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Lunching, munching and averted (?) punching 2007-02-19 18:00:00 Lunching, munching and averted
(?) punching‘As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices – take it, or leave it’ Buddy HackettSomething I don’t understand just lately is why, as customers, we are being treated so poorly when we part with our hard earned money.The concept of ‘The Customer is King’ is all but dead, and it seems as consumers we are not voting with our feet, but simply are noting defeat. We are being directionalised all too often, and seemingly without noticing, or complaining. I like the idea of the customer being king, but not Stephen King. However, I seem to slip into re-enactments of Stephen King’s less normal characters on a seemingly all too often basis… Even the simplest of things that you try and attain as a consumer seems to be all but impossible. I get the impression that I am being ‘boxed’, categorised, effectively Read more:Lunching
Pins, Balls and Pinball Sex? 2007-02-16 17:34:00 Pins, Balls
and Pinball
Sex?"There are a number of mechanical devices that increase sexual arousal for both sexes. In women, chief amongst these is the Mercedes Benz 380l convertible" PJ O'RourkeWhy in god’s name would you want to have your navel pierced? What is the point? If PJ O’Rourke’s quote has validity, then perhaps navel piercing can be explained? After all, how many people can get into a Mercedes convertible anyway? Perhaps the friends of the owner can be pulled behind the car on skateboards and the navel ring is a bejewelled tow bar? A la Michael J Fox, perhaps, in “Back to the Future”? I can’t see that working too well though. It would most probably become “Back to the Suture”, wouldn’t it?”And if you think the navel piercing is ridiculous enough… what about the other nonsense people are doing, all this pricking and sticking, mainly to enhance licking, flicking and dicking.Turn on the TV most any time of day, and a quick flick through the channels will
Pins and Needles 2007-02-15 15:58:00 Pins & Needles‘Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvellous' Bill MoyersThe human waist seems to be bringing all manner of issues and challenges to the fore.Then there’s this apparent need to not only expose the midriff, but thereafter to decorate it with some artwork that in time will surely be viewed differently? What gives? Often these tattoos are on the base of the spine and are displayed in glorious splendour to all who are behind these hapless people. We are walking along, minding our own business, and then SHAZAAM! We are confronted with ultimate butt cleavage, and more often than not some tattoo of sorts.It took long enough to get used to the idea that just about any contractor that did work at your house in summer, effectively had sweat glands only located between his butt cheeks; Thus the need for low cut jeans was born. Are electricians, carpenters, plasterers et al really oblivious to what happens to their jeans when they bend down?But, back to the tattoos
We Wear It Well 2007-02-15 15:25:00 We Wear it… well?The finest clothing made is a person’s skin,but, of course, society demands something more than this’ Mark TwainI am sure that most of us can recount with some degree of accuracy the tale of Snow White, resplendent with the dwarves, the wicked queen, and the famed question “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” We all have been exposed to that story from a young age, its kiddy fodder, a tale that is pretty much mandatory ingestion for any kid who expects to collect £200 and pass go upon reaching the age of 7 or 8… if you haven't heard or read Snow White, or seen the movie / Video / LD / VCD / or DVD you either haven't left primary school, or haven't entered it yet.We all know the concept of mirrors; we know that they work, know where to buy them, perhaps even know the physics of how a mir
Foreward 2007-02-15 15:24:00 ForewordWell readers, it is often said that “there’s nowt as queer as folk”, to the point that this Northern English quaint saying is virtually a cliché.The thing about clichés is that they’re a cliché usually because there is so much truth in the sentiment… those statements usually hold true, and oft across cultures, creeds et al.I don't know what type of things cause your mind to wander in tangents of disbelief a tad, to explore those moments when you have the thoughts‘What the heck was that about’? Was that real? Did I get that right? Am I lucid?’As I get older I find myself drifting into these critiques and analyses of human behaviour more and more, in respect of the things that people say and do, things we read or are exposed to, and possibly even more so with the many bizarre things I say and do as well. Half the time I catch myself behaving as crazily as those I highlight herein, and the other half of the time I am possibly worse.It has often been reported th
Guests, Quests and Reality TV Sleaze Fests 2007-04-12 16:59:00 “Don’t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence?There’s one marked brightness, but it doesn’t work”Leo GallagherI seem to turn on the TV these days, and am totally gob smacked by the programming that people not only have available to them, but are actually watching, and subscribing to as well. Check out the audience participation of American Idol!I thought the UK was bad enough with all this Big Brother nonsense. A group of people living in a house. Talentless people. And millions of people in the UK are tuning in to watch the bickering and all. What are shows of this kind designed to do? Can someone please enlighten me as to how a show with content like this can be classified as entertainment on any level?The amount of media hype and coverage the show gets is understood, as is the income that can be generated by text messaging, franchising and all. That much is clear. But at the end of the day, the program is about a group of people existing in a house
To The Manner Born 2007-04-17 04:06:00 “The hardest job for kids today is having good manners without seeing any”. Fred AstaireIs it just me, or are we totally losing the plot with how we agree, or allow ourselves, to be treated these days? What’s happening to us? Why are we constantly being abused or mistreated, and seemingly at every turn.When we encounter poor behaviour towards us generally, it is bad enough, yet how about if we are paying for something and don’t get the expected service we should? I believe I am a reasonably affable fellow, yet notice that I am becoming increasingly intolerant and wound up by the treatment I am receiving from others, often perfect strangers, for apparently no reason whatsoever… and often I am effectively paying for this mistreatment.It wasn’t that long ago when manners were ‘indoctrinated’ into you at a young age. It seemed that children Read more:Manner
Need To Know Basis 2008-05-14 11:37:00 “Gentlemen, for your information, I have a question to ask you”. Samuel GoldwynI don’t know if you feel similarly, but it seems to me that I am becoming more and more frustrated by the number of questions I am being asked, often repeatedly, in order to allow an organisation, or a person, to have an easier or m Read more:Basis
Devices and Vices 2008-06-06 05:08:00 “Buying a computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts, in a darkened room, using only your teeth”. Read more:Devices
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