The Artesea

Several reports in the papers about Labours plans to scrap happy hour, but what I want to know is how far do they plan to go with banning drinks promotions.

Personally I believe in a free market for both Tobacco and Alcohol sales, I would allow both manufactures and retailers to price the product and promote it according to the market (although banning any advertisements to those under the current legal age).

What the government have done to Tobacco and what they plan to do to Alcohol is a disgrace.

I can understand the worries about happy hour, with 18-21 year olds get tanked up in an hour, but if a bar needs to raise it income during the more empty hours of 6-7, then why can’t it apply a drinks promotion.

Will we also see the banning of 2 for 1, or even a £1 a pint? Is 3 for 2 ok? What about 50p off? 10p?

Or will pub, bars and off-licenses only be able to sell drinks at the manufactures advised price. Thus removing all competition in the market, but ensuring that those young kids aren’t encouraged to buy more drinks than they can handle?

Something in Heather’s house has made me ill, and now I have a Lesley Ash bottom lip, and a Jimmy Hill chin.

Just waiting for a chemist to open, to get those antibiotics.

Haven’t been posting for a while, mainly because my new house didn’t have

a) my computer

b) a phone line (well BT had reconnected the line, it just happened that we didn’t actually have a physical line into the house)

My new room is small (really small), although the large kitchen and living area makes up for this. The house is very pink, but that’s because I live with two female art students.

I’m still looking for that £40k/year IT job, however until then, I’m going to temp for Banks Cargill doing admin and data entry work.

Good to see the Tories (well one of them) not getting Kids TV, Dick and Dom, really aren’t much different to Tiswas.

Today I gave blood. It’s my 6th pint, and I’ll continue to give blood every 4 months until they tell me to stop.
I’m not going to preach and tell everyone else to do it. For starters they have stupid rules which mean a number of you aren’t able to do it, and I also know why people might be scared of needles.

Some of the biggest fuss about Jerry Springer the Opera is this

a nappy-wearing Jesus confessing he is “a bit gay”

Daily Mail

Now can somebody point out the “nappy” on the picture on the right?
You can’t. That’s because in Act III, Jesus is wearing a loincloth, as per the picture on the left.
In Act I, Montel wears a nappy. These are not the same character!
And what exactly is so wrong about somebody saying they might be “a bit gay” then?

Have you just watched Jerry Springer the Opera on BBC2? Did you enjoy it?

Why not tell the BBC, and also Ofcom (you can contact them now that the show has been aired).

If you loved the show, or would like to try and count the swear words and work out if the BBC estimate of 300 was correct, or if it was more like the 8000 the Daily Mail were claiming, then you can buy the soundtrack from Amazon.

Yay!!!

A bit random this post, but does anybody know why the West Wing is only scheduled for 50 minutes on Channel 4 and E4?
Now checking the episodes I have, they last 42 minutes without the ad breaks. This is the same length as ER, 24 and Desperate Housewives, yet they have an hour.

Have you come across my blog because I’m campaigning against those who are campaigning against Jerry Springer the Opera being screened on BBC2?
Do you disagree with me?
If so, I think I need to teach you the wonders of the TV and the Remote Control.

When a programme is on that you don’t like, you pick up the Remote Control with either hand, and using your fingers, you can press a button, which will:
a) change the channel to BBC1 (normally the one with 1 on it, although UP or LEFT should work), which is showing Billy Conolly and Match of the Day
b) change the channel to ITV1 (the one with 3 on it, or try DOWN or RIGHT), which is showing Ultimate Force and The Eiger Sanction
c) change the channel to Channel 4 (although if you don’t like Jerry, I’m guessing your not going to like Jackie Brown)
d) one of the other 100′s of channels that might be available to those with Cable, Satellite or Freeview
e) TURN IT OFF (normally the Red button at the top)

It’s really that easy!