Tiny Christmas Cards

Whats with really teeny weeney tiny Christmas cards then?

Every year, someone - and its never a consistent someone - decides that it is a great idea to send out the worlds tiny-est Christmas cards. Small, perfectly formed, always with a little glitter glued on - and in an envelope barely big enough to accommodate the stamp, never mind an address as well

But, this is one example where the postal service wreaks a strange transformation onto this gift of thoughtfulness and personal communication.

Inevitably, what starts off as...

"I know Christmas is a time of tradition, however this year I wanted to send out cards that show I am a bit funky, stylish, original and cutting edge. So, a tiny but cute contemporary card will fit the bill exactly. How Brilliant am I???"

..ends up - after a brief postal journey - in the hands of a bemused recipient who almost immediately - and without fail thinks...

"well, its clear that the person who sent this pathetic apology for a Christmas card clearly can't be f-cked to spend more than the bare minimum on cards and also wanted to avoid the mental hardship of making this any more personal a greeting than simply writing their initials. What a cheap - in both senses of the word - miserable old sod they are, and frankly I'd rather have not been sent a card than this insult to me, my family and the whole 2000+ year Judeo-Christian/Retail Frenzy festive tradition"

However, as the cards are swept off the shelves in January, under a fug of turkey flatulence and binned along with the unwanted cracker gifts that fell off the dining table, all of this is fortunately - usually - forgotten as an abberation of the season.

The time to really worry however is if you ever been sent a really really tiny Birthday card...

Wash Your Car - Tell a Friend !

Recently the UK saw National Car Wash Week

This event didn't really make the evening news, and as far as I am aware, nowhere held any street parties reminiscent of the Queens Silver Jubilee.

However given the explosion of useless and marketing-engineered "weeks" on offer in the calendar today, is there a proper criteria for what constitutes a proper "week"?

Maybe its if Clintons produce a range of cards ?

Why men are better than women

At some point in their lives, most women will say:

"I'm trying to grow my hair"

Well, most men can seem to manage it without even trying.

Olympics Plans go over budget to control costs

From the BBC website

Ms Jowell told MPs:

"An additional cost of £400 million, not included in the original bid, is in order to fund the delivery partner whose overriding responsibility is to ensure the costs of the Games are kept on budget and that the timescales are kept."

You can't make this up..

Respected British Actress in Plastic Surgery Shocker!

Famous British actress Emma Thompson has clearly had more than a little plastic surgery according to the picture accompanying this article from the Times of India recently:

Will we next see the accomplished thesp appearing with Graham Norton on Celebrity come Dancing as she seeks to emulate the Baby Spice popstress Emma Bunton's career as well as looks?

Welsh Catering

This sign was prominently - and one presumes usefully - displayed in the cafeteria at a Tesco's in North Wales

Not a bus you want to be in..?

This bus company was taking tourists around Northen India:

If this were my tour company, I'd get off and walk ...

Speaking Welsh

Does anyone know if there is a Welsh word for "Chav"?

Because lets face it, once you cross the border it doesn't take that long to realise that there really, really needs to be one.

Spanish Trivial Pursuit

All cards have the same answers, apart from the 30% which have "Real Madrid" as the Sport & Leisue answer. Questions do vary.

Indian Taxi Rides - Part 2