Goodbye, good riddance 2009

So it is finally the last day of 2009.

Thank God!

This has been a pretty shit year and I am glad to see the back of it.

The odd good thing has happened this year but it has sadly been outnumbered by bad things.

I said at the end of January it was like the whole world got up on the wrong side of bed on New Year's Day and it stayed that way for the whole year.

Here's hoping 2010 is much better.

Good luck!

You can't wait a few minutes to find a bin you thick necked piece of shit!

Driving home the other day we were driving behind a black Ford Mustang.

All of a sudden, a can came flying out of the window into the grass at the side of the road, quickly followed by another one.

They looked like beer cans.

Can anyone explain the point in that to me?

I can honestly say that if I have a drink in the car, and I don't mean beer, just any drink, when I'm done with it, it does not cross my mind to just throw the can or bottle out of the window.

Most cars are fitted with cup holders these days so is it really that much trouble to keep hold of it until you find a bin?

When we passed the car at the next set of lights, the people in it were typical knuckle dragging neanderthals who think they can do whatever they want and have no consideration for anyone or anything.

Absolute scum.

Different cultures usually have different cultures, that is why they call them different cultures!

There's a guy at work who doesn't quite grasp the concept of different cultures.

He thinks everything all over the world is exactly the same as it is in his back yard.

I tell him about things in England and he can't comprehend a lot of it as he has absolutely no frame of reference for anything different to his own life.

He thinks I'm joking about a lot of things.

A couple of weeks go we were talking about one of the company's offices in Dubai and a customer working in Algeria.

He decided that there was no point in contacting the office in Dubai to get the information the customer in Algeria needed as it was almost Christmas and everyone would be on holiday.

I explained to him that not everyone celebrated Christmas so it would be normal working hours for them so he should still do the work.

This totally blew his mind!

At first, there was a look of confusion plastered across his face and the only word he managed to get out was a mumbled "huh?".

I told him again that not everyone in the world celebrates Christmas.

After a few minutes of considering this statement he declared it untrue.

I assured him that Christmas was a Christian holiday and not everyone celebrated it.

His reply: "Well, they'll still be closed because they know we celebrate it."

What?!?

Do you fast during Eid because you know Muslims do? I still expect to be able to go for a curry if I want to.

I honestly wonder what they teach in US schools when the rest of the world is studying history and geography.

Happy Birthday Jesus Christ. Here's some Harry Potter merchandise.

Christmas?

Bah Humbug!

Mother Nature's wake up call

It's Christmas Eve today and I'm off work.

Time for a nice lie in eh? I don't get to have a lie in very often but something always transpires to make me wake up early on my day off.

Last night it happened to be the loudest thunder storm I have heard in a long time.

The rain was pounding on the bedroom window and it looked liked there was a disco going on in the garden with all the lightning.

Thanks Mother Nature!

Bloody students playing at music!

I've just read the following in Q, the UK's biggest music magazine:

"Idiosyncratic sibling duo The Fiery Furnaces unveil the world's first silent record in February 2010.

Instead of music, it will feature lyrics, musical notations, instructions and illustrations of hypothetical performances for fans to interpret themselves."

Just fuck off!

Some people will do what you tell them!

An update to my post the other day about the internet campaign attempting to put a stop the Simon Cowell's X Factor domination of the Christmas number 1.

Rage against the machine is the official UK Christmas number 1 this year after selling over 500,000 copies. Not bad for a song that is available by download only!

The X Factor winner Joe McElderry sold over 450,000 copies which would have easily been enough for the top spot any other week.

The campaign was definitely good for the writers of both songs but it goes to show people power can still make a difference!