Still woefully behind on Lost

( something nice back home )

Two random brainthinks of the ranty persuasion

1 - at what point, exactly, did Playboy's Marketing Team sit down and say; 'You know what bracket we're missing out on selling to? Children. As a soft porn publication, don't you think that we're missing out on a lot of potential revenue from the under-16s. Not little boys, obviously, there's a wealth of porn on the internet now, why would they bother buying the magazine. No, we're talking about little girls. If sexuality - or, more importantly, pornography's image of sexuality - is pushed enough to little girls, and they're made to feel that becoming a porn star, stripper or glamour model is not only a genuine aspiration for a child, but the only valid aspiration there is, imagine how many pencil tins, school bags and academic year diaries we'll be able to flog with our brand attached! Somebody call the printer's and tell them to start making up Playboy Bunny TShirts for 11 year olds right this minute, before somebody notices that it's actually a completely fucked up concept.'

2 - why do some blokes think that touching his girlfriend's buttock in public is not enough and actually walk around with their middle finger parting their partner's bumcrack and practically inserting said digit into her nether eye, through her jeans? I'm all for a sly bit of botty-squeezing, it's rather sweet and fun to do, since Hubs has a very nice bottom, but this crosses the line from a cheeky pat on the rump to full-on, very public anal goosing. And I can never look away! It's like a car wreck. A bizarre high street car wreck where a couple are merrily ignoring the fact that the man has his finger on the woman's bumhole and seem to expect everyone else to do the same.

That is all. Feeling a bit hormonal and crotchety, as you've probably guessed!