I love being a copywriter. But one part of my job really scares me, and that is the part where a job has been written and approved and shot and finished beautifully, and it’s time to sign it off and send it to print. It’s the copywriter’s last chance to check for errors before it’s…
Tag: bizarre
Cock-flavoured madness
Friend Jacqui Deeks just alerted me to this: You really don’t get more miles from normal than that. I just don’t think that ‘cock-flavoured’ should be a thing. Ever. Anywhere. We do weird stuff to food. Last weekend I went to a party where somebody brought fake chopped liver. It was oddly similar in…
Big cahones, or Tik
There’s this shop on one of the roads I use, to get where I’m going on occasion: So here’s my list of possible reasons why you might decide to call your shop ‘Going Under’: 1. You no speaka da inglish so good. 2. You have a sick sense of humour. 3. You’re just generally…
Surrogate Pizza
There are strange things to be found in this life. And even stranger things to be found in this internet. Recently a friend of mine typed the words ‘cape fertility clinic surrogacy’ into the Google machine, and something startling came up: ‘Have a Surrogate Baby – With Us and Get a Free Pizza.’ Really? I’m…