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An historical insite into the thing that is 'Custard'! | Back | Custard | Home |
| Custard? Why Custard?! | It all started a long long time ago when I initially had the urge of getting into this web stuff and doing some kind of website of my own. Thinking of what to do, |
| however, what to actually whack on the internet, that maybe others would find at least a little bit interesting was proving to be a little tricky - after all, it's all about content!? I wanted the site to be big, bold and colourful and 'in yer face'. Then, it came to me, whilst driving home from w**k one day amidst the rush hour traffic along the M4 - CUSTARD! It's surprising how the mind works! |
Yeah! Custard can be big, bold, colourful and 'in yer face'! And besides, I really like the stuff! Can't beat a good treacle sponge smothered in gooey custard!! The idea was born. I had great visions of a page daubed in the stuff, custard pies the lot. Bit silly, but I figured it could look pretty damn funki! A little time passed and I hadn't done much with the idea, apart from doing a bit of artwork and whacking up a holding page (of which these pages have just replaced - using some of the original bits 'n' pieces!). |
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It was around this time that I decided to sign up with Trying to find a Yahoo ID (username) that no-one had already taken, however, was a tad tricky! All moderately normal variations of my name had already gone (surprise surprise). |
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Also, one of the reasons of signing up with Yahoo was to give this chat thing a bash. I'd heard a bit about it, but knew nothing, so in the interests of furthering my knowledge I had decided to see what all the fuss was about. In respect of the chat thing, I figured a user name that appeared genderless would be a good idea in aiding my anonymity - afterall, girls and boys can get a very different reception in the online chat environment and I wanted to remain as neutral as possible. So, I tried 'Custard'. That had already gone, but 'Custard_Splat' hadn't! |
Soon after having signed with Yahoo, I also signed up with as 'Custard_Splat' and since I have also been using both Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger with these usernames to keep in touch with people, it's kinda stuck! |
A Steaming Pile of Custard... is a slightly more recent thing. I think the metaphor is pretty obvious! It's basically the title of the site, describing the level of cr*p (although not intending to be derogatory) that is contained within. Nothing to make your brain ache, just some silly gaffes and fun bits!
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| The ICAC has also disappeared! If anybody out there can actually remember what that was?! The International Custard Awareness Campaign (ICAC) was just a mildly fun way of keeping folk updated about changes to the website. Since I don't have any real intention of maintaining this part of the site, at least not for the next year or so, I figured it had to go. To be honest, one of the reasons why I've put these few pages together was that it was just something that I always intended to do and never got round to it and besides, it deserved a revamp. |
'The Birds® Dessert Company' have done nothing to promote this site. They just make the stuff and pretty damn fine it is too! If, however, they'd like to sponsor this bit of the web and give me loads of wonga then that would be pretty damn fine also!! |
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| Anyway, enjoy... it's just a teeny weeny bit of fun! |
| You know, it's surprising how many times I have been asked that question; Custard? Why Custard?! |
