Wii're still Not Happy

The Saga continues:

As crowds gather at Game stores around the country in the early hours of the morning, you can see by their haunted expressions that these people are not happy.

Just like the people in that old Charlton Heston classic Soylent Green who had to get their fix of Soylent Green the staple food of that era (that turned out to be made from recycled humans!), the Brits just can't get enough of the Wii.

In fact they can't get any of the Wii.

A local store reported that they have 125 names on their waiting list, queues are starting in Malls at 5.00 a.m. just in case there are some for sale.

The nine a.m. disappointment call says it all.

Even though the shops proudly announce in their window displays that they have none in stock and that you should check the website for new deliveries; people turn up in the vain hope that the posters are wrong.

Staff in our Game store delight in telling the customers the sad news.


At 9.00 a.m this morning the counter clerk delighted in telling customers that there were none in stock, adding a 'Can't you read?' for good measure.

It's a pity that she doesn't realise that it's the customer who pays her wages.

Ah well, with a bit of luck she won't get her Xmas Turkey this year, as the recent outbreak of Bird Flu in the UK is probably going to push those birds into the rarity market.

I hope the butcher has his 'Can't You Read?' response ready for her.

What Goes Around Comes Around.

The award for today's Smug Git title goes to the guy in the queue of the Wii-less who just turned up to buy the latest Wii game Super Mario Galaxy that was released today.

"Wii console? Nah I bought mine months ago before the rush. I've just come in for this game."

And with a twirl of his moustache the villain exited stage right. BOO HISS. The Pantomine season has started early this year. For our American Cousins: - Pantos are really weird - guys get dressed up as old buxom women and very attractive young women get dressed up as the leading man; except that the women have to wear the tiniest shorts imaginable to show off their legs, just to confuse the audience even more.

The stock phrase shouted by the audience in the Panto is either 'He's Behind You' and then a shouted (screamed sometimes) contradictory phase of either 'Oh Yes It Is' or 'Oh No It Isn't' depending on the phrase uttered by the character.

The exchanges go on until the audience fall over from exhaustion.

It's a bit of a cross between the Senate and the Houses of Parliament.

No wonder we all want Wii's.

Amazon.co.uk is the new home for exploiters - you can get a Wii if you pay £150 ($300) over list price.

And the TV ads and the glossy fliers continue to show us how wonderful the Wii is.

By Xmas 2008 there should be a law banning ads for things you can't buy.

I'm writing to Gordon Brown now.

Oh No You Aren't

Oh Yes I Am

Oh No .... You get the gist don't you?