Remember All Knowledge Is Absolute

Well I have not been in full rant mode for a while so sooner or later it was gonna happen.

I will start this off with a complaint. Why is it when I am somewhere else the tv decides to run shows in a new studio. It happened a year last March with the retro set and now as I enjoyed some nice company it happens again. Ok, the company was very nice so I have no complaints about that but I am sure that someone somewhere is reading my travel itinery so that any comments are suitably delayed.

Now you can believe this or not but I did have some fore-warning of the concept the new studio would take but when I actually got to see it 'live' I was not very impressed. The inherent weakness of the latter sets is their static nature. And for me ETV was always about movement.The jungle, or whatever it is meant to be, is rather too compact to afford much movement and almost no place for any dance.

On screen I read (in my best German translation) 'This week new shows'. But not counting the 'jungle' all we actually got was one and that came over like a damp squib. I refer to the 'All Nude Show' which totally failed the trade descriptions test as the acteurs were not nude and neither were all of them. So my tip of the day is not to promise something that you cannot, for whatever reason, deliver on. There is always a possibity that the sad events (not MJ) of this week meant that the plans were somewhat changed and maybe the other 'special' will be done on a later day.

And this week I finally discovered the true definition of the abbreviation SMS. Forget what you have read before. It actually stands for "Split My Service". I wrote before that maybe this is just a trial. A trial to guage the demand. The positive thing about this week's version of the trial was that whichever service you tune in to you would only see part of the split so it did work much more effectively. Whether it had the desired affect only time will tell.

The one advantage of these travels is that you do get to meet some very interesting people. People who do have some very funny stories to tell most of which could not be repeated for fear of libel. But on this trip I was reminded of something I wrote a very long time ago. Something which could well be explored by the tv as another option to counter the daytime nudity issue. I mention no names and the person who reminded me of this is not the obvious suspect. But if the problem is the exposure of a bare nipple (remember that handbra either in front or behind the curtain seems to be permitted) or two (they normally do come in pairs) then if they are covered whether it be by tape or flesh-coloured pads then the breasts can then be bared again. Obviously, not all models will want to do this but it could give a little more freedom to those that wish to.

And finally another complaint. Who nicked all the whisky bottles from the shelves ?. First the bar went. Now the bottles. And they reminded me that I needed a drink so that I was in the right mood for these. Maybe I should give up on the Jack Daniels and concentrate my taste buds on grape or even peach brandy. Who said that good things do not come in small quantities.