is this the worst and most self-absorbed piece of journalism ever written? (most amusing)

[whensantagotstuckupAITCHimney]

Without a word of a lie, this was printed in The Evening Standard the other day after the tornado. A friend of mine has picked it up and thinks it's worth celebrating in all its pompous, un-self-aware, London meeja whore bourgeois pig awfulness. it's not a piss-take. really it isn't.

"My tornado hell. This is to celebrate and remember the excellent article by freelance writer Caroline Phillips from the Evening Standard. When it was printed is irrelevant, the point is to keep it alive forever, long after the last landfill has rotted away, we are all dust, and your children's children's children may revel in the words contained herein." here

you must link, chegirl. you owe it to MN.

Ok I will share any particular beauties I promise. They have peaches Geldof as an agony aunt.

Need I say more?

This really reminds me of a friend who had a house fire and her house was unfortunately burned to the ground.
I asked her how she was feeling and she said "It started while we were down the pub. The whole village turned out to watch."
Then she said "I really am worried the oak panelled dining room can't be saved."

She has 3 kids under 5, 2 cats and a dog.
To this day I don't know where the kids were at the time of the fire, but apparently her £20k brand new kitchen was destroyed but half the oak panelling WAS saved.

As the christmas card still mentions the 3 children I have since inferred they all survived as well.