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No, You’re Alright…Unless You Make Me Fat!

Posted on March 4, 2013

Someone asked me the other day if, as a single parent, I could relate to the McDonalds advert where a man is trying to ingratiate himself to a difficult teenage lad who is struggling to come to terms with him moving in to his house? The simple answer is no on several counts. First of all, I have no interest in McDonald's food and secondly, I wouldn't start plying it to a child who I may be potentially living with for the next ten years. I ...

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It’s Going to be a Dog’s Life…

Posted on March 1, 2013

My life with domestic pets has, at best, been a chequered one. I have owned lots of pets but generally ones that have the brain span of the Chelsea FC "Benitez baiters" who are soiling the name of this great sporting nation with their witless, Neanderthal like protests against the "interim manager" of their football club. My first animal was a Guinea pig, the obligatory maiden domestic pet of a small child, it is an animal that seems to live ...

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20% Tax on Fizzy Drinks-That’ll do it!

Posted on February 19, 2013

I listened to a phone in on Radio 5 live yesterday that was based around obesity and a price hike or tax on fizzy drinks to deter people from buying them. I am guessing they mean things like Coke and Fanta that are often well stashed with sugar content, but in my mind the suggested 20% increase is like pissing directly into a force 9 westerly. Every year a new crisis blows up about obesity blows up, but every year the (obesity) numbers seem to ...

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So This is Romance?

Posted on February 14, 2013

Aaaah…Valentine’s Day, an occasion for secretive cards to someone you admire, or perhaps a single, humble red rose, as token of undying love…or as Amazon would like it, a Kindle Fire at just £160.00 for that special someone in your life! The marketing superpowers have really fucked Valentine’s day up and not content with avoiding tax, Amazon are now trying to pressurise individuals via email so they stripe them for £160.00 just ...

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Fat Burning Results for Karen…

Posted on February 8, 2013

I had a message this morning from one of my adoring fans (Karen Edwards) asking why I had never published the spread sheet containing the results of my fat burning attempt that was inspired by a Horizon documentary last year (See the original post here). Well, the truth Karen, and indeed anyone else who may be interested, there really was nothing worth publishing, as these fast-track diets do not go hand in hand with 8 pints on a Friday night ...

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