The bear with the hard stare

It says something about the British, that when a bear called Paddington is seen munching Marmite sarnis, it gets a prime spot on the BBC news site, and several other places on the Net.

I don’t know what it says about the Brits, and really it’s best if we don’t.



For the rest of you, out there, 'Paddington' is the creation of writer, Michael Bond, and likes to eat Marmalade sandwiches.
(For you Yanks, that’s orange jam, got it?)

The Queen wears a crown and Paddington … well, he eats marmy sarnis.

So when an agency made commercials, promoting our Paddington as a muncher of Marmite, there was bear fur all over the place.

Michael Bond had to issue some strongly worded denials, that ‘the bear with the very hard stare’ had not forsaken his roots, I mean, his marmalade.



There was Mr Bond, on BBC’s Radio 4, being interviewed about a toy bear.
I quote:
‘Mr Bond told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Paddington would not give up marmalade for good. ‘
So that’s all right then.

I was quite freaked out by the whole thing, in fact I nearly complained to the Authorities. How sad is that?
Before anyone replies, let me assure you that I am famous for the chilling quality of my ‘Paddington stare’.
Yep.

Links to Paddington Bear

Official Site of Paddington Bear

BBC News Online

'You have neared the moment of your departure'

There is a wonderful town in Siberia. They have a mayor who banned the phrase ‘I don’t know’
Can you believe this? From Yahoo

“MOSCOW - The mayor of a Siberian oil town has ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as "I don't know" and "I can't." Or look for another job.”
Alexander Kuzmin, the 33-year-old mayor of Megion

Think about it, what do we hear, whenever we ring any Council bods in this country. Exactly, it's “I don’t know.”




Just imagine a life, where these pillocks would lose their cruddy job, because they dared to say those words to us, in the tone of voice that suggests they don’t give a toss about the fact, that the rubbish hasn’t been collected, that the fire alarm keeps going off, and the manager will take an hour to come over with the bloody key?

(And it’s a good job, we didn’t worry about the Fire Brigade, as they took 18 minutes to arrive. They can’t turn the alarm off either )

Then we can all rub our hands and whisper, no, shout, down the phone, “Look for another job, Buster!”

After reading the rest of this illuminating article, I suggest our bureaucrats do a compulsory stint in Siberia, learning NOT to say

“What can we do?" "It's not my job," "It's impossible," "I'm having lunch," "There is no money," and "I was away/sick/on vacation."





Our bureaucrats would learn, deep breath here, that…

“Town authorities are there to make town residents' life comfortable and prosperous” That’s what the Mayor said, yes he did. I quote

“Town authorities are there to make town residents' life comfortable and prosperous. Officials who disobey the ban while in the mayor's office "will near the moment of their departure.”

Mind bending stuff – just what our Council admins need to know: they have these jobs in order to help us, it's that four-letter word ‘HELP’

Amazing, a whole new ball-park, wouldn’t you say? Imagine the power of being able to mutter
“You have neared the moment of your departure.”
In suitably blood-curdling tones of course

Practice, amigos, practice. Then pick up the phone.
Yep