Getting older already

[webofevil]

We're going to have to explain to our kids what “ker-ching” means. Tills haven't actually gone “ker-ching” for a good five years now, apart from maybe in the odd village shop. Will our descendents, when trying to convey colloquially the concept of being “in the money”, be reduced to pressing an imaginary button and saying “beep”?

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[internetsdairy.livejournal.com]

I think there's still one in the King's Arms on Great Titchfield Street. No doubt the Government could arrange a programme for all children to visit the pub at the age of five or so, when the saying could be demonstrated by the slightly frightening bald barman.

A similar effect could be achieved by making The Wonder Stuff's 'Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More' the National Anthem.

[webofevil.livejournal.com]

Or indeed the theme from Are You Being Served?.

[internetsdairy.livejournal.com]

Channelling the ghost of Richard Stilgoe:

Ground floor: Beefeaters,
Jewellery and lucky rooks,
Chips and banger-mashery
Tony Blair and booze...going up!

Ba, ba-ba ba ba!
Ba, ba-ba ba ba!

First floor: garden gnomes,
Gents' ready-made suits,
Cock fighting, bowler hats,
Tony Blair and booze...going up!

Ba, ba-ba ba ba!
Ba, ba-ba ba ba!

Second floor: wickets,
Page three boobs and Reading,
Vera Lynne, soft furnishings,
God Save The Queen. Going down!

By the by, in searching for the original lyrics, I mistyped as "are you beijing served". What a wonderful sequel to the film that would have made.