If you believe that Kate’s classic Shit Song is in the realms of irony then you are seriously mistaken. The clue is in the title.
Guy Fawkes
Imagine if the man, who conceived an idea to bring down the English democracy with cartload of gunpowder, was called Brian Smith.
Putting the clocks back/forward
We suspect is to do with the farmers, but ask anyone in the pub on the night that we are supposed to adjust our clocks (fall back, spring forward – hope that helps) and you generally get a blank expression.
‘I’m Spartacus’
Curtis is a hero of mine. Always has been. As his career has progressed his badger has slowly moved upward, and I admire him for that.
‘Landing’ sweeties
At the ten-minutes-to-landing stage a perfectly coiffured flight attendant offers you a boiled sweetie. This, one assumes, is offered as a way of apology for the next ten minutes of trauma.
‘Fashion’ shows
The reality is anyone can stick a 1930s telephone on their head and call it art – it’s just we don’t want to.