I was fairly repelled the other evening when, inadvertantly, I looked up at the TV and caught 'Becks' modelling his new style knickers for men. Alas, I barely glanced at them because I was transfixed by the multiplicity of tattoos that cover most of his body. Tattoos are, of course, entirely a matter of taste and in a free society people should be free to choose to deface, desolate, destroy, vandalise, ruin and violate their bodies and thus indicate to the world that they are brain-dead imbeciles! See, tolerance, that's my motto!
Were I a bearded, spectacle-wearing, yo-yo playing member of the Psycho-Babble-Ologist profession, I would, no doubt, suggest that some hideously fat, ugly, three-toothed, acne-rearing 'youf' or 'youfette' was covering up his or her all too obvious deficiencies by covering their bodies in ghastly and badly drawn pictures in order to make up for their inherent, and well-based, lack of worth. But what of 'Becks'? He's dead good-looking, possessed of an athlete's physique, probably richer than the Queen of England and idolised the world over. So, Herr Professer Freud or Jung or whatever, how do you explain that one, eh?!
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how
infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and
admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like
a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet,
to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me—
nor woman neither, when they cover themselves in stupid, hideous bloody pictures!
And, yes, I am in a grumpy mood this morning, thank you for asking!
Spot the gratuitous Withnail quote!
Well done, sir.
Posted by: Andrew Duffin | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 12:25
Thank you, Andrew, although I'm not too sure who Withnail is, or was!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 12:31
I think I knew him when he was nailless.
Posted by: Andra | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 19:54
"But what of 'Becks'? He's dead good-looking, possessed of an athlete's physique, probably richer than the Queen of England and idolised the world over. So, Herr Professer Freud or Jung or whatever, how do you explain that one, eh?!"
He's stupid.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 20:35
Tut-tut, 'W', you are never going to achieve your Masters in Psycho-Babble-Ology with that sort of attitude. In fact, much more of that and you will have to hand back your yo-yo!
Someone tell me who this 'Nail-whatever' character is!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 21:07
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I
Cult film. I thought it was shit.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 21:40
I vaguely know the name but not the details - I assumed it was a TV series. However, I spotted this on the Wiki link:
"In August 2009 The Observer polled 60 eminent British film filmmakers and film critics who voted it the second best British film of the last 25 years"
Tells you all you need to know about critics!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 06 February 2012 at 22:53