Doom ‘n’ gloom

Isn’t it going dark early all of a sudden? Not that it matters if I’ve lost the habit of going out in the evening thanks to the Chinese plague.

Just incredible

I noticed that an Aldi TV advert had a ‘4 for £1’ packet of Mars bars prominently in the centre long after Mars shoved the price up by one-third by making it 3 for a quid. Out of curiosity, I went to the Aldi website to check the price there. But a search for Mars bars produced a list of 'matching items' which started with a 6-quid bottle of white wine, a Paw Patrol Marshal towel, orange rice cakes and fruit&nut bars.
    Feeling like the universe had been shifted a couple of feet to the left, I abandoned my quest.

Painless progress

Putting the Belgian Grand Prix on record, going to replay whilst it was still showing, watching just the race and zooming through ads, and going to fast-forward for the last dozen laps or so let me see all the bits I wanted before the 9 p.m. finish of the programme on Channel 9.
    That was dreadfully confected excitement by the shouty bloke at the finish. They should definitely restore the bus stop to its former rectangularity.

Lone gone freedom

Watching the Fast Show retrospective made me realize that it was possible to create a first-rate comedy show without diversity as late as the 1990s. These days, there would be a token white bloke in the cast, who would also be the token bloke.

Out of the box

A member of the Scottish Parliament is agitating for a museum celebrating Scotland’s links with the slave trade of bygone years as a way of regenerating a deprived area. Nothing like a spot of lateral thinking when conventional ideas run out.

Not me, mate!

How many of the Daily Mail’s 60 must-watch programmes & series will I be visiting over the coming months? I’ll probably watch the F1 Grand Prix races; on Channel 4, not Sky; and that’s about it. Which will spare me hours, days, weeks? in front of the goggle box.

Brilliant idea

The WW should be commissioned to stage the Last Night of the Proms this year – and do it in their Thunderdome to provide an artificial audience!