Friday 2 January 2009

Anal or what?

I bought a new money magazine for the first time last week. The guy whose mug graces the front cover is a well-known personality from Cork.

I noticed at least 3 spelling mistakes throughout the text. I paid about 3.95 for it. Am I too anal in expecting them to turn on the spell-checker before publishing? Do they not cross-check each other's articles? I realise that I'm paying for financial hints and tips not good spelling. It's a pet hate of mine though. If they couldn't be bothered checking their spelling, do they bother checking that all their financial data is correct?

Pink to make the boys wink

Why is it that kids toy shops feel justified in making parents pay more for the so called girly colours? Smyths have the exact same baby walker type toy at 29.99 for the multi-colour version and 35.99 for the pink version. Parents dumb enough to shell out the cash is the answer I guess!