Big Brother
So Channel Four has finally pulled the plug on Big Brother.
I shall not be missing it, as I have only watched a few episodes in all the years it has been running.
What always gets me about these reality shows, is that the only one that has been real entertainment is I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! And why? The contestants tend to be a lot brighter than the fame-wannabees and dundaheads on Big Brother and often work together to turn the program against the makers. A lot of the winners have been really nice people, which contrasts sharply with Big Brother.
Let’s hope it’s replaced with something more worthwhile.
But then I tend not to watch Channel 4, as the programmed are always interrupted by adverts.
Robbers Wearing Burkhas
There has been a series of robberies where a man is dressed from head-to-toe in a burkha.
I hope this isn’t going to start being a trend!
But as the Daily Mail reports.
There have been growing concerns over the use of burkhas and other Muslim clothing to conceal criminals’ identities.
Somali Mustaf Jama, one of the armed gang that shot dead PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford, reportedly escaped from Britain after hiding his face behind a traditional Muslim woman’s niqab and using his sister’s passport.
We ban people going into banks and many other places in crash helmets. So should we stop people going into such places with their face hidden?
I suspect that I’d be stopped from entering my bank with a silly rubber mask on. And rightly so!
The Artificial Cannabis Factory
I like this story.
Tom Butler has been hiring artificial flowers to people for fifty years. He was rather surprised when he got raided because someone had tipped off the police that all the luxuriant growth were cannabis plants.
On the other hand, the publicity about the story won’t be doing his business any harm!
Fake Goods in Naples
I have read that France and Italy are fining people and even putting them in jail for having fake goods in their possession. I don’t think it has much to do with stopping the practice, but with raising money.
Perhaps I am a bit of a goody-goody, but I don’t buy fake goods. On the other hand, according to my Dorling Kindersley travel guide approximately half of all the fake goods in Europe come in thrpugh Naples.
If most come through one place, wouldn’t it be a good idea to police the port there properly.
The Anonymous Widower 