You know something? I think we may have been a bit unkind to The Spice Girls.
Okay, Wannabe was rubbish (and that's an easy thing to say about the best-selling single this year), but their new single Say You'll Be There is really quite good.
Money down on the table - number one by no later than the end of October, easily. How's that?
You'll recall back from the time we were going on about Chage & Aska on mailbox how their video was being played on The Box, which for those not on cable is a video jukebox channel.
It was almost entirely the fault of this channel that Wannabe did so well - people were ringing up asking for it almost all the time. And from some casual viewing this evening, the new video is getting a fair few requests!
It's quite a good video, actually. Although I can't quite grasp why the girls are going around smashing a load of goldfish bowls in the desert (clearly a heavy metaphor way above the heads of a mortal such as myself) but who cares? What a video. I wish I knew why I liked it so much..
But back to the ongoing saga of what I have been mostly eating, and today I am being exotic!
Yes, I'm fortunate enough to have with me this evening some genuine authentic add-hot-water cup noodles from the Nissin company of Japan. And rather nice they are too.
Admittedly my clumsy western fork spent a good five minutes trying to pick up a small amount of noodles to eat before I eventually gave up and resorted to grabbing a clump and sucking them up from the pot, rather like spaghetti, in a very noisy and undignified manner.
Worth it in the end though - and certainly knocks spots off the nasty microwave noodles I had the other day - in fact I was convinced I had found the lowest form of food known to man. Some kind of stripped gelatinous unknown, possibly below the level of even sea amoeba. Bet you that sea amoeba don't make as much noise eating noodles right out of the pot, though..
Speaking of the lowest form of food I uncovered a usage of the word last week which concerned me somewhat.
In the supermarket (yes, the same one I bought the yogurt from) buying some super cheap cheese slices. On the label, these slices are described as "10 Cheese Food Slices"
Cheese FOOD Slices? Why is that word there? That word definitely isn't usual. What is it distinguishing? These cheese slices are only for eating and not, perhaps, for public display? Not for exhibiting in the tate gallery? Why is that word there? Oh, these things worry me...
Sunday, September 29, 1996
Friday, September 27, 1996
My Diet Is Not What It Should Be (ED! #01)
You know, I've been thinking.. It wasn't so long ago that every so often we'd get a call on mailbox from 'Jesse', who told us what he was mostly eating that day. I think it was some kind of 'Fast Show' reference..
Anyway, his menu didn't seem to have a lot of variety in it - usually it was mostly things like pickled eggs or stuff like that. Hm, actually I must try those one day to see if they're as awful as they sound..
Still, it made me think that I should take a bit of notice of what I was mostly eating, so today I made a careful mental note.
Ed's eating for today goes something like this: One can of Lucozade, one Lion bar, A Whopper Jr. and fries. One bag of apparently buttered toffee popcorn. Some toast with marmite. Chocolate ice cream. (Two bowls). And all this talk of food is giving me a hankering for some ready salted crisps...
It has become apparent that my diet is not what it should be.
Still, that reminds me of that exciting yoghurt I came across in the supermarket the other day. It caught my eye because it was in a brown pot.
Brown is not a colour I associate with yoghurt. Blue, perhaps, or a nice strawberry pink.. Even green or yellow. Any colour but brown, which would be the last on the list.
Still, this brown-potted yoghurt (I'm sure Alexei Sayle could do quite a routine about it) was a flavour I hadn't come across before. "Melon & Ginger".
Now I obviously don't get out enough, because Melon is not something I've ever sampled before. In search of new experiences, I purchased the yoghurt and some days later gave it a field test in the comfort of my own home.
And it was horrible! The Melon taste was really quite pleasant for the few fractions of a second that it lasted until Captain Ginger and his cavalry of brown horses kicked in. Eww!
One spoon was enough, and it was all over. I won't be adventurous like that again, certainly not with yoghurts anyway. Can I interest anyone in a second hand opened yoghurt, only one previous owner?
Anyway, his menu didn't seem to have a lot of variety in it - usually it was mostly things like pickled eggs or stuff like that. Hm, actually I must try those one day to see if they're as awful as they sound..
Still, it made me think that I should take a bit of notice of what I was mostly eating, so today I made a careful mental note.
Ed's eating for today goes something like this: One can of Lucozade, one Lion bar, A Whopper Jr. and fries. One bag of apparently buttered toffee popcorn. Some toast with marmite. Chocolate ice cream. (Two bowls). And all this talk of food is giving me a hankering for some ready salted crisps...
It has become apparent that my diet is not what it should be.
Still, that reminds me of that exciting yoghurt I came across in the supermarket the other day. It caught my eye because it was in a brown pot.
Brown is not a colour I associate with yoghurt. Blue, perhaps, or a nice strawberry pink.. Even green or yellow. Any colour but brown, which would be the last on the list.
Still, this brown-potted yoghurt (I'm sure Alexei Sayle could do quite a routine about it) was a flavour I hadn't come across before. "Melon & Ginger".
Now I obviously don't get out enough, because Melon is not something I've ever sampled before. In search of new experiences, I purchased the yoghurt and some days later gave it a field test in the comfort of my own home.
And it was horrible! The Melon taste was really quite pleasant for the few fractions of a second that it lasted until Captain Ginger and his cavalry of brown horses kicked in. Eww!
One spoon was enough, and it was all over. I won't be adventurous like that again, certainly not with yoghurts anyway. Can I interest anyone in a second hand opened yoghurt, only one previous owner?
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