Today was a bit of a giggle day.
I can't get into the "Royal Wedding". What a joke! But an even bigger joke is that some women are still trying to cash in on being Princess Diana lookalikes. It seems the whole planet is all in a tizzy about the wedding tomorrow. Given that the only marriage that's lasted in that royal family this century is the Queen's, and that probably because she's so stuffy and dedicated to looking proper, I doubt this one will last.
What is it about the marriage of a stuck up, plastic invention (and you could probably interchange them with that description) to a plain looking twinkie-in-waiting half way around the world that has got everyone so excited? Are some people so dissatisfied with their own lives that they need a little vicarious fantasy to get them through? Actually, I think the media has a hand in it, of course. They've driven a lot of it, and we know how desperate that industry is. Anywhere they can make a buck. The money being spent and made on this stupid wedding would probably go a long way to ending poverty in Prince William's home country. Does he have a plan for that? I doubt it. Like he cares about homelessness, poverty and crime right under his stuck-up nose.
I think I've already alluded to what a JOKE I think the whole Don Brash takes over ACT fiasco is. I despise the way politicians assume joe public is a complete moron and cannot see through their greed and attention-seeking behaviour. Brash was a complete failure as a politician before; what's changed? Except that he's a lot older.
The huge haul of P intercepted at Auckland Airport will stall the trade of the drug in New Zealand by about 30 seconds. As with all serious criminals, they should simply be walked around the back of one of the hangars and shot. Don't care what their circumstances or coercions, shoot them. Get the word out. If you commit serious crime in New Zealand, you get a bullet.
These kinds of surveys, and the conclusions drawn from them really irk me. The "greatest fear" of these people is living in a city apartment? OMG! Who are these people? That's their greatest fear? Yeah...forget being murdered in their sleep; having their children kidnapped and killed; a plague wiping out their posh suburb; or their copy of Avenues not turning up on time. As long as they don't have to live in an apartment, life will be sweet.
What is wrong with this country when the pokies are a valid form of income generation?
Is this the pot calling the kettle black? Ooh...sorry, is that a racist thing to say?
Couldn't you just go on and on. It staggers me, some of the things that go on round here. Sigh.
2 comments:
Hi Peter, I find the Royal family incredibly interesting, and enjoy that from the outside I get to watch this important lab experiment. Right before our very eyes we have a whole family who have grown up in a strange privileged bubble of their ancestors' making, and their biggest fear is being forced out of it. Yet, occasionally they will try to get out with it, to be normal, by attending university, or putting tin cans on their honeymoon car, (that is too dangerous for them to drive out in the real world, but in a cordoned off area with the bullet proof windows up on either side, and detectives in a 4 wheel drive close behind to drive from one palace to another in front of cheering crowds is ok, just this once). I see it as a kind of well-managed and interesting reality TV programme, as if it is legal to raise a boy in the midst of gorillas, or in a dark cellar, convinced that is their normal, except in this case it is legal to raise a whole family in the public gaze and we all get to watch it. Miss you xx
Excellent observations, JP. I particularly like the comparison to their being raised in a dark cellar. I too wonder whether all their wealth and privilege is so cherished. I wonder if any of them would give it all up for a day of anonymity. I doubt it, but for some it might be tempting at least to think about.
At the other end, someone once said nobody walks into public life with their eyes closed. Kate Middleton, while I wish her well, deserves everything she gets.
Miss you too.
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