If you’re unfamiliar with what’s going on in Britain I should explain that a 17 month old baby – called “P” – was tortured to death by his so called mother and lovers (one of whom was a Nazi fan) …
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Sorry, Rich, you’re wrong about Obama
A few years ago I did a seminar for Kendall-Jackson, the big wine-maker. The attendee who paid most attention was Jess Jackson, the firm’s 70 plus billionaire boss. Before that, in my first board meeting at the Ogilvy group, I …
Read MoreThe Bliar’s friend does it again
I must apologise. I was going to write about the £12 million the great Bliar has earned from making speeches since he left this country in the shit and in the gentle care of the Prudent Haggis. I was thinking …
Read MoreNouns into verbs … good enough for Shakespeare
Here’s a bit of trivia for you. My partner was just taking the piss out of something she was reading, which ran: “When I chaired my first session, I tabled a resolution ….” Then she burst out laughing and said, …
Read MoreNouns into verbs … strange stuff
My partner was juts taking the opiss out of something she read, which read; “When I chaired my first session, I tabled a resolution ….”
Read More“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
That is from Emerson, and occurred to me because after being so rude about religion, I found something a month or so ago, by a bishop whose name, I shamefacedly admit I did not note. But The Church of England …
Read MoreWill this idiocy ever stop?
If you’re in the marketing/advertising game, you’re probably familiar with the expression “beauty parade”. It’s applied to something called pitching – one of the most stupid ideas of all in a business that’s not short of them. Nonetheless, almost every …
Read MoreWill this idiocy ever stop?
Quite a few readers get my helpful marketing ideas, I know Helpful idea No 90. Don’t rely on a beauty parade, Bill. Again I must apologise for pointing out something childishly obvious … but it is clearly necessary, as almost …
Read MoreI feel such a fool, Gordon . You’re a financial genius really
The great economist Keynes said, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?” I remembered this when Gordon B, with one bound, saved the world. All the experts who’d been saying he was bloody useless suddenly …
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