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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
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Michael Macintyre, the well known comedian, cancelled a performance at the O2 Arena when he discovered that he had been booked to perform at a show to celebrate a successful year of trading by a debt recovery company; they had made £13m profit from debt recovery charges.
You know the kind of thing; "What's that you say? You've lost your job, due to the recession, and you can't pay your bills? Well, the bad news is we're going to add to your debt. First off, we'll rack up the interest, then add our outrageous fees, sell all your possessions and repossess your house. When we've sold everything you own, you'll still owe us a huge sum of money. But don't worry, it's not all bad news; your life may be in ruins, but we’re making a great profit out of your loss."
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 |
Commercialisation devalues the true meaning of Christmas, doesn't it?
Well, no, it doesn't.
Christianity devalues the true meaning of 25th December - the festival of Sol Invictus or Mithras
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009 |
Whilst flipping TV channels, I saw a segment of a programme called ‘Brighton Beach Patrol’. Two police officers were in a multi-story car park dealing with the mess left by homeless drug users sleeping rough each night. One officer said to the other, "We never had this problem when the car park had an attendant. Now we don't have an attendant, we have this problem." The officer then said, "These needles are a real danger to the public; I don't know what could be done to solve this problem."
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 |
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Men & Women
Public toilets. Men are
expected to stand shoulder to shoulder with strangers, before unzipping their
trousers, taking out their cocks (in full view of said strangers stood either
side of them), then pee. In front of strangers! Who, it has to be said,
invariably engage them in conversation.
I don't know about you,
but I don't see having a pee as a social event to share with strangers.
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Monday, 24 August 2009 |
How many times has that tedious and ridiculous phrase been trotted out?
If a car was a lethal weapon, the army would go into battle driving Ford Mondeos.
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Thursday, 30 July 2009 |
Yes, another bloody article about Michael Jackson.
Sadly, and predictably, Michael Jackson's funeral service; billed as the biggest showbiz send off ever, was, unsurprisingly, a tacky and tasteless circus enabling a host of vacuous celebrities to parade themselves in front of the world’s media whilst purporting to grieve for Michael Jackson.
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009 |
Fair Trade/Oil
Fair trade products are everywhere; the supermarkets proudly display these products and show us what caring organisations they are.
Coffee - support the poor coffee bean growers of South America. Coffee is a fairly rare commodity. It is only grown in a few places around the world; the growers deserve not to be exploited as they feed our insatiable thirst for coffee. In fact, the world's most commonly used recreational drug is caffeine.
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Monday, 01 June 2009 |
 The Catholic Church has been in the press recently, in regard to the way it’s been ‘caring’ for, and ‘teaching’, orphans and vulnerable children in its residential facilities in Ireland. How proud (if it isn't a sin) and comforted Catholics must be of their priests and nuns for keeping alive the best traditions of their church. How pleased they must be that the medieval inquisition is still alive and kicking in Ireland. How proud the Pope must be to preside over such an ‘open, honest and wholesome’ church.
The Catholic Church can be assured that they have given these innocent little children a start in life that will stay with them for all of their days.
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 |
Petrol costs around £1 per litre; so does milk. However, if we dig a little deeper...
Petrol costs us 30 pence per litre; the government adds 70 pence tax to bring it up to around £1 per litre. That's reasonable of our government, isn't it? How would it be if they applied the same tax to milk? Would we accept it? No, we would not. So, why do we accept the extortionate amount of tax on petrol?
Oil companies spend billions drilling for oil in inhospitable places; the North Sea, the desert, etc. Extracting oil from beneath the ground, and, in particular, the sea bed, is an astonishing feat of engineering. It's also a very expensive process. Once extracted, the oil is then transported halfway around the world, at great expense, to oil refineries, where it is turned into petrol; thanks to the skill of chemical engineers. The petrol is then distributed around the country for us to purchase at the amazingly cheap price of 30 pence per litre; and it DOES cost 30 pence per litre; the rest is tax.
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Written by The Grumpy Goose
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Friday, 17 April 2009 |
We live in a free society; a society where we can express our true feelings, without fear.
A society in which we can say what we like about any subject or situation. We must, however, be mindful of what we say about individuals. We cannot say anything specific about a particular person unless it is true; apart from that, we can say anything we like about anything. We have a free press and we pride ourselves on that freedom. It is our right; whether we speak from a position of ignorance or knowledge.
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