The Last Ditch

Memories are made of this

I was reminiscing with work colleagues today about how my parents banned me from watching The Avengers for a month because, as a fan of Diana Rigg, I complained when an episode was cancelled because of coverage of the assassination of JFK. They say everyone remembers where they were. I was in my bedroom, grounded because of my disrespect for the late President. In fairness, I was only six.

History subsequently showed my parents' reverence for President Kennedy to have been somewhat misplaced. We can forgive him many things, but surely never for inspiring  such unworthy emulators.

One of my colleagues went to YouTube to find out what had so appealed to me about the show. I am not sure it's to be found in this clip. Much as I was impressed by Ms Rigg's undoubted charms, as a confirmed young petrolhead (no-one believes me, but my first words really were "Mercedes Benz") I think it was the Lotus Elan I was actually in love with.

Crazy People (1990)

Link: Crazy People (1990).

Mrs Paine and I were recalling the film "Crazy People" this morning. Older readers will remember it was about a stressed ad executive (Dudley Moore) who enjoys surprising success when his fellow mental patients help him devise such honest slogans as:

"Volvos; they're boxy but they're safe"

We wondered what would happen if political parties took the same approach and over breakfast we came up with:

Labour (pace Sir Bob Geldof):    

Give us your ******* money!

LibDems:                                    

If you like being dumped on, vote for us

Conservatives:                        

We're not nasty anymore, but we could be.

I am sure you must have better suggestions.

Enough quizzes already

You are Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor 100% Magneto 80% Dr. Doom 80% Apocalypse 76% Venom 71% Kingpin 68% Mr. Freeze 67% The Joker 63% Green Goblin 62% Two-Face 62% Dark Phoenix 58% Juggernaut 54% Catwoman 49% Poison Ivy 38% Mystique 30% Riddler 14%

A brilliant businessman on a quest for world domination and the self-proclaimed greatest criminal mind of our time!

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

Which Superhero am I?

You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 85% Iron Man 75% Spider-Man 65% Supergirl 60% Hulk 55% The Flash 50% Wonder Woman 45% Superman 45% Robin 40% Catwoman 25% Batman 20%

Hot-headed.  You have strong will power and a good imagination.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

I am delighted. GL is my favourite superhero. I am slightly nervous about being 60% Supergirl though.

Hat tip to Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe

Terry Watch, because he has a public mandate to be a moonbat

Link: Terry Watch, because he has a public mandate to be a moonbat.

If you have not yet discovered the comic phenomenon and anthropological curiosity that is Councillor Terry Kelly, then Terry Watch, my blog of the week, is the perfect introduction.

Bookmark it, subscribe to it, tattoo the URL on your forearm but do not miss out on your daily dose of pterrydactyl politics. Mind you, be warned. As the poor beast is tethered to the post of his crude intellect, baiting him like this is rather a cruel sport.

Blog Trends

This is an interesting feature over at IceRocket.com. You can type in 1-3 search terms and get a graph plotting how often they have been mentioned in blogs in the last 1, 2 or 3 months.

There has to be some more creative use of it than in the example above (click for readable version)