Month: May 2009

Right, this whole expenses thing. It’s simple. Get out. I don’t give a monkeys if it was “within the rules” or “within the spirit of the rules”. If you’re an MP representing a London borough, owning a house in London and claiming for a second home – get out. I don’t care about the rules. Out. Toilet seats? Massive plasma… Read more →

Woaha! Check out that parking! According to the news the driver of this old Roller decided to take his anger out on Tesco after a bed he’d ordered turned up without a mattress. Although The Sun states that he was drunk and was simply a drink driver, the Telegraph states that he was angry that a bed, ordered from Tesco… Read more →

Well, after returning from our hols I thought I’d share some photos I snapped on my phone whilst out there. The first is this rather interesting washing powder. I think it’s probably got a whole different meaning in Spanish-speaking contries, but here in the UK you’d struggle to sell a detergent called “Colon”.. :) Above the colon (ahem) was another… Read more →

This woman courts the media and generates stories purely to sell magazines and increase her own wealth. Around 99% of what you read about her and Peter Andre is complete balls and is made up by Jordan or her management team. This is how she makes money, this is how she can afford to live the life she does. Therefore,… Read more →

Last night we went into town for a meal. We’re still on the sunny isle of Fuerteventura and enjoying every minute. After a big steak at one of the local restaurants I overheard a local accent from the other side of the room. It’s fair to say that accents around my kneck of the woods are fairly ermm.. distinctive. When… Read more →

We’re still out in the sunshine. It’s Billy’s first ever holiday and we’ve already spent several days by the pool. We’ve bought him a little boat and a life-jacket and he’s been happily navigating the pool as captain of his own blow-up ship. It’s great to see his face as he experiences all these new things, so we decided to… Read more →

We’ve been quite fortunate to have visited quite a few places in the world during the last few years. My wife is a member of cabin crew for an airline in the UK and we’ve had a few discounts here and there to enable us to see places like Mexico, New York and Caribbean resorts. This year things have shifted… Read more →

It’s always a little worrying when you look out the windows and see this. To be honest I’m not entirely sure what was going on, but a van full of police and six police bikes isn’t something I see regularly. :) Read more →