How Odd!

Here is one of those PC, stupid PC, things that we hear about from time to time. Just study the warning notice on this packet of peanuts: I got it in the UK.

DW

Grr! The Clot Forgot

Take a look at this photo ... what's missing?

You are right, it's my travelling bottle of Molton Brown Ziao Jao shampoo ... my favourite. I am very careful these days with my things as my history of leaving things behind is prolific ... forgive the grammar.

Well, in a bathroom (that's a room with a bath in it) in an hotel in Jubail, I left that bottle which has doubtless been thrown in the bin by now.

RIP

DW

The Cure for a Sloping Floor and a Shoe Repair

Drawers that persistently slide open get on my nerves, how about you? So, the photo here shows my solution for the latest example of this situation.

Kewl!

Oh! It's time to repair my favourite shoes too ...

DW

Late Night Chat Shows

In the UK there was Parky, then there was that woofter Harty (RIP). Much later Wogan came along (never liked his style).

UK chat shows: open plan studio, fireside chat style. Seemed relaxed and friendly as well as entertaining.

In the US they do things differently. Their chat shows ALL seem to start with some untalented man in a suit doing some kind of DEEPLY SCRIPTED stand up routine that is very rarely funny. It would help if they didn't just read from an auto cue of course.

Then the US host will go and sit behind a desk as his guests usually sit to the side of the desk and on a chair that is lower than their host's. Psychologically damaging.

Let's not mention the little musical troupe they all, UK, have. In the US, of corse, their musical leader is always a wacky one!

Finally, back to the US: why does the host always sit in front of an image of a night time city scape? It fools no one!!

Finally, finally, I can see why they are called talk shows in the US and chat shows in the UK. At least in the UK the guests are invited on from the beginning so we don't have to suffer a lengthy and inane monologue by the host.

Just saying!

DW

I Told You!

A year or more ago I wrote in various places that newspaper talk of UK unemployment SOARING to 3million was just tripe: yes it was rising and yes it was getting worse; but soaring it wasn't.

In my inbox today came an email that linked to www.marketoracle.co.uk which reported:

Academic economists producing models in ivory towers detached from the real world FAILED to realise or comprehend the consequences of both the Labour government's employment measures such as the 0.5 million public sector jobs created during the recession ... academic economists still stuck to theoretical models that failed abysmally ...

Read the whole page at www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article20757.html

DW

Blue with Blue? Never thought of that before!

How about this? Normally I wear this shirt with a yellow tie. It looks good with blue though, doesn't it!

DW