I am back for those rants I told you about… only two I am afraid but I am sure you will enjoy them both heartily.

Firstly, music…

I detest lyrics that make me squirm the same as I detest the sort of television programmes that make me cringe (The Office for example). Whilst cooking last Saturday I had an old CD on. Pure Swing IV, a lovely throwback to when R ‘n’ B was certainly NOT “Rubbish ‘n’ Bland”. There are a long list of great songs on there, most of which don’t feature on the first half of the first CD unusually enough, but the one that stuck in my head was a line from R Kelly’s song “You Remind Me Of Something”.

Now as a song it isn’t the best in his back catalogue but it does still deserve an occasional listen. But there is one line that makes me do the whole squirmy thing. “Girl you look just like my car”. Simple but ineffective at not making me shake in my shoes and wince. Why would anyone ever describe their other half as looking like a vehicle.!??! Ok, I am well aware I have dated/chased some women that deserve to be serenaded with the line “Girl you look just like a bus” but I wouldn’t say it to their faces (and no I didn’t decide what sort of bus). Such an odd analogy but with Mr Kelly’s credentials then perhaps predictably so.

Secondly… Fat kids… as usual.

A complaint has been made against the Wii Fit software for calling some 11 year old girl fat despite the fact she is the correct weight for her size. Err… so.? Any one with any kind of common sense would see that Wii Fit is designed for adults more so than children. If you input my height and weight, such as it is, it asks “is there anyone actually stood on the pad”. Similarly if you input Jo Brand’s critical stats then it asks at least one person to step off the pad.

But as with most games, no matter how “casual” their nature, then there should be an amount of supervision. When it comes to the question of controlling the weight and fitness levels of an eleven year old girl then you should be taking some responsibility surely. Then again, are you the kind of parent who would just buy your child GTA 4 and not worry about the age restriction or anything like that.? Rather than get Nintendo to change or apologise for something that makes no difference to the world, why not shut the hell up and send your daughter out for a bit of a jog. Actually go with her and stop talking to the press and then we, well I, will be more than fucking happy with your lack of ability to prevent the entire country wanting to hurt you almost as much as we all hate the McCanns.

Hmmmm, typing that I just noticed something. I have lost the ability to really get going when it comes to having a good rant. You know why.? Because for a change I am actually happy. I just hope this hasn’t caused me to lose my love of getting wound up over simple things and typing them out on here.! We shall see.

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