Saturday, 31 December 2011

The year ahead ...

1. Someone who thinks they’re important will say Twitter is dead. They will tweet a link to their reasoning.

2. Jonathan Ross will wake at night wondering why the whole ITV thing never works for him.

3. Compare The Market will make more money from soft toys than insurance.

4. Lorshuggar will be shown an iPhone. He will think it’s a calculator.

5. HMV RIP

6. HM Government will blame cigarettes and the Euro for the fact no-one has a job.

7. The BBC will accidentally broadcast Brass Eye instead of Newsnight. No will notice.

8. Iran invasion undertaken to cheer everyone up.

9. Nation will attempt to recall what a Little Mix was.

10. A correctly deployed apostrophe will be found by archeologists.

11. Train fares will rise by a percentage determined by Eric Pickles waist measurement.

12. Boris Johnson will cease cutting his own hair in the dark. His popularity will plummet.

13. Channel 5 gameshow ‘Burn The Witch’ will be deemed ‘a little tasteless.

14. Evil dictator will go to war with own people. Big boost for British arms industry.

15. Teenagers will be told to ‘finish that last bit of Coca Cola and throw the bottle away’.

16. Phrase ‘Kindle Porn’ will make first appearance.

17. Man watching 3D movie will realise he is merely looking out of the window.

18. 3D RIP

19. Olly Murs will come out. As rubbish.

20. DWP’s ‘Work For Nothing Or Lose A Limb’ scheme will be piloted in Scotland.


Thursday, 22 December 2011

Help yourself

Merry Christmas? Times are as hard as a granite boulder, encased in steel, painted in superglue and treated with a rare carbon compound.

Broke is what we are.

Blame a multitude of politicians and stab an accusing finger in the direction of international bankers and I will be with you, brothers and sisters. Had the former been watching the latter, we may not be in this sorry situation. Add to this negligence a patchwork government hell-bent on hobbling the voluntary and public sectors and we’re staring down the wrong end of a long, bleak winter. But again, what’s to be done? In the creative industries, can we really lighten this crushing load in any meaningful way? I feel certain we can.

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