Extreme necking

The great thing about reading rather than, say, watching TV is that it allows you to use your imagination.

And who better to fire it than Stephen King?

Aagh! Out, damned imagination! Out I say!

It wouldn't be so bad, but... locked? Sounds like a wrestling position.

Oh, there you go...

Anyway, it must be a really perverted spell checker, or at least one with a questionable history, which thinks that that word is a suitable replacement for arms.

Meanwhile I'm wondering how he managed to peek.

Its confused

You may have heard about the brouhaha surrounding the proposal by Mid Devon Council to abandon apostrophes in street names from now on 'to avoid potential confusion'.

Yes, I know. Idiots.

Well I don't intend repeating all the arguments here but, while endeavouring to discover more, John H was bemused to see this headline in Saturday's Daily Telegraph.

So, is The Telegraph trying to be clever here? Ironic? Sarcastic even?

John doesn't think so. He says, 'I can't believe it's not a deliberate mistake, but there's no footnote or reference to the headline in the article, and it's not yet April 1st, so it must be a genuine typo!'

I agree, John. Its a typo.

Not the half of it

You can call me picky if you like but, when I was at school, a half meant a half.

But, according to Jack C who spotted this in his local Co-op, that's not true any more.

OK, so it's a better bargain than advertised.

But what's tragic is that this particular Co-op is situated in the heart of Leeds's student area and must, I have no doubt, employ Maths students as part-time workers.

You'd think they'd have noticed.

Or perhaps, assuming they work half the normal hours, they'd be happy with only 46.5% of the pay.

Inspirational

So, it's not just me.

Jon C has also received one of those unsolicited emails; this one from GreenStones, an accountancy practice.

The aim of this newsletter, it says, is to inspire you and your business to become the best that you can be.

How does it do that?

By leaving entirely unedited the text at the top left which is taken directly from whichever email template was used.

Yeah, really inspiring.

If that's the best you can be, GreenStones, it's actually not much better than my worst.

Oh joy. I've just checked the website and the business is based in Peterborough.

Should have guessed.

Strictly for Americans

Thanks to Hil J who found this here when trying to advertise on Pamscom's USA site.

That's true. I am.

And I can spell.