Surprise Surprise
To be honest I don't actually hate celebrities. I don't let them enter my life and I purposely don't read the pointless mags that feel the need to inform the unthinking masses about every pointless thing they do and say.

However...the missus has a problem with one person in particular. This person is rarely in the media...even less so since we left the UK, but one mention of this person brings on a hilarious but slightly scary verbal onslaught about the person in question.

This person is Cilla Black.

It's a good party trick...light the blue paper of fury and stand well back and watch as Mrs Bacon and Egg Roll's eyes go red (like they do to people who get possessed on the telly), the steam starts to come out of her ears and then 30 minutes of scathing and probably untrue comments about Ms Blacks personal life, performing ability and general lack of moral fibre spring forth.

At one time we created the "Island of Righteous Indignation". It's where we sent the people we found pointless and annoying. The island was drawn and photos (or drawings) of the current offenders were placed there. Cilla was the Mayor of the Island of Righteous Indignation and her permanent presence was represented by Cilla's head being cut out from a photo from the internet and pasted onto the body of a diseased rodent.

I have no idea where this issue with Cilla came from...perhaps she unknowingly slighted the wife in someway but it's hard to discover the problem without bringing on the tidal wave of abuse and vitriol.

I'm not sure I will tell the missus about posting this story...it's been a relatively quiet life since Cilla left our lives and I'd like to keep it that way.
( bacon and egg roll is going to be big downunder, Fri 5 Feb 2010, 1:51, Reply)