Aug 06
22
The Fine Art Of Irony
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One of my favourite programs on TV is Top Gear. This is a British program for petrol heads – but it is much more…. Jeremy Clarkson, the host, has a wicked sense of irony and a sharp wit. Seems he also has a column in the Sunday Times which I just discovered….
Amazing that a column to review cars can juxtapose the following – then read it in full at the link above!
On Technology
Why would I want to connect
my iPod to my mobile phone? What would they possibly have to say to one
another? It would be like slotting George Bush into the back of Hillary
Clinton. Fun, in a “look at that” sort of way, but a bit pointless.
my iPod to my mobile phone? What would they possibly have to say to one
another? It would be like slotting George Bush into the back of Hillary
Clinton. Fun, in a “look at that” sort of way, but a bit pointless.
On Blackberries
Go out with someone who has a BlackBerry and you’ll not get a single
word out of them. Because it will be chirping or whining or playing the
theme music from The Persuaders. And they’ll be texting with one hand
and sending an e-mail with the other and it’ll be like talking to
someone who has an unreachable itch and a daughter who’s just been
kidnapped. Their mind won’t be on what you’re saying.
word out of them. Because it will be chirping or whining or playing the
theme music from The Persuaders. And they’ll be texting with one hand
and sending an e-mail with the other and it’ll be like talking to
someone who has an unreachable itch and a daughter who’s just been
kidnapped. Their mind won’t be on what you’re saying.
On Prius's
But saving polar bears, of course, is not the point of a hybrid car.
The point is not to save the planet but to be seen trying. I saw a
Prius in California the other day with the registration plate “Hug
Life” and that’s what the car does. It says to other road users, “Hey.
I’ve spent a lot of money on this flimsy p.o.s. and I’m chewing a lot
of fuel too. But I’m making a green statement.”
The point is not to save the planet but to be seen trying. I saw a
Prius in California the other day with the registration plate “Hug
Life” and that’s what the car does. It says to other road users, “Hey.
I’ve spent a lot of money on this flimsy p.o.s. and I’m chewing a lot
of fuel too. But I’m making a green statement.”