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Greetings, fellow gerbils!
Hey there, it's Gerry here! As you may have gathered, I am a gerbil and this is a blog about my life on this planet. I appear to humans through a machine called the GerbilMaestro, which is an exact copy of my master. I control this machine and most of the time pretend to be my master in front of other humans.
I hope you enjoy reading my blog. Thanks a gerbillion!

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Monday 31 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 27

"I could draw someone with Candy Syndrome..."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
This was ANT's idea for Creative Writing and Illustrations Club...

Sunday 30 March 2014

Weekly News Round-Up #56: 23/03/2014

Hello there!

This has been an exceptionally busy week, where the main event was a charity Hunger Games. Of course, that called for a bunch of us to help enforce rules and safety. It must be noted that there was no killing or injuring involved in the exercise, it was simply a glorified session of tag rugby in a woodland area.

The event was on Friday, however everyone was called down for a briefing on Thursday. This also included a practise of where we were all to be standing. During this practise session, we got a little bored. ANT thought that it would be a good idea to find a stick to hold in order to provide an image that simply said 'Don't mess with me, I shall not be taking any nonsense'. Eventually, we were all choosing sticks from the vast woodlands around us.

Friday rolled on and when lunchtime came, we got to our places. I must admit that it was rather interesting to watch the different groups form. Wicks was particularly impressed with an individual who she has decided to call 'Antelope Boy'. After the event, she revealed that "it was amazing how he could get through the shrubbery. At one point [she] thought he was trapped by one of the bigger groups but somehow he managed to manoeuvred between a couple of hedges and distanced himself from them."

Of course, the big finale was when the main group turned against eachother. They were confined to a relatively small space and it was just a matter of time before one of them was crowned the victor.

Overall, they raised money and everyone had fun taking part in one way or another.

Until next week, have a good one :)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 26

"He looks inside and goes 'there's nothing in here!' Maybe they should have put 20p's in..."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
An envelope contained a cheque, however it was pressed to one side of the envelope, giving the illusion that there was nothing. Wicks and Master decided that it would have been much better to receive payments in 20 pence pieces...

Saturday 29 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 25

"It's as if it's been cooked in the fire of a dragon!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
One breaktime, Wicks had a rather fiery chicken pastie that successfully extinguished her tastebuds for a good few days. Oh dear.

Friday 28 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 24

"...I'll be the Tin Man, a rip-off version of Iron Man."
- K.W. S.A. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Ruby, ConscienceSarah and Master were assigning themselves characters from 'The Wizard of Oz'. This was Master's response.

Thursday 27 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 23

"I say 'perfect', you say 'sandwiches'..."
- H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
When testing out Google Hangouts, Master decided that this would be the best way to carry out a delay test...

Wednesday 26 March 2014

Good luck, ConscienceSarah!

On this fine day, may the luck of the honey badger's claw be with you. I'm sure you'll smash this dance exam. Have a good day :)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 22

"I keep getting emails every day from Amazon about my order. They tell me exactly where my parcel has gotten to...they might as well send one that says 'your parcel has hit your doormat!'"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks explains that she doesn't feel the need for Amazon to send her emails providing a constant commentary on her parcel location.

Tuesday 25 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 21

"There's some slippy stuff over there."
- J.C.

Story behind quote:
Master warns everyone about the hazards around the lunch area. This is the censored version.

Monday 24 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 20

"Is it meant to be a team-building exercise or something?"
- J.C.

Story behind quote:
Master misinterpreted a particular scene in 'Mean Girls'...

Read more at WNR #52: 16/02/2014

Sunday 23 March 2014

Weekly News Round-Up #55: 16/03/2014

How's it going, guys? Here's what's been going on this week...

Following on from last week's lunchtime sport, this week we've made coffee cup snatching a competitive activity. It was between DisneyLoverMolly and ANT, with Master being the referee. It was difficult to decipher who won, but I do know that Master had a jolly good time experimenting with the different ways of saying '3, 2, 1, GO!'

Wednesday was the day of sour sweets and what we've dubbed 'The Scissor incident', which we shall recall now. I hope you learn something from Master's mistakes...
It all started with ConscienceSarah and Master in the study room. ConscienceSarah was trying to write her statement for a senior role, however was unsure about her application and not progressing very speedily. Things got more interesting when an individual named Sam asked if anyone in the room had any scissors. At this point, Master wasn't paying attention and therefore missed the opportunity to lend her pair of scissors. Briefly afterwards, he proceeded to the adjacent roomto continue his search. Whilst he was away, ConscienceSarah and Master agreed that they would give him the scissors when he came back, however when he did, Master missed this opportunity as well. The pair toyed with plenty of scenarios of handing Sam scissors and as the minutes dragged on, it became more nad more dificult for Master to go back to the original situation. At this time, Master realised that ConscienceSarah had not made much progress on her statement. In an attempt to get Sarah to write, Master became 'Jen the Genie' and proised Sarah that she could ask for one thing, as long as it was within the boudaries of reason. ConscienceSarah thought hard for a little while in an attempt to come up with an act more embarrassing than getting Master to give Sam the scissors. eventually, it was agreed that Master would talk to their English teacher about a potentially awkward subject. The aim was to show ConscienceSarah not to have any regrets about what you do. So, the next day, Master brought up said awkward topic, which ended up in a rather lengthy conversation. So, kids, I think the moral of this story is to 'speak now or forever hold your peace', or something like that.

On Friday, we felt like we needed to ask ANT about how she pulls her classic unimpressed face. She manages it so extraordinarily, it was impossible for any of us to copy it or achieve an effect that could match up to hers in any way. We'll just have to keep practising, after all, 'practise makes perfect'.

Until next week, have a good one ;)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 19

"...I've been writing hater summaries on chapters I haven't read."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks meant to write 'chapter' instead of 'hater', however this typo version was, in itself, brilliant.

Saturday 22 March 2014

SoundBite 1 - The SB Plan

Welcome to the first episode in our brand new series of SoundBites! Here's how it came abouts...

Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Whiskey on the Mississippi http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100709

Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen

Twitter @SandwichCrew https://twitter.com/SandwichCrew
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ

Listen here: 

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 18

"It's the type of prank that we'd play on ConscienceSarah... 'I work at Scruffs and we're recruiting people to sweep the floors. It's an intellectually demanding job...'"
- H.W. K.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Wicks, Ruby and Jen had a few ideas of variations of email pranks that could be played on ConscienceSarah...

Friday 21 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 17

Ruby: *In the tune of 'I'd Do Anything' from Oliver: The Musical*"Could you play some Bach?"
Master: "...anything!"
Ruby: "What about Mozart?"
Master: "Anything!"
- K.W. H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
At lunchtime, we made a musical out of Master's piano incompetence

Thursday 20 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 16

"I click 'scan' and it comes up with 'no virus detected' apart from one cookie..."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks' anti-virus troubles... #Norton

Wednesday 19 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 15

"The snoring stops but the puffing starts!"
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
Snoring habits...

Tuesday 18 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 14

"Way to go, Mexico!"
- L.R.

Story behind quote:
Mexico, the country that produces Candy Crush-endorsed sweets. Brilliant!

Monday 17 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 13

"I like thrashing young children."
- M.B.

Story behind quote:
DisneyLoverMolly's competitive side shows when she plays the Dumping Ground Game.

Read more at WNR #52: 16/02/2014

Sunday 16 March 2014

Weekly News Round-Up #54: 09/03/2014

Hello everyone! Hope you're all well and let's jump into this edition of WNR...

This week has proved to be revolutionary in terms of mobile gaming for ANT and Master. It all started on Monday when Wicks whipped out her handheld device at breaktime and proceeded to wake her animals on Disco Zoo. Naturally, she recommended it to ANT and Master, reknowned for being the most competitive mobile gamers. On the next day, they both downloaded the game and started at the same time, of course, so it was a fair competition. I think it is fair to say that they were both addicted within the first 5 minutes. We'll see how this progresses in the coming weeks...

During the middle of the week, Alexis, ANT, ShoeLobber and Master sat down, in the afternoon, to discuss the possibility of starting some new clubs. As a group, we suggested activities such as bird watching, wildlife observation/conservation and orienteering. ANT thought that it would be convenient if the clues for orienteering were uber-obvious and always led you home.

Later on that afternoon, we had an exclusive insight into how Alexis styles his hair. It was revealed that his daily routine consists of aiming hairspray at the roots of the hair and then following up with moulding cream.
Afterwards, we entertained ourselves with the idea of Alexis becoming a YouTube beauty guru. He is such a fitting candidate, with his extensive internet knowledge, especially with the significant lack of male style gurus. All in all, he remained unconvinced.

The main lunchtime sport this week has been competitive bottle cap flicking. ANT was, as always, unimpressed, which made her an obvious target. Meanwhile, DisneyLoverMolly and the Voice of reason were both perfecting their technique. Overall, it was a blast!

Until next week, have a good one ;)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 12

"What sort of stationary-based poverty is going on??!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks is outraged when a teacher signed a sheet with a board pen.

Saturday 15 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 11

"ConscienceSarah, chicken slice, half price!"
- H.W. S.A.

Story behind quote:
Wicks informs ConscienceSarah.

Friday 14 March 2014

Happy Pi Day!

Have a good one :)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 10

"Alexis, can you take this man to the pirate section?"
- H.W. A.N. S.A. J.C.

Story behind quote:
At a board meeting, we humour ourselves with the idea of opening a fancy dress shop after retirement...

Read more at WNR #51: 09/02/2014

Thursday 13 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 9

"The best part of the film was when nanny rang. And then she rang again!"
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah's personal highlight of Eragon.

Wednesday 12 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 8

Master: "Did I put it in my bag?"
Wicks: "I thought you were gonna say 'did I put it in my mouth?'"
- J.C. H.W.

Story behind quote:
This regurgitation joke has become such a common thing that everyone expects Master to do silly things...

Tuesday 11 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 7

"It's such a roller coaster ride, this game..."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
Another occasion where ANT talks about Candy Crush.

Monday 10 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 6

"Stop spinning, Alexis, you're making me dizzy."
- J.C.

Story behind quote:
In revenge for Alexis' regurgitation comments, Master made this joke that no one, apart from Triangle, laughed at.

Sunday 9 March 2014

Weekly News Round-Up #53: 02/03/2014

Hey everyone! Hope you're all well and ready for this week's installment of WNR! Let's get started...

After a week off, Wicks returned on Monday after battling with a computer virus over the weekend. It happened that the anti-virus software was simply not picking up anything...

Wadz also had some trouble on the way home that day due to her boots, which she claimed it felt like there were sharks biting at her feet. Oh dear.

On Tuesday, ConscienceSarah received her prize for a raffle she entered. It came in the form of a Scruffs bag (for those unfamiliar with Scruffs, it is a hair studio) and included a shampoo for men and some incense.

I think it is arguable that the main feature of the week has been clapping at people for saying obvious things. And when we say clapping, we mean that everyone on our table gives a standing ovation. It's often nothing less than embarrassing and annoying for the victim, shall we call them. It happened that on Thursday lunchtime, we did this at least 6 times. Clearly this is becoming a big thing over here, even though I can never be sure if it's a good or bad thing...we'll see.

In that same lunchtime, Ruby found that she could make remarkably accurate wolf and whale sound effects using her juice bottle. Meanwhile, Master decided that she would be Mickey Mouse for a split second.

On Friday, Wicks and Master were inspired by the Business Department to make blog-themed crosswords. Why not have a go by clicking the following links:
Wicks' Crossword
Master's Crossword

To end the week, Ruby shared with us an important message that was on her pack of animal biscuits. Take a look:

And on that note, until next week, have a good one ;p

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 5

Alexis: "Stop regurgitating."
Master: "Do you always have to bring that up?"
- A.N. J.C.

Story behind quote:
An unintentional pun...

Saturday 8 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 4

"If you do it, you will win our respect."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ConscienceSarah's reward for shouting 'deviation' at lunch.

Read more at Weekly News Round-Up #49: 26/01/2014

Friday 7 March 2014

Outtakes Vol. 2

In this video, it becomes apparent that ANT is less than keen on her new nickname, 'Bertie'. Also, we discuss a certain video of Tom Hiddleston's Thor audition and also talk about Wicks' Thor poster.

The video in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sePkohldnuE

Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Plucky Daisy http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=plucky

Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen

Twitter @SandwichCrew https://twitter.com/SandwichCrew
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ

Listen here:

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 3

"I see...pasta!"
- L.R.

Story behind quote:
Cap. reads our pasta fortunes...

Read more at Weekly News Round-Up #49: 26/01/2014

Thursday 6 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 2

"Too many posters, so little wall!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks' birthday poster dilemma...

Wednesday 5 March 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 1

"I need to water my cat..."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's excuse for needing to go home.

Tuesday 4 March 2014

Pancake Day

Hello everyone!

I hope you all have a good day today :)

Make sure to check back tomorrow for the start of 40 Quotes of Lent 2014. Catchya soon...

Sunday 2 March 2014

Outtakes Vol. 1 - Ep. 2

Sometimes not everything goes as smoothly as we'd like when recording. Let's take a look at some of the moments that were cut from Episode 2, including a 'righteo' compilation, an embarrassing throwback session and an exploration into treatments for hiccups...

Hiccup information: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Hiccup/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Plucky Daisy http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=plucky
Ambler http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300019
Circus Waltz http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100291
Mariachi Snooze http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=snooze
Call to Adventure http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300022

Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen

PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ

Listen here:

Crossword: Jen

As mentioned in WNR #53: 02/03/2014

Have a shot at Master's blog-themed crossword...
Click to enlarge
Across
4) Gotta do it when someone says something obvious (8)
6) The only adjective fit to describe the guards of S.H.I.E.L.D. (11)
7) Wicks' Thor cape (6)
9) The best place for fish and chips (3, 9)
10) We have an abundance of ________ (9)

Down
1) That disorder…what's it called again? (7)
2) Indestructible - as an egg (6)
3) ANT says it's 'so 10 years ago' (6)
5) We tweet (8, 4)
8) He's a gem to S.H.I.E.L.D. but an issue to Wicks (4, 7)

Click 'Read more' for answers...

Crossword: Wicks

As mentioned in WNR #53: 02/03/2014

Here's Wicks' blog-themed crossword...
Click to enlarge
Across
4) Where it all began (4)
6) Perfect by name…tastewise? (10)
8) Sarah's role (10)
10) Our beloved poet (4)
12) The first review (5, 3, 3, 3)
13) The promised review - undelivered (3)
14) Summer plans? Or the Nordic conundrum (4, 6)
16) Our new platform (7)

Down
1) ANT's obsession (4, 5)
2) A furry friend (6)
3) When giving up, you gain ______ (6)
5) Home dirt - but it'll cost ya 20p (9)
7) A friend gender swapped (6)
9) Together we stand (9)
11) Our greatest foe (5, 6)
15) A gem - instead turns (6)

Click 'Read more' for answers...