I do appreciate the reasoning behind the impending smoking ban. I wouldn’t have gone for the 100% Nanny State approach that the government have taken, but I think it’s the right message to send out.
However, I think I know what’s going to happen come tomorrow morning: a lot of money will be spent by businesses on putting up No Smoking signs at every feasible location, and those same signs will be ignored by smokers, who will continue to light up in buses, shopping centres and underground stations (after all, what’s the worst that could happen?)
One of the saddest things I read was that bingo halls may have to close down because people wouldn’t be allowed to smoke between games and would therefore just stay at home. Are people really that addicted that they would forego a social activity for their habit?
I am not the host of a late night comedy show, but if I was, this would be one of my jokes for tonight:
Police have defused an explosive device in a car parked in London’s theatre district. Officials say if it had gone off, it would have been the biggest bomb in the West End since Wilde: The Musical.
I originally wanted to do a Ben Elton joke, but then I discovered that his musical is still running! Unbelievable!
Back in May, days before Blair’s resignation, BBC Parliament replayed the BBC’s 1997 Election Night coverage in its entirety. Watching the cheering crowds (and a clearly audible “wanker!” directed at John Major as he drove away from Buckingham Palace), I remembered the genuine excitement and optimism about Labour’s landslide victory. This wasn’t false hope, it seemed oh-so-real at the time.
However, I can’t help but feel that many people were cheering just as loudly today, when he left office.
In other news, the gym I normally go to after work is closed for three weeks for refurbishment work. This is a disaster for me — I need to stay fit and healthy by keeping active!
I would go to another one, but it’s a bit of a walk, so I can’t be bothered.
Hey Hey We’re Dougie, Tom, Harry and the Other One
After seeing their bravura performance in Doctor Who tonight, the thought occurred to me: McFly need their own sitcom. Like The Monkees, only much better, because it has McFly instead!
My idea is that they’re sharing a flat, and as well as being international music superstars, they solve mysteries, with the help of Alan, their manager. Like Josie and the Pussycats, only much better, because it has McFly instead!
They would use their own unique brand of Pop Rock to escape from sticky situations. Jewel thieves, diamond smugglers and Old Man Dithers Who Wanted To Scare All The People Away From The Abandoned Mine So He Could Have The Gold For Himself would see the error of their ways after hearing a few bars of It’s All About You.
Then, to congratulate themselves on a job well done, they’d go back to their flat and have sex with each other. Like Queer as Folk, only much better, because it has McFly instead!
DISCLAIMER: McFly are only homosexual in my imagination.
Remember that Neighbours cameo by Lou and Andy that was… oh, let’s say “exclusively revealed” on this blog earlier this year? Well, here it is (spoiler alert, I suppose):-
I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking, “is that it?!”
Strike action is a shrewd move by the postal workers — it will cripple the country because there are absolutely no alternative methods of sending letters. Well, apart from fax or e-mail. But you’ll be stumped if you need to send a parcel, because there are only hundreds of parcel courier firms!
A question that has come up a few times in conversation is: “are we too reliant on mobile phones?”
I always maintained that we’re not; however, having seen a woman at the gym tonight, jogging at a fair speed on a treadmill while simultaneously composing a text message, I think I might have to reconsider that view.
At least neither of the two annoying bratty kids won. “If I win it will be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” said one of them to Ant (or was it Dec?) in a lovely and completely uncoached moment which made me want to throw up.
Now, let’s take a moment to commemorate the also-rans:-
Here’s another good one; I love to see cats in a light entertainment context.
Bob Monkhouse has been resurrected via the miracle of computer technology, to appear in a new advert for the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation. The end result is… odd.
Dell’s support tool normally sits unobtrusively in my system tray, happily lurking in the background as I work, secretly recording all my activies and forwarding them to the US Government (that last part is is a lie). Until earlier this week, that is, when a message popped up: “BIOS Update Available” — recommended to keep your system up to date.
Well, I like to be up to date, so I downloaded the update and ran it. It popped up an ominous message about unplugging all USB devices except the keyboard and mouse. That done, I ran the update. The program chugged along merrily enough, slowly counting up to 100%. When it had finished, it popped up a message which was succinct and to the point: “FAILURE! FAILURE! FAILURE!”
Now, I’m fairly confident with computers, and even I found this message alarming and unhelpful, so God knows what your average Joe MySpace would have thought.
So farewell, Stingray Timmins. You entered Ramsay Street in a blaze of glory back in 2003. You overcame ADHD, reconciled with your brother Dylan and won the hearts of Rachel Kinski and Sky Mangel. More than that, you managed to overcome your crippling alcoholism in the space of 3 episodes. Well done — usually it takes a lot longer!
The powers-that-be at Neighbours have killed off one of their best characters. Spiggin’ hufters.
I found this video on YouTube of two people playing Pilotwings on the SNES.
I felt a ripple of nostalgia taking me right back to when I was 10 years old. I’d go from school to my cousin Alan’s house for lunch every day, where we’d fire up the console and spend an hour playing away happily, just like they’re doing here.
…well, except Alan wasn’t (and still isn’t) a woman. And I wasn’t quite that fat back then.
When I get round to buying a Wii, Pilotwings is definitely first on the list to download for the Virtual Console.