Big Tickets - The Attraction Ticket Blog

I know this post has very little to do with theme parks, disneyworld or roller coasters. OK, it has nothing to do with theme parks, disneyworld or roller coasters but it’s my blog so I’ll post what I want.

I am being forced to use the world’s worst mousemat. Honestly, the thing is terrible. It’s meant to be specially designed to use with a laser mouse (which I have) but the things just so bumpy and uneven that the mouse just jumps about. This, of course, means that I can’t make even the slightest movement without the pointer shooting all over the screen so I can forget about using firefox’s Mouse Gesture plugin! “No I want to go back!!! Not open a new bloody window!!!”

You might be thinking I should just get rid of the thing. Take it back for a refund. Bin it. Or just burn it.

But I can’t.

I’m stuck with the bloody thing…

…and here’s why…

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• 1802: Madame Tussaud, a French expat, brings the collection from a Paris wax museum to London. Could she ever have imagined that she would become a trademark name comprising Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adenture and the BA London Eye?

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