In trouble again....

It seems - no matter where you are in the world - some things never change. Thursday is 'Chronicle' day, and now I can access it online, I can look forward to reading it just like I did back home. As this week's 'Open Dabate' article says, reading a newspaper 'for real' - ie holding the real thing, printed on paper, in your hands (usually sat on the bog) is so different from reading an online version (taking a laptop into the bog is going too far!!) - and for me, it's a real taste of me, and I enjoy it even more. I'm sat here now with a brew (shit milk - I've never seen a cow here so assume it's fake like the watches) and a bowl of Frosties, which cost me the same as one of their Rolex's. Happy as a pig in....er.....China!!

 

Mind, I was a bit taken aback by a letter of complaint this week. For those of you who don't read the Chronicle, here it is (hope the editor doesn't mind):

 

Disgusted to read

appalling article

Dear Sir, — My wife and I

have only recently begun to read

the "Alsager Chronicle" and so

have no great knowledge of the

standards of articles which we

might read therein.

We were disgusted to read the

appalling article under the heading

"Mr Grumpy writes" in the

edition dated 5th July 2012.

If this is the standard of

English and the standard of writing

which we are to expect then

we will not be reading it for much

longer.

How dare you publish such

foul words in a paper which ladies

are likely to read? The words used

were more suitable for a barrack

room, but soldiers may object to

that.

Please assure us that this was

an error which slipped through

your editing system and that we

will read no more similar words

in the future. — Yours faithfully,

 

To be fair, the week in question, I had pushed the boundaries to the limit, and it slipped through the editorial scissors at the Chron - which, to be honest, is part of the game. But it's given me something to write about next week - I'm already working on the column - relating to freedom of speech etc, particularly sat here in China!!!! Hence, this week's column (out today) has been 'tidied up' by the editor to make it squeeky clean, which I naturally don't like.

 

I've been sent some stats about viewings of this blog, and I have readers in the UK (obviously) Russia, America, Ireland, Germany, South Korea and....China, which is a bit of a worry. Sometimes, I press "SEND" and then wait for a knock on the door....

Your comments about the blog mean a lot - although your mocking my vists to the gym upset me so much, I've stopped going, in protest. And a for one smart-arse remark about me playing football, I keep waiting (dreading) someone in the office saying "you're from Manchester, so that means you must be able to play football - you can be on the team!" (I'm sure they have one). Christ, I can't imagine playing footy here, in this heat. Walking to work (93 seconds - I timed it) knackers me out, so I reckon playing footy....I'd pass out before the referee had finished blowing the whistle to signify kick off!!!

But I'm game for a challenge.  

And anyway, like I said at the top - it's Friday tomorrow and I'm meeting some old chums for a beer. Photo attached of one of our previous reunions.....

Be good to each other people!

G

PS orry about the font changing sizes. Tried to sort it out but got bored. Where are the IT boys when you need them? Like I said - nothing changes....