Sunday, January 22, 2006

What is wrong with Sex and the City

Sex and the City is wrong! I will concede that it is mildly amusing however it is not the actual television show per se that I have a grievance with. What really rattles my cage is the following it has, the histerical almost biblical devotion that members of the opposite sex worldwide have for it whether in Germany, Brazil or Scunthorpe.

The S&C fan base, whom I presume to be 90 per cent of all females often say 'It is so true to life' or 'it is so our reality'..........How is this so? none of the people I hear saying this have ever been to New York, and usually they are a good 10 years younger than those four over the hill slappers that make up the show.

It is FICTION, none of the four ever seem to do any work yet lead lives of luxury and money never seems to be an issue as they prance around in their Prada and Gucci bollocks, so 'true to life' my arse.

I think S&C is detrimental to Gender Relations indeed it pours fuel on the flames of the ancient battle of the sexes, primarily because the four smart ar*se characters represent poor role models. The Old Testament states 'though shalt not worship false idols'.
Here is a countdown of the four in reverse order of shitheadedness;


4) At number four we have Charlotte, Admittedly this is the best looking of the four, yet at the same time the geekiest. Can't really find much to complain about her as such she comes in last place in the annoyingness countdown. So much for S&C inspiring an independent emancipated woman, meek Charlotte gets married a virgin to Mr floppy cock..............nice one Charlie not much sex in the city with that choice of bloke.
Conclusion: Boring Geek (best looking of the four though)

3) Samantha is at it every week with some bloke usually about 20 years younger than her, perhaps she should grow old a bit more gracefully. Her presence is actually quite welcome in the show as it guarantees a little bit of smut on every episode. Samantha is hardly a good role model, her equivalent in the real world lets say in the context of Rotherham, South Yorkshire would be the old slapper up the road who the adolescent lads go visit once they are bored of kicking the football. I can imagine Carry's commentary; (though it would be Cazza her colleague from the pie factory) 'Meanwhile across town Sam was getting triple headered for the first time (this week) by Lee, Reece and Darren who were reinacting scenes they saw when they raided Darren's dad's porn stash that previous night'
Conclusion: Old Slapper


2) Carrie, I Can't find anything in particular to demonise her for apart from the fact that she is obviously a gold digger. The final episode actually finished with her settling down with her on off boyfriend, Big (as in wallet not willy). In the words of Mrs Merton 'what originally attracted you to your MILLIONAIRE boyfriend?'. This was after a stint with a Russian millionaire in Paris where little miss sophisticated couldn't fit in, not very wordly are we Cazza!!. She comes in at number two as it is her annoying narration that goes on throughout each episode as she writes stupid irrelevant bollocks in her laptop that has distorted the expectations and rationality of women worldwide.
Conclusion: Goldigging shit stirrer

Number one Shithead from S&C is Miranda.
Miranda is admired by some for her sharp cutting wit. Personally I think she is an obnoxious minger. I imagine she is the type that gets chatted up given the way that certain silly boys think that they will take the easy option i.e. 'she isn't anything special she will be greatful for my attention'. However Miranda is the type that takes more joy from putting people than getting some. Any poor lad who thought he would take the easy option with minger Miranda is in for a shock, sarchasm and rejection would be the order of the day. You should have gone for Samantha mate, Miranda hardly even put out during her honeymoon as I remember. Conslusion: Obnoxious Minger

Disclaimer: I rarely if ever watch Sex and the City though its pretty hard not to pick up a few odds and ends when its been on the telly non stop for the last 5 years, and i've been made to sit through it (and not talk) by former lady friends.

Friday, January 20, 2006

Romário de Souza Faria's Birthday


When I lived in Brazil I used to think Romario was a bit of a tool. Outspoken and arrogant with a god complex, I even used to believe myself that he wasted his talent. Recently I have had to reconsider, o Baixinho or the little'un turns 40 on the 29th of this month. Romario finisehd as top scorer In the Brazilian 2005 season for his mid-table club side Vasco de Gama. To think British football pundits cum in their pants from the odd goal by the 39 year old Teddy Sheringham in his cameo appearances for West Ham this season. Arguing that the Brazilian league is easier than European leagues is misguided, it certainly isn't Scotland! this is the league where the next crop of Ronaldinhos, Adrianos, and Robinhos are making a name for themselves in what is a very demanding, competitive and intense season before moving on to tear European defences to pieces.

So how could I think Romário was a wasted talent? perhaps it was as he never trained properly and when he did it was done seperately from his teamates, he could (can?) regularly be found in nightclub carparks with a young lady 'smoking his pipe' in the earlier hours of the morning before important games. I recognised he was as a footballing genius, but wondered how good he could have been had he tried a bit harder. I must have overlooked the fact that he is a World Cup winner, has won the golden boot and domestic title in every country he has played in with the exception of a brief mercenary stint in Qatar.

Happy 40th Birthday Romario! Training on your own and late night filth sessions in your Mercedes certainly haven't been detrimental to one incredible career. I'm sure Lee Sharpe and Stan Collymoore would have benefitted from your wisdom in balancing a night-life and womanising addiction with a professional football career.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Am I a 'Yindie'?

Having always had a lot of contempt for 'yuppies' and their lifestyles and pretensions, I was a little concerned when I was sent this link from the Independent by my youngest sibling, Captain 'IndieBoy' Beancod.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article338075.ece

There is a new category of person in town the Yindie, 'half-yuppie, half-indie, moneyed urban hipsters aged 20-35 who listen to wry northern indie music on their iPod nanos, and who think Zadie Smith is the pinnacle of alternative fiction.' OK i've got a cheapo MP3 player that only holds 40 songs and i've never been arsed to read a Zadie Smith book though I'm still quite concerned that I may fall into this new category of irritating pretentious young urban smart arse. To confirm whether or not this is the case I did the questionnaire.

Thankfully I did not answer mostly 'B' there were as many Cs as Bs, however the mention of blogs and Googling yourself in the questionnaire means that perhaps I am a borderline case!