Splink!

Now we'll all remember the Green Cross Code! Should come in handy for Atlantic and Flatbush.

The British Are Disappointed with the World

Times Square being disappointing

Britain's Daily Torygraph today published a poll in which Brits name the most disappointing tourist destinations in the world. The French score the top two spots, but New York also gets a double in the top five. Times Square is just a mall inside a video game, or vice-versa, but when I look at the rest of the list (number eight?!?), I wonder why some people ever leave the house.

Tracklist for Now That's What I Call Shite, Vol. 1:

1) The Eiffel Tower 2) The Louvre (Mona Lisa) 3) Times Square 4) Las Ramblas, Spain 5) Statue of Liberty 6) Spanish Steps, Rome 7) The White House 8) The Pyramids, Egypt 9) The Brandenburg Gate, Germany 10) The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Pram Danger

1979 British public information film with a great Edvard Munch reference.

They have a TV, and they're watching Columbo.

In the UK you have to buy a license once a year to operate a TV set, currently £135.50 (colour) and £45.50 (black and white). In 2006 the TV Licensing's enforcement division caught more than 200,000 people operating a television set without a licence.

Don't Spread Germs!