LEAVE MY NAME ALONE
Hello, I’m Joe. And if your name is Joe, then you’re also the victim of an ongoing campaign against you and your good name. It is a problem encountered by a lot of people called Joe, yet a veil of silence hangs over the derogatory use of the name. I’ve decided to stand up for Joes everywhere and today I’m officially calling for an end to the use of phrases such as ‘Regular Joe’, ‘Ordinary Joe’, ‘Joe Bloggs’, ‘Joe Six-Pack’ and ‘Joe Public’. We are thoroughly sick of the patro
WATCH OUT FOR THE GURRIERS
Watch the news, listen to the radio or browse through a paper or magazine, and you’ll discover something is missing from society and has been for some time. However, it’s not ‘something’, but more ‘someone’. They’re even absent from our daily conversation. I'm talking about people that used to be classified as 'gutter snipes', 'corner boys' and 'bowsies'. You don't hear of any gutter snipes these days, never mind see them. I can only picture them as guys with ill-fitting Tril
