Pugs: at least these guys make perfect sense.
There has been lot of stuff that has baffled and bemused me this year. I kind of wish that I’d kept a list of all these things, it would have made writing this list easier and have resulted in a far superior piece of work. Well, there’s always next year…
1) Downton Abbey: Not seen it, don’t want to see it. Bring back The House of Eliott, now that’s what I call a period drama.
2) How Facebook is ever going to make any money: You don’t want to know how much of my time and energy has been wasted pondering this issue. Best solution? Fine users for the following infractions:
i. Status updates that hint at political allegiances with the EDL
ii. Status updates whilst in labour
iii. Spelling “with” as “wiv”
iv. Stupid chain messages/statuses suggesting that I can help cure breast cancer by sharing my bra size and colour with all and sundry. It isn’t funny, it is just plain creepy.
There are more but I’ll stop there.
3) That Fenton video on YouTube: It is an old dude chasing a dog through a park. I can watch my Dad doing something very similar on a daily basis.
4) Thatcher “nostalgia”: Yes, she’s a powerful woman. This doesn’t mean that I should respect or give a shit about the heinous old cow.
5) Why everyone suddenly became a current affairs pundit/satirist: I blame Twitter for this one. From Hackgate to Higgs Boson, everyone has suddenly decided that their opinions and gags are so important and hilarious that the WHOLE WORLD needs to read them. I really hope 2012 is a slow news year.
6) The Kate Middleton look: Hurrah! Sloane for the 21st Century! That’s just what we need! That “glossy mane”, those pretty but boring frocks – big deal. Just because she wears clothes doesn’t make her a “style icon”.
7) The Rihanna look: Just because she doesn’t wear clothes doesn’t make her a “style icon”.
8) Miranda: She’s still here and I still find her about as funny as a bout of gastric flu with Olly Murs holding the sick bowl and Michael McIntyre mopping my fevered brow.
9) The obscurity of American Horror Story: I predict this will be major in 2012. I’m totally ahead of the curve.
10) How Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj and Nicola Roberts produced such ridiculously catchy songs: HeybabyIthinkIwannamarryboombadoomboomboombadoomboombassdancetothebeatofmydrum.
I hope that you had a great Christmas and wish you the most wonderful, happy and satisfying New Year.
BBxx
I agree with you on Kate Middleton and Rihanna. I don’t think there are any true style icons these days, and calling everyone and their grandma an “icon” just for dressing weirdly / expensively / not at all doesn’t make any sense to me.