Cars and their Tag Lines

The other month I had the radio on and was trying not to listen to the adverts but without helping myself heard the most ludicrous & completely meaningless tag line. Since then I’ve started noticing others especially those thought up by car manufacturers. So I thought I’d share some with you, although you might not thank me …

Subaru
When You Get It, You Get It (ugh?)

Ford
Feel The Difference (from …?)

Volkswagen
Relieves Gas Pains (mmmmm, that’s better!)

Toyota
Build Your Toyota (what for? I thought Toyota built them!)

Pontiac
We Are Driving Excitement (what happened to the car?)

Kia
The Car that Cares (aargh!)

Skoda
Bigger, Better, Happier (who me, or the car?!)

Cadillac
The Penalty of Leadership (no,you’ve lost me!)

SAAB
Move your mind (I’d prefer it to stay where it is!)

Nissan
Which 4x4 are you? (none of them – I’m not a car!)

Vauxhall
Self assured with a dash of cheekiness (I give up!!!)

If you come across any others please let me know. Perhaps we could start up our own awards ceremony for the worst!

And to finish this blog entry here’s a funny story about another ad …
comparethemeerkat.com is one of Jeff’s favourites. Now we both like watching birds in our garden and one species just happens to have black feathers on its head from which it gets its name ‘Blackcap’. A couple of weeks ago before he went to work Jeff left a black cat shaped oven glove and a note headed DON’T BE CONFUSED on my desk. The note also had two arrows, one pointing to the glove with the words ‘comparetheblackcat.com’ and the other out into the garden with the words ‘comparetheblackcap.com’. I laughed out loud.

Les

PS Yes, I know it's not Friday but better late than never!

To twitch or not to twitch!

Now let’s get this straight right from the start – I am NOT a twitcher! But I do enjoy watching birds - in my garden, on Gower, Mid Wales when we go there at Easter, and anywhere else in Britain for that matter – but no I do not dash across the country to see some rarity that has rather foolishly ended up in Britain as its been blown off course. I say foolishly as it can’t possibly have imagined all the incessant clicking of camaras by hundreds of birding fanatics – the aforesaid mentioned ‘twitchers’ – that it would have to endure just because it took a wrong turn! True I do belong to the RSPB – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds – but for me bird watching has got to be more relaxed than that. These days I don’t even have to leave my desk, just pick up the bins that I always keep handy (lovely little pair that I won in an RSPB raffle!) and take a look.

So what do we get in our garden? Well, there’s always been the usual suspects like blackbirds, robins, sparrows, blue tits & magpies, but also the larger common birds such as pigeons, collared doves, and crows - recently a pair of jackdaws have taken a fancy to the fat balls we’ve been putting out. Funnily enough it’s only the last couple of years that we’ve really bothered with bird food, as over the years we’ve been lucky enough to get quite a few interesting species without really trying. So my apologies to those not into birds as for the rest of this article I’m going to be bird-name dropping like nobody’s business!

For a good while now an ever increasing family of goldfinch have used our apple tree as a stopping off point between two other gardens. And other shrubs & bushes have brought winter visitors like long tailed tits – so pretty & delicate – plus this year for the first time with the bitterly cold weather numerous redwings. But the varied array of bird food has finally paid off as we’ve been getting regular visits by a male Blackcap - see the handsome chap at the top of the article. Formerly just a summer visitor these now stick around all year. But then why wouldn’t he? After all this is Wales – not only land of song, rugby & beer, but also the tastiest tucker any bird could ask for!

Les

All New Singing & Dancing Blog!

It's a new year, a new month, a new day, and a new blog.

But the sharp eyed amongst you will realise that I mentioned this in my Christmas Letter saying that I was going to start writing it regularly. Well, I seemed to have completely ignored the month of January - so much for new year's resolutions! But all that is going to change - just you wait & see.

Seriously folks, from this week look out for a new item every Friday - a mix of what I'm doing, my observations on life, and some 'funnies' to lighten the mood. So enjoy!

Les