Gordon Brown

If the Labour Party think that Gordon Brown will win them the next general election they are sorely mistaken. This tedious prat has had a charisma bypass - every facet about him is appalling... and have you noticed how he disappears when there is trouble around? Even his name is boring!

Rant over.

Liz Hurley

Another utterly talentless individual... why the hell does this woman even deserve our attention. All she is known for is shagging Hugh Grant and wearing a dress held together with safety pins. Sod off Liz!

Rant over.

John Inman

I was genuinely very sad to read that John Inman has died. "I'm free" will always be remembered.

Lloyds TSB

Taken from MSN

"Lloyds TSB has recently slapped some of its ‘naughtier’ customers with a “low usage fee”. They will now have to pay a penalty of £35 if they don’t regularly use their card. The bank reckons the fee will affect only about 1% of its customers, but it could still generate revenue of £1.79 million in one month alone, according to figures by Uswitch.

It’s astonishing, isn’t it? Lloyds TSB recently announced profits of more than £4 billion, yet still it hits customers with sneaky charges. It’s also a bank that has bleated about bad debts, yet still it seems happy to encourage people to borrow on their credit card."

Beggars Belief!!!

Dentists

What really irks me is going to the dentist. Why is that when you are having a check up the dentist invariably criticises you for not cleaning your teeth well enough? With the massive reduction in NHS dentists - their practises are now commercial businesses so why should a commercial business criticise you. But then again if they told you everything was fine they would be lying to you so I suppose that would be worse! In any case I'm sure they sabotage your teeth ready for inflicting more treatment on you at a later date!

Rant over.

Ugly Betty

What really irritates me is the annoying background music in "Ugly Betty" obtrusive twiddly bits as each scene is being played out. Actually "Desperate House Wives" suffers from the same problem.

Rant over.

Logan's Run

I caught a bit of the classic SF film "Logan's Run" today and couldn't help notice that near the end during the bit where Logan (played by the rubbish Michael York) is being interrogated there are a couple of sandman guards who look like they are at least in their forties... bizarre considering anyone over the age of 30 is supposed to be zapped.

Just done a quick check... Michael York was 34 when he filmed "Logan's Run"... hmmmmmm

Eurovision Candidates...

Taken from MSN... last paragraph is very funny!!!

"That Joke Isn't Funny Any More
Well, the UK's candidates for this year's Eurovision Song Contest have been announced and instead of the potentially sublime prospect of Morrissey representing the nation, we've got the depressingly ridiculous choice of Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, former East 17 halfwit Brian Harvey, ex-Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon, reformed hip-hoppers (and stars of Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed) Big Brovaz, execrable pop losers Scooch, and someone nobody's ever heard of called Cyndi.

Why any of this should even matter is interesting. The UK has long since stopped taking the competition seriously, enjoying it instead as a kitsch anachronism and a chance to snigger at Terry Wogan's sarcy commentary. Yet a nagging thought remains: pop music is one of the few things we're still good at in this country. A damn sight better than Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Greece and Finland anyway, all of whom have won it since we last did 10 years ago. So how come we have to put up with candidates like this? I mean, Jordan was in the running last year.

I suppose I answered my own question when I said we stopped taking the thing seriously aeons ago. I think the only reason it's bothering me at the moment is sheer disappointment that Morrissey won't be doing the business after all. It's like being told the lobster thermidor is off the menu and you've got to make do with a Kids Club Happy Meal instead.

Actually, you know what? It's worse than that. Let's have it straight. It's being told that one of the UK's greatest ever pop stars won't be taking part, to be replaced (possibly) by the only man in history stupid enough to run himself over. No analogy can do that justice."

Virgin Media v Sky

Looks like Branson is going to lose against Murdoch... interesting to see if people who have cable contracts are going to be able to cancel them as they will no longer be able to see the likes of Lost or 24.

Cumbrian Rail Crash and Branson

After the tragedy of the rail crash in Cumbria on Friday night... I find it rather nauseating reading Richard Branson's comments. He extolled the train driver for being a hero and staying at his post! It seems to me that logically the driver would have very little to do during a derailment. He cannot actually influence the direction of the train at all. Also Branson was very quick to blame the points and distance his company from the accident, too quick for my liking. Everything that bloke does is a PR exercise.