It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool first has to grow up to be an old fool to realise what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool - Harold McMillan
I just had to pass these on - both from Daily Mail (sorry Pete):
An article describing how, after 270 years, Tony Blair has had the front door of 10 Downing Street painted red (complete with pictures). This really had me going for a very short while because it is the sort of unbelievingly arrogant thing that he would do but then common sense dawned and I realised what the date is. Confirmation came at the end of the article when a design consultant said:'it;s a significant declaration of personal ownership by Tony Blair.' Her name? April Fewell!
The other, even cleverer one, was a full page advertisement by BMW which shouts 'To avoid the penalties for slow driving BMW ensures the camera always lies'. It claims that the Government is set to announce that by next spring Slow Cameras will have been installed in every major city to catch drivers who drive below a certain limit (20mph). BMW have come up with a solution to this by devising ZIP (Zoom Impression Pixels) which is a pixel-based coating to cover the exterior of a car. This makes the camera picture blurred, gives the impression of higher velocity and Slow Camera is fooled into thinking the car is travelling at the correct speed.
Engineers are also working on solutions to other rumoures legislation like The Reversing Charge, Quadruple Yellow Lines and Tarmac Erosion Tax.
The name of BMW's Head of Mandate Avoidance? Wait for it...........................................Hans Uphoo-Gotit!
But please don't laugh too much; it could happen.
6 comments:
I was told the British Lions team was, in future, to include French and Italian players. I think it was an April's fool.
You missed the Nectar Card ad that said it had new technology for checking your points balance online. Just run your mouse over the magnetic strip on the card. Excellent!
Now that bectar card one sounds quite sensible to me.
nebobefy - that was my word on Chux's blog. Isn't that a good one? If you read all the vowels as short. Or even if you read them long. ne-bo-be-fy
This is becoming obsessive! Or like a rtuiim!
And what about this one - on Chux's blog again - jszbzzzy?
I can't go now because I'm jszbzzzy.
I think Chux has a monopoly on good verification words. I've just had to type 'kitjohh'
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