We see them every day, everywhere we go, whatever we do - advertisements for products and services plastered in front of our faces. And of course it is a huge business. Good advertising tricks the average person into believing that they need a product or service even when they don't, and the tricks are usually sublimal and well constructed. They play on a person's imagination and portray life as dismal and pointless without the given product in their possession. The thing is, we all know this advertising technique and yet we still get caught. This is the true sign of just how effective good advertising can be for businesses. But some advertising goes too far. Sit down and watch TV for a night/day and take notice of what is advertised most. A few stand out in my opinion: toilet rolls, shampoos, new cars, shaving products, tooth cleaning products, perfume, car insurances and mortgage lending serices. I live in England, so maybe it is different in your part of the world, but I imagine you have certain products that stand out above the others, no matter where you are located. And they are definitely way over the top. Take toilet rolls for example ...

It's all about the race. I can't wait!

Had an interesting turn of events recently, something that has never happened to me before at any rate. Woke up one morning last week to find the number plates on my car had been stolen. Nothing else done to the car - luckily it has a fairly good security system - but finding the plates missing pissed me off completely! Amazingly, the police classed this as a priority issue and were here within an hour, so I had my crime log number and reference number within a couple of hours too. Good work on the part of the police, but is that it? Is this little episode in my life over? No, not by a long shot it seems. So far it has cost me only £13.00 to replace the plates after a visit to my local MOT car parts establishment. [It still blows me away that I could actually purchase new number plates so easily on a Sunday morning, but that's life in the UK for you.] However, the police warned me that I could [make that should] expect some nasty surprises in the mail within a few weeks and maybe even some knockings on the door as ...