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It is often said that the pressure of being under the spotlight when on a television or radio quiz has an adverse effect on the brain. That’s os obviously the case going by these examples!

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BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant: Geography isn’t my strong point.
Theakston: There’s a clue in the title.
Contestant: Leicester.

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood: What ‘K’ could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er. . .
Wood: It’s got two syllables . . . Kor . . .
Contestant: Blimey?
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant: (Silence.)
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant: Walked?

BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don’t know.
White: I’ll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: Arm.
White: Correct. And if you’re not weak, you’re . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct – and what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?

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Stafford Carson wrote an interesting and timely piece today on how can we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas without endorsing all the excesses.

Tearfund’s Living Gifts allows givers to buy a gift voucher and for the recipient to chose how it is spent.

Christian Aid’s equivalent is Present Aid which allows the buyer to choose the gift, where a can of worms can turn waste organic material into rich fertiliser!

Here’s an item we noticed in another blog, which hits a few nails on the head – we could all learn from ancient philosophers and even in the internet age, we can still benefit from their wisdom! 

 1. Go with the flow
To live in a high-tech world is to live in a world of change. It was not dissimilar for the ancient Greeks. The adventures of Alexander the Great reshaped the known world. Technologies that could build the Parthenon were being developed. So, said Zeno the Stoic, don’t resist the change; learn to live with it. If you can go with the flow, you’ll find tranquillity.  

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 Almost everything you do online, whether it’s visiting a website, reading a blog, downloading music or sending email, leaves a trail of personal data. Some of it remains on your computer; some is transmitted to third parties. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, you can and should control who sees it. In the interest of protecting your privacy, we offer some tips.

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As more and more ecommerce stores come online, the days of online shopping seeming a novelty are long gone. If only stores would follow the lead of the Dutch retailing chain Hema, it might feel exciting again. This major European department store chain has cooked up a brilliant animation involving an array of its products as a way of promoting its online store.

Take a look at this marketing campaign from Hema. You can’t order anything and it’s in Dutch but don’t click on any of the products pictured, just wait and see what happens … and be sure you have your sound turned up.

This company has a great sense of humour, a innovative marketing department and an accomplished web designer!

http://producten.hema.nl

Email is a great tool but its all to easy to let it dominate your working day or personal time. With so many emails arriving in you ‘inbox’, sooner than later you could become overwhelmed by the volume of messages received every day.

Here’s 10 few tips we practice which you may wish to consider implementing.

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We’re always amused and interested to discover other businesses or organisations which also use the name “Red Rhino” …. here’s a few we’ve come across in our web wanderings … Read more