The X Factor

Should this programme which passes as entertainment be sponsored by Kleenex?? Rarely have I seen so much eye wetting in one go.

Now, being a bit of a strummer myself, I have never felt that I was 'born to do this' nor been reduced to tears by the fact that anyone has brought up my shortcomings in the vocal department, which due to the wonderful world of karaoke, most people seem to have an opinion on nowadays.

Now, who are these 'friends' of the hopefuls who suggest that Dumpy Dora or Spotty Sid really have what it takes to storm the entertainment scene. Would you ask for their opinion on anything?

Did anyone other than me cringe when seeing a primary school teacher wanting to win (for her class of 6 year olds)?

What a load of bollox. Methinks fame and riches were somewhere in her mind plus getting the hell out of the job which she so loves, or will she continue teaching and be a part-time diva during Easter and summer hols and donate the cash from her record sales to enhance the kids learning experience... Okay, whinge over... (And yes I know there is an off button for the TV, but hey, my nephew watches the prog)

Norwich Union

Yesterday, two things of note happened. The first, is Scotland thrashed the Ukranians, much of which I needed to re-view this morning as due to the memory draining effects of numerous beers, I seem to have little recall of the afternoons festivities. This was the good part.

The bad was a renewal notice from Norwich Union for my dearly departed Transit Van. Should anyone from Norwich Union stumble upon this site, I'm the one that you wouldn't cough up on when my vehicle had a slight mishap. Well okay, agreed it wasn't exactly slight. So, I pass on this snippet of knowledge. Under no circumstances lend your vehicle to a member of the Sri Lankan government whilst he is being actively targetted for assasination by the Tamil Tigers, as N.W. take a very dim view of this, (and yes, it's in the small print under civil wars). Also the vehicle inspector would have had to negotiate his/her way through swamp and jungle to assess the damage, which primarily consisted of a few magazine clips spewed forth from an AK47.

So, how did this van find it's way to Sri Lanka. This is primarily the fault of the Spanish police, as due to the fact I was attempting to smuggle drugs into Spain via Gibralter, (for drugs, read aspirin, bandages, antiseptics etc) which was to be shipped to Lanka post Tsunami, I was refused re-entry to get back home to Costa del Crime, therefore my only options were to either dump the aid medicines or to ship the 'drugs' complete with Ford packaging on the next available vessel sailing east. The good news is, I have a new van and will be visiting Churchill.

I wonder, do Norwich Union do house insurance?