Because even the best things in life can be shit
30
Apr
The only way to truly ruin a day is to have to deal with an irate customer or hair-splitting client. In one weekend job I had an indignant customer who complained because the assistants didn’t know how to give a refund in pounds to a customer who bought an item in France – before the [...]
28
Apr
“1xtra, 1xtra, News, News, 1xtra News”. Anyone who listens to the radio all day will understand what I mean when I say radio jingles suck. They repeat the title, or parts of the title several thousand times in different voices as though we don’t get the point. Anyone who has seen Family Guy season 5, [...]
16
Apr
I’m impressed that Kanye West wants us to think he drinks Ribena, and would have believed his non-written rouse, if it weren’t for one thing… Please Kanye West, explain to me, how does one pronounce the word “rubbish”?
14
Apr
The evergreen pushy momma’s boy Usher is a perennial irritant: coming back year after year with his absurd lyrics and insanely catchy base-lines. Usher’s music is generally above average; the guy can sing; and he also, in his mother, has a built in maternal publicity/management machine. And this is where my questions begin to appear. [...]
2
Apr
Will & Grace has two qualities that none of us look for in a comedy: it’s turgid and unfunny. For some reason, team written American comedy is still huge, whether the producers are still churning it out or television schedulers around the world are still showing endless repeats in back-to-back episodes, we simply cannot get [...]
1
Apr
How very seasonal! How very wonderful! The day when we all get to lie to each other and call it a joke. April fools gags can be funny – wearing a sling to work, saying you won £5,000 on a scratchcard, or something equally harmless and witty, but when newspapers and tv stations feel the [...]