We're Doomed

The British on the whole like a nice little chuckle every now and then at our American cousins (stick with me on this people!). It's a fun little pastime, you know what I mean: statistics about how many US citizens don't know where Iraq is, or video footage showing the "average American citizen" failing at basic knowledge of the world... Over the pond we all have a laugh and congratulate ourselves on being smart.

Sigh.

"A new survey reveals that a quarter of Britons believe Winston Churchill never existed..."

Sigh.

I can't wait until the cockroaches evolve some more and take over...

Out of the loop (?)

For the last few weeks Disney have been advertising Christmas breaks at their Disneyland Paris resort on TV. Well, it was October, but holidays can take some arranging, so I let it slide.

Then Argos (a catalogue shop, not sure if it exists outside the UK) started advertising some Christmas savings that could be made - fair enough, I thought, PS3s and Wiis cost a lot of money and sell out quick (well, the Wii does) - so I let it slide.

Monday: the university bookshop has a Christmas tree up, and tinsel decorating the shop. Today: Tesco has seasonal banners up saying "Merry Christmas!"

I love Christmas, I really, really do, but come on people: it's only the 7th of November...