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So I found this amazing clip on you tube but each time I try and post it here the link just refuses to show itself or even link to the clip, which as it's a LINK is a bit poor.

This is the url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k Copy and paste. It's so worth it !

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NOW THE LINK WORKS !!!!!


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After sitting quietly on this for a few weeks and observing some of my friends communication with Innocent I have made the following conclusions.

Firstly. Innocent do seem happy to engage in debate regarding the Coke issue which is to their credit. However what I have noticed from the various responses I heave read is that they are somewhat generic, but to be fair if a lot of people are asking the same sort of questions then I guess the same sort of answers will be given.

Secondly. In their communications Innocent state that they are not here to defend Coke but then go on to do just that.


So I decided to take a different tack on this one.

Innocent are currently preparing for their AGM and have opened up an online AGM forum. http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/innocent_drinks/2009/05/ou.html

It seems that quite a few people have taken this opportunity to express their views on the Coke deal. As a result of this Innocent have asked that all these comments be directed to the open blogs on their site regarding this matter.

So I did a little more searching and found a thread that says “What next in the world of smoothies” which is the link above.

This it what I wrote.

“In light of your recent acceptance of an investment from Coke may I suggest the following two flavours for new smoothies.

1. The Columbian. You could colour it Blood Red in remembrance of the trade union workers murdered at Cokes Columbian bottling plants.
2. The Villager You could lace this with all manner of chemicals in recognition of Cokes pollution of the rivers that feed Indian villages and Cokes manufacture of a water intensive product in a water deficient area”

This did in fact make it to the thread which I was pleased about. However it didn’t last long and this morning it was gone.

I feel that I kept on topic. They obviously had other ideas.

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I have come to a descision that has taken at least a year to reach. It is time to massively de-clutter and therefore I shall be getting rid of my Star Trek Videos. These comprise of all 7 seasons of DS9 and Voyager, the First 6 movies, most of season 7 of TNG and a handful of the original series.

If anybody wants these they are up for grabs, free of charge because lets face it they're not worth much anyway.

Let me know if you're interested

Adverts.

Some you love, eg the new Barclaycard Advert, now who out there doesn't want their own personal waterslide and a song from the 70's that just grows and grows on you. Thank you itunes !!

Some you hate, and this is the point of this ranty post.

Coca Cola. Now I have, for as long as I can remember, detested Coca Cola adverts. Even before I found out that the Coca Cola company supported the Hitler Youth, drained much needed water from villages in India just to make more of their product and turned a blind eye to violence used against Columbian union members.

What has always bothered me is the claim that your life will be better if you drink Coca Cola, you will be a better person, your friends will like you more and you will be, in general, happier. Of courseI know that is the whole point of advertising but I am wise enough to know that a mixture of sugar, carbonated water and various flavours will not do any of the above for me.

But, and I'm arriving at my point, what really hacks me off is the Christmas Coca Cola advert. The one with the fleet of trucks and lots of smiley happy families rejoicing that their most favourite beverage in the world is arriving in their town.there they are lining the road as they watch the trucks with Santa holding a bottle of Coke pictured on the side.

And this year it's even worse. They're showing 5 second clips in between the ads that are on during a commercial break and playing their annoying jingle. So in fact each commercial break you get 2 maybe 3 showings of it.

Again I'm wise enough to change the channel or mute the sound as I frequently find myself doing but others are not and my fear is that they will associate this time of year with a sugary carbonated drink and not what they should be celebrating and that's a religious holiday. And I'm not just talking Christainity here, there are many religious significances aroung this time of year that are in danger of being overlooked because, as the Jingle says "Holidays are coming" ooh look and what happens when the holidays come. Big trucks full of Coke. Not a Winter solstice, Birth of Jesus, Diwali, Ede or any other you care to mention in sight.

I've picked up a book in stores and put it back a couple of times. It's the new Mark Thomas and it's an expose on the Coca Cola Company. Tomorrow I'm buying it. He's on my wavelength.

Thank Goodness someone is. I fear there aren't many of us left.

I haven't watched it for years. The last time I was even remotely interested was Big Brother 2.

I had no plans to bother with this years show either (Big Brother 9) however I was at a friends last night and they were watching the grand opening of the Big Brother house and the entrance of 13 housemates so i watched it with them.

I have already decided who I like and who I dislike, which means that for the next 93 days I'm gonna have to watch and see if my first impressions are true.

Yes I have already discussed it at work.

Yes I have checked out the official web site.

Yes I'm hooked.

I Like !!!

The Movie !!

It's true.

It's a muscial.

That's all I know.

Fraggles.

In a movie.


*Beams*

So, my boss tells me he needs my urgent help to log various items on the system "urgently"

He's currently part way through a 20 minute discussion on pottery.

Meanwhile I'm sitting here waiting for him while my work continues to pile up.

Go Figure !!!

I made the sky news forum !

You may have to scroll through to see my comment but it's definately there


Here's the link.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1306926,00.html

Smiled all the way through it !!!!

And seeing that remided me of this guy. I think he's a legend !!!

Why can't a guy and a girl be really close friends without some f*ckwit making all sorts of remarks about them boning one another.

P*sses me right off.

I don't do New Year Resolutions, I believe that if you are going to start something / give something up etc then just go ahead and do it, don't wait for New Year (I found out recently that that is something I have in common with Will Smith! )

However, having said that I have decided that this year I'm going to do a couple of things. These aren't resolutions, just things I'm going to do.

Number 1. Play more basketball. This is something I used to do years ago. Three, four sometimes five times a week I would play, either on my own or with friends and if I'm honest I got quite good, I made the team in a local league and it was there that I scored the best basket I have ever scored. Anyway I want to take it up again. Not to get good and get on a team simply because when I was playing I enjoyed it so much. And I want to take advantage of the fact that having given up smoking for 27 months I am fit enough to be able to play again.



Number 2. Read more. I used to read loads. I haven't read a book in ages. Simple as that !!

Last night I watched "Survival" For those that don't know, Survival is the last "Classic" Doctor Who episode. After watching the episode I watched several of the DVD's special features, including "Endgame", a documentary talking about what would have happened to the show if it hadn't been cancelled.

After watching all of this something odd happened. I was left with the feeling that something wonderful had just finished and how could they do it to me. That was odd because I am a Johnny come lately fan and I have a plethora of old Who episodes that I have not seen and they all (with the possible exception of "Timelash") are, I'm sure, going to be amazing to watch and will keep me in new undiscovered Who for months to come.

But I still can't shake that feeling.

Goodness only knows how the die hard fans must have felt when it actually happened.

The Guy in the background over Elvis' shoulder is it me or isn't it even I can't tell !!!

This past weekend I went to Manchester. This is a journey that I have undertaken Many times, always by car. This time I decided to take the train and booked a Virgin Pendolino from Watford to Manchester Picadilly. This is the first time I have taken a long train journey in a very very long time. I was quite looking forward to siting down and reading for a few hours. Far more relaxing than driving up there.

I got on the trian at Watford and the train was full as the journey had started form Euston. Alas my seat was taken, despite the fact that it said reserved. Folowing discussions with two members of staff this probelem was resolved entirely satisfactorily as the nice people put me in first class where there were available seats and I quite happily read my book in comfort.

Coming back from Manchester was, for me, just as easy. Because I was boarding the train at its starting point I had no trouble finding my seat. Other people were not so lucky. The passenger behind me, when asked if the seat next to her was taken said "No but I need somehwere to put my luggage" That however did not sit well with the Gentleman asking the question and her luggage was soon removed from said seat.

Later on in the journey after Luggage Lady had left the train the seat was again occupied and we stopped at a station where a lady boarded and wanted to sit in this seat as she had booked it. Unfortunately the sign above the seat said that it was available and the chap who occupied the seat refused to move even though this lady had clearly booked the seat simply because the sign above did not say reserved. The lady left and I never saw her again (I hope she was also moved to first class as I was)

So my conclusion is this.

Train travel would be a joy if it were not for the rudeness of the British Public.

I am on Holiday. I Cannot tell you where or what I am doing But I am on holiday and it is fab.

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