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You might like the idea of being the president of the United States or the Galactic Federation, but the moment someone asks you what sort of cake you'd like for lunch, you'd be raising the white flag and letting the invading hordes through the gates.
You know what this planet really needs? More pointless chatter.
So all hail Twitter, the craze which allows the world to flick morsels of their lives onto the web like breadcrumbs.
I can't even be bothered to iron my shirt most mornings, so the thought of dressing up in about seven layers of black leather, lace and eyeliner fills me with a sort of respect I reserve for people who design space shuttles.
Problem is, the world's weather isn't always "graveyard chilly".
Should you see Coraline or Star Trek at the cinema? Pizza or Chinese afterwards?
Disputes like this lead to murdered evenings and maimed friends. But what's the cure if you're sick of staking your friendship on coin flips and rock, paper, scissors?
People spend too much time worrying about being fat.
The real problem is that they’re not piling on the pounds imaginatively enough.
You'd have to have a pretty good reason to venture outside right now.
If your house is on fire or you're about to get fired, that's fine.
For the next few days at least, many of the country have vowed to turn into hamsters in a bid to get fit and wear down those teeth early in 2009.
But while they’re eating lettuce and running around in wheels, there’s more lardy loveliness for the rest of us unhealthy, meat-guzzling bacon-fanciers.
New year.
Grey January.
Nothing to look forward to except for a chance impalement on a spiked fence that could bring a lawyers4u-style pay-out.
Christmas is all about spending time with family and friends.
Of course, if you don’t really like them, you could quite happily pass the whole festive season playing this highly-addictive yuletide game.
Most people only notice them when they go dark, or when they start to look a bit like a sheep.
But the Cloud Appreciation Society is a haven for those who feel all warm and fuzzy at the sight of nature’s candy floss.
Have you ever wondered how irritating it must be to be a statue, at risk of aerial attack at any minute.
You're rooted to the spot, get covered in bird droppings, and you haven’t even got a working arm and a tissue to wipe yourself clean.
Hop to the White House with this presidential Mario caper.
Beware dice, for they will steal your soul (and most of your working day). Dice may look like spotty Fox's Glacier Mints of innocence.
But they can steal your spirit and your faith in the goodness of the world. Now the little critters can also steal your day in this game of chance.
Wallow in the stupidity of your fellow man with this week's Timewaster.
Yes, you’ve played it and most probably you’ve got the T-shirt.
But following Sir Allen Stanford’s eponymous Super Series, that cricketing 20/20 bug is back.
Guide dogs have been helping the blind for decades.
But is there a new breed of pathfinder in town? The folks at the Guide Horse Foundation are keen to see a different kind of four-legged friend get a foothold in the guiding game.
BASICALLY this is a website for pictures of Barack Obama posing with babies as he campaigns to become the next US president.
He hugs them, kisses them, plays with them and always makes sure he looks happy to be with each and every one of them.
Click here for more timewasters.
Summer is over and it's time to put away your stumps, bats and balls as rain has stopped play - Or is it?
Not with the rainproof (it never rains in internet world) Little Master Cricket Game.
There are days when boredom and irritation at the behaviour of your colleagues can make you want to release aggression.
Instead of shouting at your co-workers, head to this website, where you can staple some virtual moths to a wall. It is weirdly satisfying but it’s probably not wise to tell your colleagues what all the frantic clicking is about. They may start to worry.
