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Autumn: season of mists and mellow fruitfulness; a time when the leaves turn golden brown and Waitrose wants to launch a new range of seasonal goods upon us. So for the backing music of its new ad it turns to … what else but “Golden Brown” by the Stranglers.

Two theories on this.

  • It’s frighteningly possible that not a single person involved in the conception, creation and broadcasting of the ad was alive when the song came out in late 1981 and they have all therefore missed the point that it’s about drug use.
  • At least one person somewhere along the line is all too aware of what it’s about and couldn’t resist the opportunity to pull one over on (a) children he is forced to work alongside and (b) the granddads on the board.

My money, and my hope, is on (2).

Department of So That’s All Right, Then

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Knocking around in our coffee lounge at work is a copy of “Ethical Consumer“, a magazine apparently handed out to Privilege account holders with the Co-op Bank. It contains the following gem in the fizzy drinks section on page 36.

“The Colombian Food and Drinks Workers Union has also called for an international boycott of Coca-Cola, a move supported by the World Social Forum and UK-based Colombia Solidarity Campaign. The union accuses Coca-Cola of “complicity in the assassination of eight trade union leaders in Colombia since 1990″, as well as torture, imprisonment and exile. Coca-Cola has denied responsibility, pointing out that hundreds of union leaders are killed every year in Colombia.”

Minus, not Vimes. Plus, not Nobby

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Your result for The Which Discworld Character Am I Test…

Captain Carrot

# You scored 90% on intelligence, higher than 65% of your peers.
# You scored 59% on morality, higher than 51% of your peers.
# You scored 78% on strength, higher than 90% of your peers.

You are an intriguing character. Good hearted, incredibly strong, and a headful of information that makes that Jeopardy guy look like a bar trivia hack. No one knows what to make of a six-foot tall dwarf who dates a werewolf, and may be the true heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork. But you can make everyone get along, and are a born leader.

Take The Which Discworld Character Am I Test at HelloQuizzy

[Ben’s note: can I just point out that whoever devised this test spells “Captain” “Captian”. I couldn’t really let that go uncorrected.]