Reality Bites

Okay, readers of my blog, and knowers of my ramblings will know that I'm not the biggest fan of reality TV. Big Brother, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and The X Factor  have slowly but surely become thorns in my side. When they were legitimate psychological and psychosocial experiments, they were fine! Brilliant elements of entertainment that would adorn our TV screens at least once...

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Book Review: Dial M For Merde- Stephen Clarke

Having been a keen reader of Stephen Clarke's "Merde" series so far, I felt obligated, yet excited to read the latest installment in the series. Clarke's fast paced, first-person tales of travel and tedium, centred around the character of Paul West entertained, enthralled, and humoured me; from his bureaucratic cock-ups in Paris, to his relationship break-downs in London, and the charms of America....

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But If You Have To Explain It, Is It Still Comedy?

As some of you may know, I do standup comedy in my spare time. Although I'm more of the good-natured, ramble-on, just-keep-talking-and-they'll-laugh type, and I'm far from a Frankie Boyle fan, I feel a need to defend him here.Sharon Smith, who has a five year old daughter with downs syndrome, was on radio five live this morning, complaining that she saw Frankie Boyle for his "cutting, clever" sense of humour, and then became quickly upset when Boyle started making fun of downs syndrome.No offence...

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Brown Borrows Blair Bounce

As we all know, election day is almost upon us. Listening to the grapevine, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Gordon Brown is almost certainly going to be receiving the political beating-of-all-beatings. Backed by "Chancellor Boring", and his very own "Merry Band of Backstabbers", our current Prime Minister needs all the help he can get in order to claw back every ounce of public support that...

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Entente Cordiale- My Travels In France- Final Part

I assume that most of you know that I’m 17, and that I try to be as mature as I possibly can [bar the fart jokes, toilet jokes, and sex jokes]. With that in mind, would you think less of me if I said that I thought Disneyland Paris was MINDBLOWING? I’ll admit now that I’m not much of a rollercoaster kind of guy: I’m the type of person who would rather get in a bumper car, and adhere to as many road traffic laws as I can, whilst displaying an air of decorum as every other person smashes into me...

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Entente Cordiale- My Travels In France- Part 2

[Day 2] The roads of Paris reminded me of a cross between the villages of Spain, and London. The driving conditions, however, reminded me of India. I don't know what French drivers have for breakfast, but it either makes them super-courageous, or super-blind. Upon returning to the more civilised roads of Britain, I thought that it was a miracle that, in the weekend I had spent in France, I had managed to escape with both my life, and without any tyre marks on my anatomy. Ducking, diving, and swerving;...

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Entente Cordiale- My Travels In France- Part 1

Being British, the stereotype of the French being narcissistic,  arrogant, overly-suave buggers has forever been around me, and like many others, I have also joined in with the playful banter about our southern neighbours without actually going to France. So my feelings were slightly mixed when I took up the opportunity to go to Paris for a  weekend.[Day 1]Leaving on the 4.31 Eurostar from St. Pancras International, bound for Paris, Gare du Nord, there was a sense of camaraderie between...

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Healthcare Hypocrisy

"You dirty thieves! You dirty thieves! You dirty thieves!" How things have changed since Obama's election over a year ago. A public, which, then, could never be more together, has slowly turned into a public that could never be more apart. An electorate which, then, voted Obama in for healthcare reform, has silently been wishing to impeach him on the same issue. A country, which, then, was proud to be making history, has become a country of regret. Obama, to Americans, was an inspiration, a whirlwind,...

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CoCo go BangBang

It's Saturday 23rd of January. It may be a dark day for many; but nothing haunts more than the clouds at NBC. Bodies lay strewn across studio floors, producers cry in anguish, and there is an eerie silence. Conan has been defeated. ... Okay, maybe not, but tomorrow (tonight in the US) really WILL see the end of the late night war that has plagued and pleasured our TV screens for the past couple of weeks. We've seen it all- bad imitations, ruthless slagging matches, and even the odd protest. Despite...

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CONservative posters

Hi everyone! If you're going by my past posts, you're probably expecting me to rant on about NBC's late night situation, and get all mad about some old guy who's spouting a load of bollocks. But I think Jay Leno can wait for a night. Today, I come bearing political gifts. Those readers from Britain will know that we're facing an election. David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, had a poster...

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Pat Robertson? Spouts more BULLCRAP than Robert Pattinson.

Now, you're probably sitting there going: "Hmm, Ravi, didn't you talk about Pat Robertson yesterday?" And the answer to that, of course, is yes I did. "So why are you talking about him again, Ravi?" Well I will tell you. THE BASTARD INFURIATES ME. Now, I'm not one to bear a grudge, and I hate hating those who are undeserving of it. But this man [who in my eyes, really isn't much of a man at all] is a complete and utter DOUCHE. Now, those of you who know me well, know that I call myself a douche...

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What the hell is up with the world?

I would like to start this post by offering my sympathy and [atheist] prayers to the people who have been affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. I'm going to donate some money later on, and I hope it goes some way to the recovery that will happen over the weeks, months, and years that go by. But there are two major points to this blog post today. Firstly, I want to express my DISGUST at Pat Robertson. After the disaster in Haiti, this televangelist [who I would prefer to call a televasshole]...

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Blasphemy Laws!? Christ on a bike!

Last Friday, as we all know, beckoned in the new year for us all. A new year, a new decade- but more importantly, in Ireland- a new law. Of course, laws are made all the time, and a government can never please everyone. However, this law has caused substantial unrest, and I for one, feel that opposition is justified. It has now been made illegal to blaspheme in Ireland. Illegal to the tone of a €23,562 fine, in fact. As a fan of comedy, it's impossible to not see the irony in this case. If I'm...

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The final Celebrity Big Brother Series!

Yep, that's right. The latest retard convention is upon us!Here we are again, sitting on our butts, watching people who are APPARENTLY famous try and live together in a heavily controlled environment.In the flock this year, we have one whore, and 10 people who have slept WITH a whore. Namely Katie Price.There is only one REAL famous person inhabiting the house, and that's Vinnie Jones. And I think all of us, in harmony, feel that this is too low for Vinnie Jones. Even someone of his standards can...

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