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>If there’s one thing I’ve missed in Germany, it’s subtle and witty advertising. Television’s infected with fake dentist’s wives touting toothpaste, middle-aged people being attacked in the middle of the night by snaking, sparking electric wires (you can keep them … Continue reading →

>Saw today that my mate and ex-boss, Gunter, has a flash new Mercedes as his company car. And good on him, too.If you’re one of the head honchos of a big company, you certainly deserve it. I’ve never really placed … Continue reading →

> This a good one. Stephen Dubner, one of the authors of “Freakonomics” (great book, although I prefer Tim Harford’s “The Underground Economist“) was on a domestic Northwest flight in Business. . Didn’t want the meal for a variety of … Continue reading →

>This, I believe, appeared in “Punch” many years ago in response to a survey in “The Observer”. Most Britons still believe in the concept of sin Most Britons and nearly a third believe in hell and the devil according to … Continue reading →

>Or…. ….and I wasn’t even wearing my Hirschhorn Museum t-shirt…

> …..in the year of our Lord MMVII that Moguntium V was cast out into the wilderness of the Divisionum Secundus. And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth and the wearing of sackcloth and ashes. And many of … Continue reading →

It was like being inside a huge breaking wave, with the ceiling rolling and curling above me and dark as dark except for the glints of light piercing the face of the breaker and the soft light flooding from behind. … Continue reading →

>A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that the teller’s name is Patricia Whack. So he says, ‘Ms Whack, I’d like to get a loan to buy a boat and go … Continue reading →