Still offline, I’ve been wandering in the wasteland that is the wit and wisdom of Magic 105.4 radio (a region we’ve visited previously). Currently, they’re running a phone-in competition, a general knowledge quiz, with the potential for winning £20,000, so you might expect sensible questions. Ha! A question just asked – How many dots are [...]
Archive for May 25th, 2009
Radio phone-ins and intelligence – mutually exclusive?
Posted in Radio phone-ins and the terminally dumb, tagged Magic radio, Phone-in competitions, Radio phone-ins on May 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Always read the label (with caution!)
Posted in Always read the label, tagged Suitable for vegetarians, Thoughts on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I use Sainsbury’s cistern blocks in my toilet. Like others of their kind they appear to do very little, but they smell OK and, hell, they’re cheap enough. They’re also, apparently, edible. Having dropped in the last block, I was about to bin the empty pack when I spotted the words “This product is suitable [...]
The Sky saga (a.k.a. Sky sucks!)…
Posted in Advertising, Misrepresentation by Sky, tagged BT sucks, Oh hell - everything sucks, Sky sucks, Sky website sucks on May 25, 2009 |
On May 11 I moved into a new flat (I moved to the flat next door and, leaving my router connected in the old flat, I could access my broadband service from the new one). On May 12 I went onto the Sky website to order the basic TV service, plus broadband and their phone [...]







