Ugh, I agree. Stop contacting me! It’s from Strunk & White’s Elements Of Style – a fine reference for all. Know the rules so you can break them.
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Phraseology
Spotted last night on K Road:
Para-die-sh? ParaDISH! Para-deesh? It’s the name of a new Chinese restaurant… It all sounds delicious to me.
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And then came the brilliant part. We had a bunch of monster Tuscan kale growing in the yard this past summer. You’re supposed to wait until the first frost to harvest it, and we’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for a frost. I don’t know why you have to wait for the frost, but my wife kept telling me that. And they’re giant. I mean these things are about three-feet tall. I went out and harvested, and I chopped the kale and started sautéing it with olive oil, and I put salt on it. It was just great. A bunch of the leaves were much thinner than others and I thought I was burning them almost, but those were the best parts. It’s almost like it came out like an incredibly delicate potato chip but made out of kale. It was definitely the best part of the meal.
Crunch, you know, is one of those universal human irresistible things. In fact, if it is a universal I’d love to know why. Is it some ancestral memory? Crunching the bones of your enemy? I don’t know why crunch would be pleasurable.
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You are bombarded with messages when you cross the threshold of a super city. Some inspirational, some persuasive, some provocative. Some shout from 30ft billboards to make their mark, others subtly wait for you to discover them in a grimy nook.
Here are a few of the words that took my fancy in New York (and some of the typography is brilliant to boot).
Also, no photos, but I loved the multilingual nature of NYC – the signs in Chinese at the Chinatown subway stations, the Dominican butcheries – Carnicero, the Polish enclave filled with bakeries. It makes me wish I wasn’t such a monoglot!
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Tea that engages you in a wee conversation as you’re brewing your cuppa? Something to look at instead of the wall while the kettle boils? Yes, yes. Healtheries have done this and I like it a lot!
First up they bring us some factual tidbits about the herbal tea you’re about to sup:
Then hit you with this:
Other charming tea bag tags included “Why drink black tea / When you can drink it in full colour”. It’s a clever use of a previously ignored piece of packaging ‘real estate’ to get some attitude across!
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Chanel (repeatedly) puts out this note to try and protect the equity their brand name. It’s an elegantly written plea to cease-and-desist bitches! Enjoy:
My Channel blouse from Thailand is all good though, right?
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While car manufacturing is seen as a big bad industry by some (including myself), it’s good to be reminded that there’s people behind it. Good humans who just want to make a living and support their families. That’s why I’m glad the Honda factories are opening again.
Thanks is due to Wieden + Kennedy for making these tea, bacon and iron ads to spread the news.
Very British, very heartfelt – copy that definitely delivers a smile in the mind.
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