In yesterday’s i, Simon Kelner was lamenting the loss of The Apostrophe Protection Society!
I agree wholeheartedly …..
Era of the expert?
What?
DJ Iain Lee, who ever that is, says there should be more after-care following his appearance on ‘I’m a celebrity get me out of here’ as the experience was ‘ torture’! What the hell did he expect? This moronic programme is based on the contestants experiencing unpleasant things – if you don’t like the idea, don’t bloody do it!
Quote of the day
‘No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot’
Mark Twain
Oh, please ……
Having spent a lot of time – too much time – watching TV drama during this period of ‘recuperation’ certain things still irritate me.
1 The placards ‘demonstrators’ hold-up in protests in television drama never look genuine!
2 Actors can neither yawn nor sneeze convincingly!
3 Props are frequently not heavy enough – Coffins look too light and often a mug of coffee clearly contains nothing!
Clearly I need to get out more!
Mark Steel in the i
“And now with refreshing honesty, the party that’s been in government for nine years is campaigning on the slogan “Britain deserves better”. It’s quite sweet, in a way, that they appear to have forgotten they’re in charge already. Presumably they’ll follow this up with a manifesto written in the same spirit: “There must be someone better than this bunch of incompetent knobheads. What? Oh it’s us.”
Genius!
Choice . . . . .
A short while ago we bought a new TV and signed up for Netflix on the premise and promise that this would give us an enormous range of varied programming to enjoy. So having spent a week in hospital I thought this would all come into its own during my recuperation. ……..at least, I thought
The TV is excellent in terms of technical quality and features but what about the content it offers me? Numerous ‘Bingeworthy’ series ? Really ? Personally I don’t want to commit days of my live to multiple episodes of high speed car chases and outrageous violence! Anyway no matter, the system will select programmes to my taste — though where it got the idea that I’d enjoy Jeremy Clarkson , I know not.
So what else? Multiple reruns of terrestrial ‘TV classics’ punctuated with Stannah stairlifts, cruise ships and denture fixative? Overpaid presenters saying ‘wow!’ whilst visiting exotic places? People who can take a piece of junk and transform it into a ‘newly painted’ piece of junk! So the only route I am left with is the possibility of enjoying the beautifully produced images of Poirot, back to back repeats of The Big Bang Theory or if I need tense action I can guarantee that ‘The Mechanic’ or ‘Taken’ on a weekly basis!
Choice? Take it or leave it
