The human race is like that kid on whatever teen website you hate, you know the one. They’re always going on about how they’re so unique and how all the other species just don’t understand them. Well here at All Over the House we love nothing more than to crush the spirits of hypothetical straw…Read more
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Five Things That Are Far Older Than You Think
The world is far older and weirder than we would like to think. Recently, scientists discovered evidence that life began billions of years before we ever expected it to; with new data suggesting life was already forming in space, alongside the formation of the Earth. It’s like early microscopic life forms were just hanging there…Read more
The Smallest Countries You’ve Never Heard Of
We’ve all wanted to set up our own country at some point, haven’t we? Don’t try to deny it, there’s always that desire to throw off the shackles of “society” and stick it to “the man”. It’s “well I’m starting my own club and you can’t join!” only on a national scale. It’s a wild…Read more
Five Films That Deserve A Sequel More Than The Matrix
So the Wachowskis are back again with another sequel to The Matrix, because apparently the late Nineties just can’t be allowed to die. It doesn’t matter that The Matrix has had two sequels, several games and an animated spin-off and pretty much every one of those things sucked, it’s still getting another try at recapturing…Read more
Five Old Shows That Need A Netflix Reboot
Now that Netflix has announced a new incarnation of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (which I think we all knew was coming after the success of She-Ra and the I’m Totally Not Just Here To Sell He-Man Toys To Girls) it’s time to get down to tackling the important questions in life: what…Read more
How To Write A Joke
Jokes are great, especially when you’re not the butt of them (and sometimes they’re great when you are. If you’re a weirdo masochist, we won’t judge you). If you’ve always wanted to be able to write a great joke, or even if you just don’t get this whole thing humans call “humour”, then you’ve come…Read more
Top Five Stupidest Newspaper Headlines
Newspapers operate on strict deadlines and there are a lot of pages to fill. These two pressures often combine to cause headline writers and journalists to have a brain fart that makes nonsense spill out onto their screens. That’s why it’s probably not nice of us to laugh at them for those occasions where silly…Read more
Five Political Arguments With Drastic Consequences
Politics can get nasty, really nasty. Sometimes politicians argue with one-another and to a certain extent we should expect that because politics is something that generally makes some people quite riled-up. We normally expect our politicians to have a certain level of adulthood when they deal with things and people they disagree with – after…Read more
Five Things To Try When Avoiding Work
Look, we’ve all been there. There’s a big project you’ve got to finish; or there’s a report you need to draft; or maybe it’s just Wednesday evening and your boss is reminding you that you haven’t written an article for the website today. Whatever the problem, whatever work you’re avoiding, we’ve got your back. So…Read more
Five Times Animals Showed Us How To Love Life
Animals are great. They don’t worry about work, they don’t stay up half the night fretting over how to pay bills. They just get on with life and that’s something we could all do with doing more of. So in the spirit of loving life the way only an animal can, let’s follow the examples…Read more