Category Archives: silly

Valentine’s Day atrocity

When it comes to seeing commercial advantage in nicking the customs or superstitions of other cultures no one does it better than Japan. In fact, probably no one other than Japan does it. Hence the annual Christmas hysteria and Halloween … Continue reading

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Sheep eggs

“Eggs come from sheep, crisps are made of plastic and butterflies produce cheese” — so begins this article on a survey of where British kids think their food comes from. Quoting the article again, some kids believed: “beef burgers came … Continue reading

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Would you like relish with that court ruling?

A Dutch McDonald’s employee is fired for adding an unauthorised slice of cheese to a burger. (Read here.) I love stories like this that illustrate the petty mindedness, rule obsession and control freakery of super-sized corporations. After all, it was … Continue reading

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Why your boss is incompetent — the scientific explanation

This article possibly explains why someone ever thought we needed scientists to come up with the conclusions in this article.

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Local supermarket comes out

It is a very brave retail outlet that expresses its true feelings in conservative Nara, Japan.

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BBC News – Marilyn Monroe film ‘shows actress smoking marijuana’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8390220.stm A JG Ballard moment.

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Hello, good evening and bollocks

A new blog to promote the novel Weed and short stories of Chris Page. And aren’t you all just sick of hearing about this.

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