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BoFdate 28th May 2008
Living is becoming a bit of a costly business is it not? In
fact, were it not for a few inconvenient laws and the odd moral issue, we at
the BoF would consider buying a bolt gun and offering the public a practical,
affordable alternative to living. Although knowing our luck, Microsoft will
have beaten us to it. Instead we’ll have to go on struggling like everyone
else, because it would seem that more and more people simply can’t afford to
live their daily lives. Or can they? read more
BoFdate 18th May 2008
There’s a lot of hate out there. And most of it is heading towards you ladies,
I’m afraid. A survey from Marketing Magazine has provided some
excellent marketing for Marketing
Magazine and also revealed that the top five most loved celebrities are
men, while four of the top five most hated are women. Does this mean we are still a patriarchal
society, spinning misogynistic narratives of objectified women? read more
BoFdate 13th May 2008
Love and Marriage, love and marriage – they go together like
a horse and carriage, apparently. And, like a horse and carriage, it would
appear that love and marriage have become somewhat outdated. This week, Cardinal
Murphy-O'Connor declared that in his view “the breakdown of marriage in my view
is one of the greatest evils of our day”. And the man’s got a point. Alongside
the poncho’s inexplicable return to popularity a couple of years ago, the
breakdown in marriage has caused The BoF no end of concern. read more
BoFdate 11th May 2008
The dirty nappy of shame has once again wrapped itself
around the incontinent ass of British television. Not content with swindling the mentally
challenged out of their hard earned jobseekers allowance with unwinnable
premium rate phone-in competitions, ITV has now stooped to a new low by
fiddling the gold standard of broadcasting, the Comedy Awards. “The People’s Choice Award” was handed over
to Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway when,
inexplicably, the people chose The
Catherine Tate Show. Were ITV merely
exercising good taste? Sadly not. read more
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