Bang slam...

I suppose it is the real millenium Bug we all appear to have caught - I mean the new year thing. Yet another chance to support the drink industry, and indulge in pure fantasy (which is not necessarily bad in itself). But what really has me reaching for the New-Scruge-Sick bucket is the virality game that large cities, and the media,  are clearly involved in, in their celebrations of the new year. Each large city clearly wants to claim is 'festivities' were the biggest and the best and hence tell everyone how much they cost, and how many watched - as if anyone who was not there was interested!  Which is not only boring for the rest of us, but risks plunging the entire new year thing into one of those festivals of excess, where status is accorded to those who waisted the most money (trouble with this is of course there are rather many ways of waisting money - and how can one tell how good 6 million pounds worth of fireworks should be?).

 But hey- I suppose daft rivalries such as this fill blank news days!...

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