could be like listening to a drunk Scot.

So even after 24 hours with the lad their faces were still blank, a felt like I was a translator for a diplomatic Yank political party on a trip to China.

Anyway all you have to understand about Northerners is that they are like people from the South of the US, nobody understands them and they live in a different world, except it is cold and things are cheaper.

So based on this watch this short video about an Airline if it was run by people from Yorkshire, it will explain everything.  FYI the green slop is mussy peas, that is green pees mashed.

Yorkshire Jokes with a little explanation below:

A couple are playing ‘I spy’ in the kitchen of their home somewhere in Yorkshire.
‘I spy with my little eye something beginning with T’ said the husband.
“Tea pot said the wife.” ‘Nay Lass!’
“Tea towel.” ‘Nay Lass!’
“Toaster.” ‘Nay Lass!’ he said, drumming his fingers on the work top.
“Oh I don’t know” she said at long last “I give in”
‘It’s easy’ he said. ‘It’s t’oven!’

In order to speak Northern, just put T in front of everything!!

Ricky Gervias is the only man apart from Ali G that has made the slums of the UK popular.  Ali G had his Slough movemenr and Ricky Gervais is now taking Reading to the next level!!  He has popularised the UK dry sarcastic humour and taken it to the USA where it has been sent through a non-funny filter and turned into an unusual US humour.  Office his greatest concoction has gone wild and that is all you hear about in your office to day, the comparison with “The Office”.

Anyway I remember Ricky Gervais back in the mid to late 90’s when he started his career on TV with the 11 o’clock show with Ali G, Daisy Donovan and that other random guy (sorry random guy).  Also as you can see in the photo your man from the office is also there, swings and round abouts as always.

Anyway Ricky has had a highly succesful career so far and think there is more to come.  However I have to say that Carl Pilkington has to be his muse, the man is an ‘ape genius’ and I could piss myself all day listening to his antics.

If you have not heard of Ricky Gervias then I am sure you would know him if you saw his face or visited his website.  He has moved more mainstream recently but still keeps his dry sense of humour always!!

Anyway just wanted to tell the world that this guy is hilarious and also his pet monkey Karl Pilkington is also hilarious, but I feel without Karl, Ricky would just not be so funny.

On a side note however did Karl get a decent job at the BBC??