Posts by JoJo
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I hear a catchy infectious tune, I see scantily (but extremely colourfully) clad women on roller skates.
"Hmmm.... they're going a bit over-the top on the women in underwear thing." I think to myself. "So what are they selling?"
"Oh- they're selling womens underwear"
I guess that's OK then?
Yes. It's fine. They're showing the product - women's knickers. On women. Fine with me.
Half-naked (half-dressed?) women aren't automatically evil in advertising. But as a marketing tool, it's a bit like the advertisers are on autopilot... "We're selling XYZ, so I propose we get some fit birds to dance around in their undies". It's almost like Hip Hop Music Video 101. Doesn't really work for me.
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I really enjoyed 7 Days, and, like Jackie, I'd have liked to hear more from Irene Pink. I just hope as they film more episodes the panellists realise they don't have to repeat each witticism ten or twelve times.
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A book of essays on the Cartwright Report, stemming from the conference held in 2008 to mark the 20th anniversary, is being published later this year. I believe none of the contributors to that book were asked to comment on the article in the Listener before publication.
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My point is that anyone making OIA requests should ask both the Minister and WINZ. There might be some interesting dots to join.
And if this was a Ministerial request that went through MSD (and not just PB's staff looking stuff up on a computer in her office), explicitly ask for deleted draft versions of any documents relating to the matter. There's often interesting stuff in them there drafts...
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Oh, hon. Well done for coming this far without punching a medical specialist. And good luck with Adric. I always thought removing minor characters was fairly easy? I hope this proves so.
The radiographer was lovely, though with a curious total inability to refer to my partner as my partner and not my husband.
I once saw a neurologist who was at least four thousand years old. Explaining to him that I'd had an epileptic fit, while innocently alseep in bed with a gay man - and no I don't have a boyfriend, I'm a dyke - was the most fun I'd had all week. I hope that twitch stayed with him for months.
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I am obscenely proud of my winter coat. It's ORANGE (and that is yelled, because it's not some soft girly orange, but fire and rage orange). It's pure wool, with beautiful satiny lining/
I get compliments every time I wear it, and have been stopped by strangers asking where I got it.
And then I have to tell them that I got it for 5 bucks at a charity shop, and they will never ever ever have a coat like mine. (And then I blow raspberries and skip away.)
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and ... those cases resemble the one I linked to in the original post.
And thanks for giving that link, Russell. I've been wondering what a "late-term abortion" actually meant in terms of lateness in pregnancy and reasons for needing one. That was really helpful. And sad.
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The "Fuck you" refrain keeps popping into my head at work... one day I'm not going to be able to stop myself from singing it at someone...
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Thanks Emma, you've saved me having to rant about this for a while - I'll just hand out the link to your rant.
Oh, and at the risk of ending the silence, hasn't Bishop Brian been awfully quiet recently? I don't remember having screamed at him on the television for months.
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When I stumbled upon the Peter Principle in the dictionary, I felt an overwhelming sense of ... comfort. It became apparent that other people had incompetent bosses who mis-used their supposed power to mask their inability to do their job. It was a bitter-sweet realisation.