BBC NEWS | Health | Adverts ‘increase youth drinking’ The department of the bleeding obvious has come back strongly after the Christmas break. Apparently, advertising works. What’s more, it works better on young susceptible people. You’d never have guessed, would you?
BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Pilot dumps drunk man on island This is excellent. It would be worth being four hours late to have seen this guy get what he deserved. Hurrah for that pilot!
This Christmas, BT have clogged the airwaves with their commercial for their fantastic new service which translates your text message into a voicemail. You text “see you later” and a robotic voice says “see you later” to the recipient. Now, am I missing something here? Since virtually everyone has an answer machine on their phone,… Continue reading It’s good to talk
Our local paper reveals today that there has been a spate of thefts of Volkswagen wing mirrors by a gang they are imaginatively dubbing the VW mirror gang. It doesn’t have quite the ring of The Black Hand gang, or the Jesse James gang, does it? The thing is, my VW wing mirror was nicked… Continue reading All done with mirrors
Jeff Weintraub: “Life Reeked with Joy” Thanks to Norm for the link to this. The celebration of howlers is a regular feature of the educational end of term calendar. What’s great about this is that the writer has constructed a chronological narrative out of it. I sent this to a colleague, who fired back a… Continue reading “Life Reeked with Joy”
Selling Educashun :: Austin Mitchell’s WeBLOG :: Austin Powered Austin Mitchell’s blog (thanks, Nogbad) uncovers what we already knew anyway – that the way Labour operate is all about presentation and nothing about substance. The “tool kit” with pre-prepared quotes for press releases is risible – or at least would be if it wasn’t frightening.… Continue reading Selling Educashun
Here‘s another brilliant Owen Barder spoof. Can’t help feeling the BBC must be a bit miffed at what he does, especially as here it’s their product he’s using. Great idea, perfectly executed.
So who decided that George Best should have a state funeral? Because that’s what it was, with the thousands of mourners, the wall-to-wall live coverage on the TV, the endless stories in today’s newspapers, all with obligatory quotes about how George was the people’s prince…The grief fest that, post-Diana, now seems obligatory, will obviously lead… Continue reading Future State Funerals
Barter Books – Gift Shop Kat has posted recently about mottoes. This seems a good one to me. A snippet in the Guardian sent me there. Seems like a very apt motto for these troubled times. It’s a great bookshop too…
BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Spoof signs This is a neat idea – and just ready for the Christmas (sorry, Winterval) market. There’s a pleasing air of the surreal about them, which makes them more entertaining than the real signs you see around you. My recent “real” favourite is one that says… Continue reading Spoof signs