Kate Bush & TV Licenses

Took me just a short while to locate my “Kate Bush” poster. I kinda feel better now that this is out in the open. Thanks, Mr. Mavin, for prompting us all to follow the course of openness and honesty. As you can see, TL, this is no fish-wife.

TV Licenses

I was listneing to Radio 4 for a time today whilst in the car, and they ran one of those lovely little adverts for their excellent TV Licences. What made me smile, was the tone and manner of the advert. It was something like this:

[chirpy male voice]

“I pay for my house a little nibble at a time, I pay for my car a little nibble at a time and I pay for my TV a little nibble at a time. Now, I've started paying for my TV license, a little nibble at a time - and so can you!”

Now, if they'd left it at that, fair enough. It's slightly annoying and inane, but otherwise harmless. Sadly, they cannot resist the sheer power given to them by having a law passed enabling them to charge this money. So suddenly the tone changes, and they get a bit nasty:

“If you use a TV, you MUST pay the licence fee. Failure to do so will give us the right to break into your home and smash things.”

Maybe it's just me, but why pretend to be nice about in the first place?

Comments

[Rebecca]

She's going to kill you...

[John Cooper]

Yes, Andy really Rebecca's right. If Bud Force reads Jason's blog there's every chance of Kate reading yours. And she will kill you.

[John Cooper]

You know when you write something and then re-read it. Sorry TL.

[Rebecca]

Actually John I meant Christine, but I think you know that...

[AndyC]

Either way, I get killed. :)

[jason]

I thought I was King Stupid till I saw this. The crown is yours Andy...

[Ian]

If Kate comes round to kill you tell her that I wrote nasty things about her and ask her to come and kill me too please.

[christine]

Andy - #########! #### # ### ########********!!!!

[christine]

How dare you use MY body with HER face

[jason]

Are you suggesting it would be any nicer the other way round?