The recent news headlines feature Novak Djokovic ... will he or wont he be allowed to
defend his title in the Australian open?....the coverage includes his fans protesting in
the streets as to the announcement by the authorities that he has not complied with
the covid regulations.....and this is HEADLINE news....I am a tennis fan and an
admirer of Novak's talent but IT'S A GAME OF TENNIS....that's all....it belongs in the
sport section at the end of the news....not in the headlines....there's far more
important stuff going on in the world.
Then we are told that energy prices are going to increase by 50% and this will
seriously affect the lower paid....with scaremongering headlines like "Heating or
Eating?"...which really helps the situation....what we don't seem to have been told is
WHY....or have I missed something.....it's a good job you can't buy boxes of energy
from Tescos otherwise you would see our nation of sheep with their supermarket
trollies piled high with these boxes of energy.....I don't suppose it's anything to do with
money?...not much.
Another piece of "news" was regarding the gay Irish bloke who wanted a wedding
cake made for him and his future "husband"...he wanted a cake with the two of them
set in the icing on the top.....the cake shop refused to make it because of their
religious beliefs....so the Irish guy considered he was being discriminated
against.....it gets better....he took the cake shop to court and lost the case ....so he
took it to a tribunal and lost the case again....he is considering taking it to the human
rights lot and hopefully he will lose that case......you couldn't make this up....where the
shop went wrong was mentioning "religious beliefs" they should have just refused to
do it full stop....what people don't understand is a sale is a contract where there has
to be an offer and an acceptance......the offer is made by the buyer not the seller.....if
the latter refuses, which he is entitled to do, there is no contract......putting items on
display is not an offer it is known as an "invitation to treat" which invites the buyer to
make an offer which the seller can either accept or refuse....case closed.
On the entertainment front I decided to watch the new series of The Apprentice with
Lord Sugar making his many over the top entrances into the boardroom to a shower
of young hopefuls ... each one convinced they are the ones to make a fortune.....I
must admit it is quite entertaining....and it's always good to see some over confident
whiz kid get shot down in flames.......his Lordship sets them some nasty tasks and
must be laughing his socks off when he watches it back.....nice to find something that
is worth watching on the television.
I was listening to the radio in my car and a song came on by Leona Lewis....what a
fantastic voice...for me she is the most under rated singer around....she is up there
with the best....which brings me to the other end of the scale.............
This weeks "one of the worst records ever made " spot features, once again,Yoko
Ono......it is called War Zone.....there's not a lot you can say about it really.....it is
beyond me.....maybe it's me....maybe it's a masterpiece?.....maybe not.
