Tiger prawn anyone?

Last night I took the old pater out for a curry at his local Indian.
I was tempted by their 'special' starter which was described as

Freshly grilled tiger prawn in a delicious sauce conjured up by our own chef

Now I took the word 'prawn' to indicate prawns. Wrong, it really was ONE prawn
lying in a sickly gloop with the consistency of treacle and so sweet it made my teeth itch.
For 'all' this they charged me £4.25.

Did I complain?

Did I bollocks. I smiled sweetly and said it was delicious, when I really wanted to ram
this pathetic little shrimp up the waiters arse. But being typically English, I didn't.

What is it that is ingrained into our psyche that we must retain our dignity within a
restaurant and never make a fuss?

Probably 'cos the rest of the grub was delicious.

Two sides of human nature

Is it just me, or is anyone else thoroughly pissed off with watching news reporters going on and on about the terrible tragedy which befell Indonesia, Thailand et al?
Everytime I turn on the TV I am presented with the same video clips, the same rows of bodies and the same grieving faces, young and old. I'm surprised that any relief
work is getting done at all with the media throng that has descended upon these poor
people.
Yes it was an appalling tragedy and help must be given, but even as I write, there is a debate on the TV about how much dosh each country is giving and shouldn't other countries be giving more.
Shut the fuck up the lot of you. Who really cares how much each country gives, as long as it is something.
Once again the Yanks are the whipping boys and yet they are doing more now with their military than all other countries combined. Even that isn't good enough for some wankers who are now maintaining that the only reason the USA upped the ante concerning the amount of aid given, was to show them in a good light helping a Muslim people out instead of blowing the shit out of them.
We have both ends of the spectrum here.
One side of the Human Race showing ordinary Joe Public of ALL nationalities, putting their hands in their pockets and giving what they can. Holidaymakers of ALL nationalities caught up in this mess and staying on to help the local people get their lives back.
The other side is governments bickering over who should do what instead of getting their thumbs out of their arses and actually doing something practical.
The media pouncing on every story that has a whiff of scandal or sensationalism for the sake of good copy. The perfect example being the "story" of the young Swedish boy who had been abducted by some paedophile, whereas it has since been discovered that the poor lad was a victim of mistaken identity and is subsequently now missing and the kid seen being "abducted" was in fact a German boy being taken from the hospital by a relative.
Fuck checking the story out guys, let's just sell more newsprint.
Thank you for ordinary people.
You know who you are.
Your keeping me sane.


My first rant of the new year - krip.