"Mum's School"

Has anybody seen the latest Kinder chocolate advert? The one featuring mothers being told that they should buy their kids Kinder chocolate? Is it not one of the most offensive adverts ever produced? It is isn't it?

First, I'm a dad (albeit an occasional one). Perhaps in advert world I am busy watching football down the pub, and therefore unlikely to buy confectionary for my sprogs? Do these people live in the same world as us?

Second, what kind of message is this giving out? You are a bad parent if you a: don't buy your kids chocolate, and b: don't buy them Kinder chocolate?

Third, the actual advert itself is utterly obnoxious - aside from the sexist, sugar-pushing nature of the thing, there's just something about it... Grrrrrrrrrrrr....

Now they've just shown a "Mums go to Iceland" ad.... I knew there was a reason I don't watch TV much...

On Chavs...

Tonight's topic of discussion: what is the collective noun for chavs. Horde is too obvious. Hood is a possibility, but might play to their "gangsta" ideals. My favourite suggestion is scrote. A "scrote of chavs" has a ring, I think. Probably a sovereign ring....

Monsoon

Autumn continues apace today, with the arrival of torrential rain and the obligatory floods and traffic chaos. On the plus side I have fixed my car, and therefore didn't have to root around under the bonnet getting soaked to make it start, and on the negative side, I got soaked anyway just walking to the car, and then the damned windows steamed up so badly I couldn't actually see where to drive anyway. Lovely.

Ghosties and Ghoulies

It's sad to see that Ronnie Barker has died. But perhaps best not to attempt a eulogy, and let him speak for himself.