I strongly believe that in many ways marketing is done a lot worse than it was 20 years ago. O.K., I’m a miserable old sod who thinks things were always better way back when. But I have two reasons for …
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The dangerous divide widens
I see that so many police have fiddled their expenses that instead of being punished they’re all to be let off with a caution. Whereas so many politicians fiddled their expenses that most didn’t get a caution at all: many …
Read MoreI rather liked this piece of poetic justice
What’s also funny is that judging by the blurry picture she looks like a bit of a woofer anyhow
Read MoreThoughts on the idiot’s goldfish bowl
To me every day when I meet someone or learn something new and interesting is a wonderful day. I don’t count on TV much in that respect. Maybe it’s the churlishness of old age. However, yesterday having laboured over my …
Read MoreJust so we can get all this religious stuff out of the way …
… because the last time it was discussed on this blog it became very boring and unpleasant. I believe beautiful creations belong to and should be cherished by all mankind. I believe destroying sacred monuments wherever they are, to whatever …
Read MoreNostalgia runs riot …
In reply to my cri de coeur yesterday my old friend Malcolm Auld, the toast of Manly, NSW, made me laugh with a message simply headed: “RE: aahh, sex in a wardrobe…those were the days …” Absolutely typical. Mal always …
Read MoreWould you want to make friends with a bloody wardrobe?
I got a message two days ago saying “Smart Storage Widnes added you as a friend on Facebook…” This typifies the kind of drivel the social sites have given rise to. What kind of lunatic thinks I want to be …
Read MoreThe Great Swine Flu Panic of 09
I just got a message about a product that as they used to say in the commercials “kills all known germs” – which appeared on Dragons’ Den. I hardly ever watch Dragons’ Den to be honest for two reasons, though …
Read MoreAfghanistan: how utterly, boringly, tragically predictable
This is the American philosopher George Santayana, who observed that those who ignore the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them. The disgusting Bliar and the absurd Bush, both ignorant of history despite having had very expensive educations, landed …
Read MoreEverything carries on as usual
Lord Salisbury, a late Victorian Prime Minister said something I have never forgotten. “One thing long experience of life has taught me is that you never should trust experts.” With what delight I read this morning that organic food does …
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