I know you shouldn't mock the afflicted, but Mediawatch really have a knack of making complete pillocks of themselves. From their site:

More outrage as Dr Who 'crucified'

An episode of Dr Who is set to cause outrage by showing a sado-masochistic style torture scene with characters using inappropriate sexual language.  Media watchdogs last night condemned the sixth part of the BBC series, which will go out before the watershed at 7pm later this month.  It will depict the central evil character ordering one of his cronies to "canoodle and spoon" the Doctor’s assistant, Rose.  In one scene, viewers will watch Van Stratten torturing Dr Who to try to work out his identity by binding the topless time traveller to a crucifix with metal shackles.  John Beyer, director of mediawatch-uk, branded the BBC "irresponsible" for including such inappropriate imagery and language in a pre-watershed show.  "This is not a programme designed for children", he said. "I’m surprised the BBC have gone with this, they should have been more attentive to youngsters.  It seems that the broadcasters are taking the view that if youngsters are offended or disturbed by the show, then hard cheese."  He called on the BBC to review the scheduling so that it is shown after 9.00pm.

For crying out loud - they're complaining about the words "canoodle" and "spoon" as being inappropriate sexual language? It seems to me that John Beyer needs to get in touch with reality.

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It's Zaks' second birthday today. Here's a picture of the birthday boy taken at stupid o'clock this morning.

I must have missed the announcement that today was National Dickhead Driver Day, but I've seen some fine examples of idiot motoring this morning - so well done to all concerned.

For those of you who don't know, I commute by car from Yeovil to Sunbury three days a week; a journey which normally takes me about two hours. So naturally I've had plenty of opportunity to observe the nation taking enthusiastically to this special day.

The first example this morning happened within five minutes of leaving the house; carved up on a mini-roundabout by a Subaru doing (at a conservative estimate) 50mph in a 30mph zone. Excellent start.

But the award for the day has to go to the driver I witnessed on the A303 at about 07:15 this morning on the single carriageway eastbound just before Chicklade.

I was three cars behind a lorry travelling at (an admittedly frustrating) 50mph. A car five positions behind me decided to overtake the entire queue while going around a blind corner. Sheer genius.

I’m looking forward to the journey home this evening to see if this mornings efforts can be outdone.