Malarkey is Andy Clarke, a creative designer with a passion for accessibility and web standards. This is his personal website.

WaSPs!

What happens when the wasp woman calls?

The Wasp Woman

Oh my, I’m a sucker for bad movies! I’m sure we all have our favourites, but here is one of mine.

The Wasp Woman: 1959

Janice Starlin was the face that sold a million cosmetics, but eighteen years on, her business is declining as she grows older. Then she meets the eccentric Dr. Eric Zinthrop who has a miracle solution that will reverse the effects of her ageing - an extract from a queen wasp’s jelly.

Dr. Zinthrop may be mad, but Starlin is desperate enough to become a human guinea pig for his experiments. Initially the queen wasp jelly seems to work, but Starlin is impatient, and injects herself with too much jelly and turns into a lusting queen wasp by night. You can even buy this classic on DVD at Amazon.

(Ed say: Hold it right there!
This is just a cheap attempt to get these nice people to buy a trashy DVD!)

Coming clean

OK, I’ll come clean… I got a very nice email a couple of days ago and now I’m a WaSP!

;)

Replies

  1. #1 On March 31, 2005 09:24 AM John Oxton said:

    Yay! Three cheers for Malarkey hip hip hip… ;-)

  2. #2 On March 31, 2005 09:28 AM Rob McMichael said:

    Congrats Mr.M!

    So what you going to be doing?

  3. #3 On March 31, 2005 09:39 AM Jon Hicks said:

    Hooray! The Brits invade everywhere! Congratulations!

    Will you be on the Dreamweaver Task Force? I think you get your own tank!

  4. #4 On March 31, 2005 10:32 AM Kitta said:

    Congratulations Malarkey. :o)

  5. #5 On March 31, 2005 10:34 AM Peter J Lambert said:

    Nice one, Malarkey. Live the dream.

  6. #6 On March 31, 2005 10:46 AM Martin said:

    Excellent! Bring on the Brit Ambassador!

  7. #7 On March 31, 2005 11:03 AM dotjay said:

    Congratulations Malarkey me ol’ mucker!

  8. #8 On March 31, 2005 11:31 AM John said:

    Back to the movie theme.. You may enjoy Movie Posters

    Also, congratulations

  9. #9 On March 31, 2005 12:19 PM Kev said:

    Nice one feller :o)

  10. #10 On March 31, 2005 02:27 PM Ian Lloyd said:

    Good to have you on board, Andy, although to reply to Martin - you’d be surprised at how many WaSPs are Brits now: Me, Simon Willison, Dunstan Orchard, Drew McLellan and now Andy and also Dean Allen (only just found out he’s a Lundener from Lunden Taahn). <chavspeak>So we’ve like proper invaded the hive, innit?!</chavspeak>

  11. #11 On March 31, 2005 02:36 PM Ian Lloyd said:

    Oops, I meant Dean Edwards, not Dean Allen. My bad!

  12. #12 On March 31, 2005 02:37 PM Dean Edwards said:


    You’re ’avin’ a larf! Me name’s not Dean Allen! It’s Dean Edwards! I don’t know why I bovver I really don’t…

  13. #13 On March 31, 2005 02:42 PM Sean Fraser said:

    Do WaSPmen get to wear capes?

  14. #14 On March 31, 2005 04:41 PM Malarkey said:

    @ Sean Fraser: Errm, dunno… I only usually wear a cape on the weekend. Oooops, Fruedian slip!

  15. #15 On March 31, 2005 04:44 PM Rob Weychert said:

    Congrats, Malarkey! Don’t get overzealous with that jelly…

  16. #16 On March 31, 2005 05:06 PM Rob Mientjes said:

    Nice, but I do think there should be more Dutchmen on the team *hint* *cough* One day, I tell ya, one day…

    Anyway, congrats Andy.

  17. #17 On March 31, 2005 05:49 PM Rachel Andrew said:

    Welcome aboard - I make that 7 British WaSPs now :)

  18. #18 On April 1, 2005 12:17 AM jordan said:

    I was always under the impression that DVD stood for "Digital Video Disc"… Oh, and congratulations. :)

  19. #19 On April 4, 2005 12:03 PM Ian Lloyd said:

    Oops, sorry Rachel. My bad. Again.

  20. #20 On April 4, 2005 01:24 PM Rob said:

    Congratulations Mr M. Your nation is proud… and a wee bit envious. :)