June 2008 Archives

Over 2,000 motorists surveyed across the country have said they wold most like to be guided by a Geordie sat nav accent.
Northern accents came top of the pile beating the dulcet southern tones.

Some time ago I wrote about some of the odd things I have been sent as attention getters for press releases and launches.

This was inspired by Hyundai, who used to deliver a small Christmas tree every December, handy at that time of year, sending a knotted hankie to promote the launch of the i30.

Who would top a poll of the most undesirable guests at a bijou 2008 dinner party?
Gordon Brown for his stunning wit and sharp delivery? Pies Morgan for Has Anyone Here Got Talent?

One of my neighbours reckons I have never written a good word about a car, ever: “You slag every single one of them off,� he said.

That's just plain kinky

Diversification as every farmer who runs a caravan site with fishing, cafe, golf driving range and swinger barn will tell you, is everything.

Wisdom has it that you should never look back, not just to avoid walking into a lamp post but because however shiny and nostalgic it is, return to the past is impossible.
In 1985 Britain was seen as a land of self employment opportunity. After the playschool teaching methods of the 70s, few people could actually spell it but the word on everyone's lips was entrepreneurial.

Returning to the economic theme, in the US where Mrs Hillary Clinton has finally shut up, petrol has reached $4 a gallon. Gosh.

We should be told. Now.
After the mystery of the unflattened hedgehogs comes the Grand Prix beaver.

Hedgehogs are not the only endangered species on the roads. Car dealers are looking a bit shaky in the current climate, too.

Recently one of the extra from the Bounty hunters advert blamed waterlogging on the island of Tuvalu, in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on western 4x4s.