Despised

Archive for June, 2007

So, getting near that time when my other half insists that we go on vacation and starts sending me links on what she considers to be ’suitable’ destinations.

Algarve villas are supposed to excite me, apparently, despite the fact that they all look the bloody same and also never look quite like that when you get there.

This year she seems to have set her mind on a Vale Do Lobo villa vacation. All I can say is ’same old, same old’.

I hate the planning of the vacation, I hate the bloody airport fiasco, I hate the bloody passengers on the plane, particularly the stupid couple who insist on bringing a 3 month old baby with them that screams the whole bloody journey.

It gets worse when get there.

I despise the whole bloody tourist crap – thousands of shops selling stupid bloody hats, sunglasses and cheap leather goods that smell funny when you get them home.

However, I don’t despise the actual countries I visit – the only reason I allow myself to be dragged through the experience is for that one or two days when I can get away from the other tourists and go visit somewhere ‘real’ with ‘real’ local people and food.

Wish me luck

Yep – another easy target I know but WTF

People who watch soap operas are sad bastards who need to live their lives by proxy because their real lives are so pointless.

Not even real lives mind -  most of these soap opera villages, towns and cities are bloody deathtraps that would qualify for UN aid if they were real.
The amount of murders, rapes and abuse that happens in each mythical soap town is a sad reflection on the interests of Mr and Mrs NoMates, the typical Soap Opera viewer.

I despise soap opera fans, but not as much as I despise the devious bastards behind the soap operas. The TV companies employ people to sit there and try and get into the minds of Mr and Mrs NoMates in an attempt to come up with a plot that will make them stay watching at least until the next commercial break (or in the case of Beeb, make sure they are popular enough to distract people from the high licence fee)

Jeez what a job that must be.

PS
Seems I am not the only one pissed off with some of the people behind soap operas – ironically "Now Wash Your Hands‘  seem to have upset someone in their efforts to produce a soap opera game for the BBC. Ironic really, ’soap’ – ‘now wash your hands’     Hahahaha!