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Riotous Assembly

Friday, 12 August 2011

I was browsing the Cape Argus website to read their take on the Dewani extradition order when I came across the cartoon on the left. It’s a stark reminder of how the rest of the world views the recent anarchy in the light of the Olympics. But more to the point, it’s the first time that I’ve really seen that the silly logo is made up of the number 2012, rather than a silhouette of Lisa Simpson doing something unmentionable.

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Fashion Statement

Monday, 8 August 2011

I’ve written before about my unlikely fascination with the “What are you wearing?” feature in the Sunday Times Style magazine. (Unlikely given my fashion sense, or lack of it.) I can’t make my mind up whether these are real people talking about how they dress in real life, or whether it’s someone having a laugh, but I’m pretty certain that this week’s contributor falls in the latter category.

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David Beckhomme

Friday, 5 August 2011

Is it just me or does anyone else find this ad for Homme by David Beckham a bit odd? David hasn’t had a shave. It’s like Matt Lucas advertising TRESemmé, natural tanning products by David Dickinson or L’Oréal by Ann ‘Beacuse I’m Worth It’ Widdecombe. Or is David being ironic?

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My Hero

Monday, 1 August 2011

I never really understood why superheroes need to wear a cape. It’s not as if they should feel the cold or anything, but perhaps its just vanity wear, theatrically billowing behind them. Not that I’ve met many superheroes, but they do exist as you can see from the photo of Knight Warrior with his sidekick, Check Hoodie Man who is demonstrating his ability to morph his fingers into the shape of a pistol.

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Stupid Arguments

Saturday, 30 July 2011

People on radio say the most stupid things. I don’t know if it’s is something to do with the medium, but it seems to affect both casual phone-in caller and the supposed expert. My favourite this week came during the debate over the decision of the BBC to share coverage of Formula 1 with Sky so they’ll have enough money to pay for Wimbledon.

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Rin Tin Tin’s Tin

Friday, 29 July 2011

This is a those questions that has been bugging me for some considerable time — why are dog food tins so much tougher than human food tins? This is unlikely to have occurred to you if a) you don’t have a dog; b) if you do, it isn’t fed on tinned food; c) if it is, you don’t recycle the empties and d) if you answer yes to the above, but you don’t own a can crusher.

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Is Everybody Happy?

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

I’m not the first and I won’t be the last to write about the government’s plans to introduce a well-being index as a measure of just how ell they are doing. Or not. It’s Duke Dave’s idea, to assess whether we voters are a collection of happy or sad emoticons, although to be fair to him, he has been banging on about it since at least 2006.

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Born to be Mild

Sunday, 24 July 2011

There was an article in the paper yesterday supposedly listing the thirty telltale signs that you’re really getting old. The results came from a poll of 2,000 people carried out by an insurance company which called it a “study” and used words like “key indicators” to assure us that it is all scientific and above board, even if its findings are blindingly obvious.

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Irritations

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

It has been a day of irritations, both major and minor, but mostly connected to the web, or rather the lack of it. It started yesterday when our broadband connection first started to slow and then ground total halt leaving us without either internet or email. I rang Virgin Mumbai or wherever it was and they told me we had a problem. “I know,” I said “that’s why I’m calling you. I wondered if perhaps Rupert Murdoch was trying to hack Shooting Parrots.”

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