Global carrot crunch, disgruntled bank employees in Bahrain, unnecessary surgery, over priced bottles of water and oh yes folks if you don’t like the weather then no shit sherlock...
It has been a stranger than normally strange few weeks and I would normally say c’est la vie but I’m not in a philosophical mood.
Taking it one at a time (ooh er) the global carrot crunch is really biting at the ass of the four corners of mother earth. I’m old enuff to remember the 70’s with the electricity being cut off, the shite between Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Iran (de ja vu), the short working weeks, mountains of uncollected rubbish in central London (no change then), car companies going bust and the circle of events repeats...So if being made unemployed isn’t bad enough so many friends, colleagues and acquaintances facing debts, no prospect of getting a job (unless you fancy doing it for expenses only) and no slack from ‘the man’ so f*c* off we really couldn’t give a hoot about you. And they say that communism was a bad thing, this rather perverse pro fascist pro uber wealth eff ya all attitude shouldn’t come as a thunderbolt to us all.
So when over 100M GBP is spent on two football players sorry but I will be blowed if I’m going to say oh yeah please add another 50 quid to the price of a ticket, oh please charge me 20 quid for a programme and how much for a drink was that a tenner oh yes I’ll take that up the Aristotle.
Brothers and Sisters (oh yes Pump Up the Volume) and vote with the subtle click of your wallets, purses and manbags and say ‘it’s like that and that’s the way that it is!’
I will still love the beautiful game but come on we’ve got to keep it Real!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
One plastic button to Muscat....
Come on guys its time to give it to the punters like english batsmen of old...straight! Aren’t some of the wonderful deals that a dangled in front of you just complete 4X.
Is it a case of 'white lies' maybe ‘because we can say it we will’ or 'we are so desperate ourselves our strap line should be Bodgit and Scarper wouldn't buy of us….'
...Buy our newspaper cos we know what’s what to help you get through your life, you have no friends but we will leave you with ink stains to remind you of the huge adverts you’ve paid for which are wedged in between last years Doonesbury, of course you have no source of any information and we went to school and we once read a poem and we know that you know that you can’t do it on your own AND oh by the way we may send you to Narnia for free if you subscribe for a million years.
One plastic button is all it would cost to fly to Muscat and by the way you’ve 48 hours to find the days that you can get this deal and oh by the way it will be on a work day AND OH YES OH the fuel tax, surcharge tax, tree tax, carbon offset and the CEO’s bonus needs to be paid tax so THE TOTAL FARE is 750 gold doubloons says Captain Jack! And yes we do think you have Muppet on your forehead.
Put all your debts into one easy consolidated loan, pay off what you can FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES HA! Only 39.9% APR, free life assurance and we don’t need your medical history because we know you won’t read the small print and will probably die of something that’s not on our list.
Take two bottles into the shower…pay more for one! Its really just soap or rendered fat. Does anyone carry the shampoo in and out of the shower?
Read our reviews for the best, most up to date, happening, and cool, with it, blah so blah trite! And from a recent review of the new Trek movie don’t go and see this because its number 11 in the series and all the odd number movies were rubbish, oh but so was 10 so my theory is flawed…doh! What shall I do they won’t let me write a proper article.
Or just great big black ones.
Is it not about time the great and the good that shove it down your throat’s that specialist interest groups, watchdog’s, quangos and uncle tom’s maiden aunt are really looking out for the ‘man’ in the street and live up to their golden halo’s or are they no better.
Phew.
Is it a case of 'white lies' maybe ‘because we can say it we will’ or 'we are so desperate ourselves our strap line should be Bodgit and Scarper wouldn't buy of us….'
...Buy our newspaper cos we know what’s what to help you get through your life, you have no friends but we will leave you with ink stains to remind you of the huge adverts you’ve paid for which are wedged in between last years Doonesbury, of course you have no source of any information and we went to school and we once read a poem and we know that you know that you can’t do it on your own AND oh by the way we may send you to Narnia for free if you subscribe for a million years.
One plastic button is all it would cost to fly to Muscat and by the way you’ve 48 hours to find the days that you can get this deal and oh by the way it will be on a work day AND OH YES OH the fuel tax, surcharge tax, tree tax, carbon offset and the CEO’s bonus needs to be paid tax so THE TOTAL FARE is 750 gold doubloons says Captain Jack! And yes we do think you have Muppet on your forehead.
Put all your debts into one easy consolidated loan, pay off what you can FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES HA! Only 39.9% APR, free life assurance and we don’t need your medical history because we know you won’t read the small print and will probably die of something that’s not on our list.
Take two bottles into the shower…pay more for one! Its really just soap or rendered fat. Does anyone carry the shampoo in and out of the shower?
Read our reviews for the best, most up to date, happening, and cool, with it, blah so blah trite! And from a recent review of the new Trek movie don’t go and see this because its number 11 in the series and all the odd number movies were rubbish, oh but so was 10 so my theory is flawed…doh! What shall I do they won’t let me write a proper article.
Or just great big black ones.
Is it not about time the great and the good that shove it down your throat’s that specialist interest groups, watchdog’s, quangos and uncle tom’s maiden aunt are really looking out for the ‘man’ in the street and live up to their golden halo’s or are they no better.
Phew.
Monday, May 18, 2009
The State of the Car Industry
Bear with me on this.
Recently, well over the last twenty years, I’ve been pondering the state of the car industry. For what seems like a millennium the car industry doesn’t seem to take the opportunity to really do something rewarding for its regular users, new users and the undecided. As always you seem to have a choice with an unfinished maintenance manual that has had several revisions, a specification from the 35th century, a specification that you cannot read or so many interpretations that you cannot make a choice and have a fuzzy head. You always have a choice. This can leave you with major problems when you invest.
I’m not a really a car enthusiast, left hand or right hand side makes no difference or an expressway to the end of the universe. But I have the up most respect for those that love their car, the market and the greater so called industry. Those who may only have whirl at the weekend or do less than 2,000 miles in a lifetime, but end of the day they love their car.
In the last few weeks one of the major car manufacturer surveyed the Middle East. I believe an opportunity was lost because to be surveying an area with so many mixed brands and users, when in essence car users follow the same fundamental principles with a belief in how the combustion engine came into existence and how it has developed, didn’t take the opportunity to unite to an ailing industry in a world which has talked itself into a crisis. To come up with an offer that would really mean something. The survey seemed incomplete to me.
End of the day, whether you are a tree hugger, weekend warrior or all out petrol head, it is your choice.
My point, if you haven’t switched off by now, is that when you are a big dog don’t just mark the territory but bark up the neighbourhood.
Recently, well over the last twenty years, I’ve been pondering the state of the car industry. For what seems like a millennium the car industry doesn’t seem to take the opportunity to really do something rewarding for its regular users, new users and the undecided. As always you seem to have a choice with an unfinished maintenance manual that has had several revisions, a specification from the 35th century, a specification that you cannot read or so many interpretations that you cannot make a choice and have a fuzzy head. You always have a choice. This can leave you with major problems when you invest.
I’m not a really a car enthusiast, left hand or right hand side makes no difference or an expressway to the end of the universe. But I have the up most respect for those that love their car, the market and the greater so called industry. Those who may only have whirl at the weekend or do less than 2,000 miles in a lifetime, but end of the day they love their car.
In the last few weeks one of the major car manufacturer surveyed the Middle East. I believe an opportunity was lost because to be surveying an area with so many mixed brands and users, when in essence car users follow the same fundamental principles with a belief in how the combustion engine came into existence and how it has developed, didn’t take the opportunity to unite to an ailing industry in a world which has talked itself into a crisis. To come up with an offer that would really mean something. The survey seemed incomplete to me.
End of the day, whether you are a tree hugger, weekend warrior or all out petrol head, it is your choice.
My point, if you haven’t switched off by now, is that when you are a big dog don’t just mark the territory but bark up the neighbourhood.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Oh yes its another mid life victim
Greetings to all and welcome to my blog. I'm now into that zone where sensibilities should be someone elses problem. Any hoo first rant is about 5 star hotels, so swish, hot and cold running maids, butlers, monkey's, unsustainable menu's, oversized, bathrooms, t.v's, dvd's, mp3's, laptops...can you guess where this going...no feckin kettles!
Tea - The chinese invented it, the indian's embraced it, the slopes of Sri Lanka are draped in its maginificent green coat and its probably the most popular drink on earth BUT can you settle down to one of the most satisfying drinks, that shouldn't be taxed in anyway, in the plushness of your gold gilted bedroom with view across some heavenly corner...NO! So as a first time blogger and a serial ranter please oh please can we please have a kettle in our bedroom.
Love Capn P.
Tea - The chinese invented it, the indian's embraced it, the slopes of Sri Lanka are draped in its maginificent green coat and its probably the most popular drink on earth BUT can you settle down to one of the most satisfying drinks, that shouldn't be taxed in anyway, in the plushness of your gold gilted bedroom with view across some heavenly corner...NO! So as a first time blogger and a serial ranter please oh please can we please have a kettle in our bedroom.
Love Capn P.
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