tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post618983812334326503..comments2024-03-29T10:48:06.521+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Hates Plastic StrawsKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-22482649827357160582018-02-26T13:25:11.789+00:002018-02-26T13:25:11.789+00:00Oh dear, now the government wants to tax revenue a...Oh dear, now the government wants to tax revenue as opposed to profit, isn't that known as theft? Back on topic, I saw recently that the plastic comes mainly from the African and Indian big rivers, not from us.DWBuxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344939424566673091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-31849857505067485122018-02-23T11:43:55.884+00:002018-02-23T11:43:55.884+00:00I was listening to some woman news presenter on th...I was listening to some woman news presenter on the television the other night, giving a report about the danger of plastic in our oceans.<br />In a misguided attempt to appear intelligent or posh she insisted on pronouncing it 'plarstick'.<br />I rather lost interest in the story that the silly bitch was trying to convey.<br />When newsreaders spend time before their slot on air practicing how to pronounce the names of obscure foreigners, you would think that they would at least be able to get English words right.<br />Other examples include 'Parkistarn', 'Irarque' and 'Sudarn', as commonly mispronounced words.<br />You would think that their producer would tell them to get an education or fuck orf.<br />Silly barstards! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com