Cartoons

[wellinghall]

I like today's Matt cartoon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/

(and, for that matter, today's Alex cartoon, although it makes more sense as part of a series)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/alex/

And let's have a third, why not
http://www.giddy-limit.com/thegiddylimitlat.html

Comments

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

Like 'em all! Thanks.

:-)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

The third one reminds me of an 'Alas Smith and Jones' sketch that is also rather topical at the moment:

Tabloid journalist (Griff) is called in to his editor's (Mel's) office. The editor tells him that he needs to pack his bags to fly out to cover the latest natural disaster.

"There's been a massive earthquake in Santiago - hundreds, maybe thousands dead, far more homeless. You can imagine the scene..."

"Well...yes, it must be carnage."

Editor holds up mocked up front page and reads the headline:
"CHILE CON CARNAGE!"

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten that one.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

(Supposedly) true story from the time of the Tianenmen Square massacre. The editor of the Sun calls his foreign correspondent into his office, and askks him how quickly he can get to China. The journalist says that if he leaves the office in the next half-hour, he can get the evening flight to Hong Kong, make a tight connection there, and with luck be in Beijing in X hours.

The editor says, "Great. And how long will it take you to get from there to Peking?"

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I aim to please :-)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Personally I think we should still call it Peking. If the Chinese want to call it 'Beijing', that's up for them, but they have no right to tell us what the English translation should be. Same goes for Bombay. I don't see why they should be special cases.

We don't go around talking about Munchen or Caerdydd in English, we say Munich and Cardiff. We're clever enough to realise that places sometimes have different names in different languages.