In the news this week....

Trawling through the pages of news online, I found myself chuckling at a couple of headlines. One, although not immediately funny, as you read the story it clearly has comedy scene written all over it. The line read 'Woman caught after trying to smuggle a body on plane', and as you read the article, it turns out an elderly relative had died while travelling with them and instead of reporting to the local authorities here, the woman tried to wheel him through customs and put sunglasses on him to cover the fact that he was dead!

Bless the German woman, she ought to have known better than to use SUNGLASSES in rainy England as a disguise! Excuse the pun, but that in itself is a dead give away. Reading the story, sure sounded like something out of a film.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/apr/06/women-arrested-smuggle-body-plane

Funny news is not always home bound, the Aussies have a fair few nutters to boast about too.
The inmates figured that, they were already inside doing time, a bit more couldn't hardly make a difference. All for a dish we take for granted- A Pizza!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1389697.html

I would love to have seen this happening for myself! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/7450365/Funny-headlines-from-the-South-London-Press-newspaper.html?image=5

How could have they possibly done it? Came in, in the shadow of darkness, with masks to cover their identity and held a knife to the man did they?? Haha :D

With all the buzz about the election, something out of the ordinary sure puts a smile on even the stressed out politicians. Talking about election coverage, I cant wait for the analogies and the ways the media are going to try to make the coverage of the election simple and understandable for the benefit of the public watching.

Being at the right place at the right time...

How I have heard that line from my dad time and time again. Bless him he does try his best to console me when I get another soul crushing rejection letter/ Email from the 'lovely' people who are in a position to pick and choose and play 'Eany, meany miney mo' with our job application forms.

But it does make one think though. The quote I mean, what has a person got to do to be at the right place at the right time? I can spend three quarters of my life hanging around the cafes, restaurants and bars where high flying editors, media executives frequent. Would that constitute to being at the right place? I wish I had the disposable income to find out, but sadly no. I suppose I have to take comfort in the fact the people I have met while doing endless amounts of work experience have provided me with the knowledge to help in 'breaking' down the solid door that is the Media industry.

Being the media 'junkie' I am, I have.. well signed up on various social networking sites, twitter being one of them. I was trying to find some inspiration to write something and well, low and behold, the media guardian elf's posted this article link http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/26/media-workers-start-unpaid

With the current job market, in any field, in tatters no thanks to the economic slump, I figure the only way to get anybody's attention is to ask to work for nothing. And like the article points out, the 'who you know' attitude is still very much the ace card to be played during any interview. Name dropping; Self: 'Oh didn't I mention I know Piers Morgan?!' Editor: 'oh well welcome to our paper, can you start immediately??'