I once suggested to a client in the bus sector that they should re-brand themselves as Slick Transit and hire a receptionist called Gloria Mundy, just for the joy of hearing her answer the telephone.  Unfortunately none of the management had benefited from a classical education, so it fell on rather stony ground. 

7 June 2006

The only snag with this climate change lark is that there’s no telling where it will stop.  If the real pessimists on global warming have got it right, the polar ice caps will melt and the Gulf Stream will stop, so we’ll end up with the temperatures of Canada rather than Umbria.  The only saving grace I can find in this is that it will also disrupt the current global pattern of trade winds, so with any luck there will be nothing to turn the gigantic windmills with which the eco-fanatics wish to adorn our loveliest hills.  At least that will give the next generation something to laugh about as they hunker down in their igloos.

25 July 2006