televisiono

'People have a lot of misconceptions about California, but none of them are really true', says a current ad for that place. Oh, none of those misconceptions are really true, are they? Funny that, because one of my 'misconceptions' about Californians is that they don't properly grasp the concept of 'misconceptions'. Only it seems that this was not a misconception after all...

Advertisements can be irritating. If Dave is alone in the lounge and I hear him mutter: 'Fuck off' it's a dead cert that the ad for match.com has come on. You know, the one that goes:

'I like old movies,
Like Godfather 3.
It isn't considered the best one,
But that's just me.'

It's almost as if 'love' is considered to be more important than a basic grounding in film appreciation. And when did Godfather 3 become an 'old movie'? Or is 'that just me'?

Not that the programmes are much better. I saw Julia Bradbury on Countryfile quite overcome by the sight of some starlings flocking. 'It's so kaleidoscope!', she burbled. 'It's like I'm watching it in 3D!' But - you are, aren't you?