For those of you dull enough to read my randomized noodling on here, you might have seen a rather cutting critique of the Guardian's Saturday listings magazine "The Guide" and in particular their scribbler one Pete Cashmore. Those even more lacking in worthwhile work time distractions such as Porn, Youtube videos of people being hurt or even a copy of Microsoft Solitaire might even have read the exchange between myself and Mr Cashmore or an even sadder individual pretending to be the same. It's covered such magnificent topics as terms of abuse and their correct application, male pattern baldness and vanity googling, i promise you, it really is dull as fuck.
But i digress, on the weekend there was included in 'The Guide' a lazy flowchart thrown together with clearly less than a full half hour's hard work, that purported to be an easy way to distinguish which Summer event of the weekend you where at. I have to applaud the boy Cashmore on one particular line in what was essentially a bit of filler, that did make me giggle.
"are you standing in actual sewage? Congratulations, you are at Glastonbury".
Nicely done. A witty confluence of all my own favorite prejudices against festivals in general, Glastonbury in particular, and especially the sort of wellyboots and shorts wearing, personal hygiene ignoring, Strongbow chugging inadequates who attend.
"Less than half an hour"! You cheeky young reprobate! It took me thirty-four minutes (including tea and cakes break)!
ReplyDeleteStill The Real Pete Cashmore
Thirty four minutes? I bet that's not what you billed.
ReplyDeleteFair play though, you know what they say about Shakespeare and monkeys.
They actually developed that theory with me as the experimental monkey army.
ReplyDeleteNext weekend, my Basshunter review at least justifies 2p of the cover price.
STRPC
PS. They don't pay us per minute at the Graun, they pay us per correctly spelled word.
ReplyDeleteAh thats either spelling pedantry, the last resort of the Internet Cad, or a line stolen from a 1986 issue of Private Eye.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, this Basshunter review, does it include the phrases "Big Brother sex pest", "Imagination challenged Hurdy-Gurdy pop lunk" and "Producing music for the certified deaf and those who believe that trousers with writing on them are an acceptable fashion choice" ??
If not I shall think less of you.