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We’re going to get our cat chipped, and I mentioned, casually, to our little ones that it would be a good time to get them chipped as well, so we could keep an eye on them. Cue massive and sustained uproar from the back seat of the car lol.  I had to confirm that IContinue reading “Blu Tack”

Aged 15, in RE class at school, our teacher asked whether we considered the world to be primarily friendly, or unfriendly. The class split roughly into friendly and unfriendly camps. When the teacher asked me what I thought, I remember saying “neither“, and that the world largely was “indifferent“. I’ve always had that view. AsContinue reading “Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés”

That, ladies and gentlemen, was the jaw-dropping title of a recent BBC podcast. There is a species of pop-cultural revisionism, put about by arrogant white millennial women who are very lightly-informed about pop and rock before they were born, that “strong women in pop” started in the 1990s with so-called “girl-power” bands etc.  (Big MamaContinue reading “Is Taylor Swift Our Greatest Living Poet?”

Nor did anybody else. Everything in italics was produced, in a few seconds, by ChatGPT: Joy Division – overview: Joy Division was a post-punk band that was formed in Manchester, England in 1976. The band consisted of Ian Curtis (vocals), Bernard Sumner (guitar), Peter Hook (bass), and Stephen Morris (drums). Joy Division was known forContinue reading “I didn’t write these:”

Note how there is such an assault on ICE engines in cars, while ICE engines in ‘planes are not subject to any compulsory end date, despite being responsible for way more pollution – even though cars are way more important to most people than ‘planes are. If I gave you a choice – you canContinue reading “Planely biased”

Much criminality results from inadequate parenting, especially when kids are very young, i.e., before the age of 2. Society depends on there being well-adjusted children, but is too stupid to realise this. Lack of parental leave exacerbates the problem.  About 60 years ago, the capitalists turned feminist when they realised that increasing female participation inContinue reading “On progress”

Lots of gnashy Brexiters react furiously to being described as “populist”. They reject the implicit insult. Instead, they spin “populism” as a salt-of-the-earth approach which merely refers to political activities or ideas that claim to promote the interests and opinions of ordinary people. Similarly, feminism spins itself as being merely about equality.  In reality, much feminism is animated by an animus against men.Continue reading “The difference between “popular” and “populism””

Back in the 70s and 80s, VWs and Audis were cool. These 2 classic ads make the point. Subtly, of course. Not obvious now, but the “tell Charles I’m on my way” TV ad below, featuring a Yuppie wanker, was a sly dig at BMW drivers of the period: And the magazine ad below (featuringContinue reading “When V.A.G. was hip”

The relevant rule is: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/the-ball-in-and-out-of-play/#ball-out-of-play “The ball is out of play when it has wholly passed over the goal line or touchline on the ground or in the air.“ Clearly, the ball in the Japan-Spain game was no longer physically in contact with the end line: However, the ball was fractionally also overhanging the outermostContinue reading “Schrödinger’s ball”