Quiet Afternoon in the office

Reg Hogg the hedgehog was prickly.
On Saturday Reg Hogg was sickly.
On Sunday at nine,
the doctor came by,
and cured Reg hedgehog quite quickly.

Load of bankers

A bank in Wrexam is to be one of the first to abolish counter service.
Apparently there'll be more staff on hand to deal with 'those who are nervous about using the cash machines, or who haven't used them before'.
HSBC, 'the world's local bank' says it will make for a 'better service'. Try telling my mum that.
Ever wonder how the word 'Orwellian' entered the English language?

I must do my blog.

Is it me, or does the lovely Ann Robinson look younger every day? Her new TV show is 'What's the problem? With Ann Robinson'. After her famed verbal assault on my fellow countrymen some time ago one can only ask if the question mark is in the right place.

Egg on chips

"A man full of bile is not fit to pronounce on food." is today's quote from Egon Ronay, following the frankly unstatesman-like reported comments from French President Jacques Chirac.
Now a lesser man might raise the questionable delicacies of horsemeat or slugs (never could tell slugs from snails), but I would never stoop so low.
God help us all if this sets the tone for the G8 summit this week. Sign here please.

distant drums

Credit card in hand, and perched to buy a new drum for my laser printer. £95 plus vat; yup that's what I always pay. Maybe time for new toner too, I muse.
Hang on though, I stutter - aren't those new mono lasers quite cheap? The newer drums must be correspingingly cheaper too, I reason.
Not so, Joe. Here's a sample price from today;
OKI B4100 - 18ppm 8mb Laser Printer - £68.07 plus Vat
Oki Mono Drum for same model - £95.06 plus Vat
Here I should ramble on about 'disposable' printers, like throwing away a new car when the petrol runs out, etc. (Ok, sparkplugs)
Alas I've got work to do, but you get the picture, my hollow friend.

Hello Doctor

Glad to see that a third series of Dr Who has been comissioned. Regardless of who was the best Doctor, this must be the best-written series of Dr Who so far. An extra activity for those of us in Wales (where the series was filmed) is spotting Welsh landmarks pop-up in the most unlikliest places. My favourite is a Cardiff shopping centre frontage in central London.
Oh yes, I new those Daleks weren't finished.

Self-obsessed

The book came yesterday, and it is all it promised and more. This surely is the proverbial oil on the biscuit. My ego would be so proud.