Sweden. According to a survey by Sunshine holidays reported in today’s i newspaper. The survey of almost 1500 people in the UK thought Sweden was the best looking nation (and I’m assuming they meant the people who lived there rather than the tourist attractions). Anyway England came 6th, so at least we got in the top [...]
The story of the 11 year old who got upset when he saw that the pizza server had written “ginger kid” on his receipt was put into perspective by Barbara Ellen in The Observer yesterday. She points out that it wasn’t done maliciously but just to identify the child (who had a Polish or Ukrainian [...]
Looking at some of my site stats I noticed that there is one blog that has been read by people every single day since I posted it 12 months ago. The blog is about blushing and whether men find it attractive. Not sure what it is that makes it so popular but it was [...]
The news that Ergo, a division of Munich Re the world’s biggest insurance company for other insurance companies, took over a company that organised an orgy in 2007 to reward its most successful sales people may have shocked many people. But you have to be impressed by the teutonic efficiency of it all. The event was [...]
When you first sit down to write a blog you hope people are going to want to read it – unless you plan it as a private journal where you can unburden yourself or have a rant at the world (OK so occasionally I have a rant too). So it’s great for me that so [...]
If the man of your dreams starts talking about fast cars or expensive gadgets he is definitely interested in you. If on the other hand he talks about domestic stuff – forget him. Apparently when a man talks about those expensive things he is subconsciously thinking about how he could afford them to prove he’s [...]
We live in a world pre-occupied with body size, according to teen magazine Sugar which has just conducted a poll of 2,500 13 – 19 year-olds. Teenage girls are twice as likely to diet if their mother is constantly watching her weight. Comments from parents, attitudes of friends, and pictures of size zero models are [...]
Harriet Harperson having to apologise for referring to Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander as a “ginger rodent‘ and by implication insulting a whole nation – priceless. How I wish we still had Spitting Image. Described as the “Po-faced doyen of political correctness” by Nationalist MSP Shirley Anne Somerville, she not only insulted Alexander in a speech [...]
Generally speaking the more attractive you are the more you earn (see “Take me to your leader…“). This is even true of lecturers and lawyers, professions where you might think expertise was more important, and what’s more people think you are also better at your job – an example of the “halo” effect. It’s especially [...]
How we look is important but to some people it’s everything. In America 1 in 3 women think the way they look is more important for their self-esteem than intelligence or job performance. Students said they would rather marry an embezzler, a shop lifter, or a drug smuggler than someone who was obese. And 11% [...]
