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When will there be a Nobel Prize for Podcasting?
What a great town Hitchin is. For well over a month now there has been a sign in the middle of a small roundabout that we walk past on the way to town which says "Iced Coffee. Add Vanilla, Hazelnut or Caramel."
You might think that it's an advertisement for a nearby cafe, but no, there is no cafe named on either side of the sign. If it is an advert it's just one for the concept of Iced Coffee and a recommendation of what you can add to it.
If you look closely you can see that the sign does not even really fit properly in the space it's been put and it's pretty clear that this sign has been stolen from outside of a cafe (or possibly it blew down the road or was carried away by the flood we had a few weeks back - unlikely as there is not obvious water damage) and then someone had put it in the middle of the roundabout as a sort of very weak joke.
Look, a sign that belongs outside a cafe is now on a roundabout.
Why is no one laughing? It's just an advert for coffee in general. Come on this is gold.
And yet, the fact that no one has moved this sign for maybe two months does start to make the juxtaposition amusing. Whoever propped it up there must have thought their jape would be detected by the authorities or just a passing citizen or maybe the owner of the cafe and the sign would quickly disappear.
But either the authorities think that this is a genuine advert for the concept of cold coffee that has permission to be there or they don't care enough to move it.
Maybe some citizens are alarmed, but not enough to risk walking into the middle of an occasionally busy roundabout (which, when traffic gets heavy leaves everyone pretty much at a standstill, so you could easily cross).
It's just another example of the art of Hitchin and no one is in a hurry to remove art. It took ages for them to get rid of that cum bin.
How long will the sign stay there? I hope forever. It's providing valuable service to the people of Hitchin, letting them know acceptable flavours to add to iced coffee. I hope my grandkids get to see it. Though maybe by then it will be an exhibit in Hitchin Museum.
The RHLSTP with Richard E Grant has made Popbitch (after just 7 years). I am still trying to get to the bottom of the mystery of why he didn't let this podcast ever go out (he was truly excellent in it), but I don't think it was down to my (excellent) joke about him not winning the Oscar which he laughed along to.
Still I was glad to see him kicked out of the Traitors Castle for being a fucking idiot. Though am frustrated that no one is immediately analysing who he voted for and whoever else he talked about being a traitor, because they will all almost certainly be faithful. Unless he was playing a very clever game, which I think it's clear he was not. Of course it doesn't mean that Bella was not then recruited, but it's a proper clue.
If I was Hannah I would be pointing that out. She has to look like she's still trying to use her spreadsheets. Who people vote for and who they try to turn the heat on can provide actual clues in this game. Though it was clear the jig was up so you could assume (as they did) that the other Traitors in all likelihood voted for Richard.
Maybe if I'd kicked REG out of the podcast after 10 minutes he'd have been happy for it to go out. Good luck to him, the giddy, posh loon. I continue to think of ways that I can get his podcast to you (though may need to accrue a fund for legal fees if I do).
