Category Archives: that’s a bit mad

Chris Moerdyk’s list of selfish bastards includes Chris Moerdyk

Chris Moerdyk has finally had it with the selfish bastards who don’t pay their taxes and cut red lights and talk on their cellphones while driving and get behind the wheel after one too many. And that includes him: But then, it suddenly dawned on me that if Colin didn’t pay his taxes, government would [...]

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Visiting your local city market this weekend?

Like this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one? After all, they’re all so individual, aren’t they? *cough* But why not? Or rather – why? We believe that, in spending ludicrous sums on this wonderful food, we are making a stand against The [...]

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AXE Press Release

I don’t normally do these, but this one is neat and I’m still riled from yesterday’s post: PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION 27 October 2011 AXE Apology For “Fallen Angels” Advert On the 26th October, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) passed a ruling upholding a consumer complaint against our latest TV advert and ordered the [...]

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ASAholes…

While all and sundry are getting their knickers in a knot over the words printed on T-shirts, here’s a story that might have almost slipped under your radar. File this one under “They’re not serious, right?” Sadly, it seems that they are: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has instructed a TV advert depicting angels falling [...]

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Sweet and Sour

Today’s big news was that I was a big winner of one of the week’s most prestigious awards: The Sour Service Award of the Week on the notoriously bitchy controversial Whale Cottage Portfolio Blog. In receiving this honour, I join other luminaries such a Sea Point parking marshall [sic], Coco’s in Hermanus (is that a [...]

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