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Entries from September 2nd, 2008

Amused to death

September 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life

British comedy has had a bad week with the death of Ken Campbell following very soon after that of Geoffrey Perkins.  If it was possible to measure such things objectively I think you would find the world is now several percentage points less funny than it was last week.

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Airport

September 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Airport · Life

I wonder if this is a good idea?  If BAA are forced to sell off one or two of their London airports, Virgin are interested in buying Gatwick as part of a consortium.

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Lost in the Supermarket

September 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Lost in the Supermarket · Life

It appears that Tesco have come up with an ingenious solution to the old conundrum of labelling the ‘express’ tills.  “10 items or less” is just wrong, but “10 items or fewer” sounds clumsy to many people so they have avoided the issue by saying “up to 10 items”.

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