Today's 'Only In The Guardian' bit.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Really. Only in the Guardian...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/30/marco-p ierre-white-jamaican-dish-knorr-advert (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/30/marco-pierre-white-jamaican-dish-knorr-advert)

[Berni]

female columnists and bloggers would have exactly nothing to write about.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Snin]

it seemed to be crumble an oxo cube into mince ..job done..!

[Berni]

Which way does it lean politically now?

[Snin]

[Snin]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

As though a bad recipe designed to flog stock cubes can be a form of oppression. Seriously, you do wonder how hard-up people have to be for examples of cultural insensitivity.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

and so on; but the power of the Islington-lovey coterie of Caitlin Moran and India Knight is now such that I am considering cancelling my subscription. After 30 years :-(

[Ashberto]

Tory politics is supposed to be instinctive, isn't it? As in, if you have to think about it you're not doing it right.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

But more importantly, have you read his South American travelogue 'Inca Cola'? It was the book that first really made me want to travel :cloud9:

[Berni]

average socialist, you mean? ;-)

[Ashberto]

have left me cold to such exploits. I now spend my holidays meditating on industrial architecture in places like Halifax.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The mysteries of the bush? The smells of the sub-continent?

What were these unfortunate experiences?

[Snin]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Cocaine-Eaters-Brian-Moser/dp/9997 555643 (http://www.amazon.com/The-Cocaine-Eaters-Brian-Moser/dp/9997555643)

great travel book imo

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

:-|

[Ashberto]

to a higher level of, erm, productive forces. etc.

What you've described there is a criminal. And we all know they vote for right wing parties.

[Berni]

[Ashberto]

Nor was getting mugged in Amsterdam, or losing my passport and money etc in Crete, or having my companion assulted there, or being cold and hungry in several corners of Europe.

Also, I just love dear old Blighty.