CRUNCH time!

Feeling the pinch are we? Tightening those purse strings? What, no? Don't worry it could either be because not only are you as bored as I am by the whole thing and even the annoying phrase 'credit crunch' that's been haunting the lazy media for months, but also if you're as poor as me, or no doubt in the dire situation citizens of Zimbabwe or Iraq, then there really are more pressing matters.

Now it won't come as any surprise to those of you who even bother to come here, that I don't claim to be a financial expert and indeed, am a bit reluctant and suspicious to believe media appointed financial experts to explain complex mathamatics about how fucked Britain, the US and the rest of the world will be, and the theories as to why that might be. I do know, however, and wonder whether fatcats will still give themselves 300% pay rises, often for chairing failing compaanies, or why when energy providers still make huge profits, they could defer any big rises, or why much money and resouces is spent on defence, but hey, that's just my gullibility in these matters, and I hold my hands up if these are not important factors.

Another crazy theory I have, which is long winded, but for the benefit of you, readers, I'll spare some of your precious time, is that people might just be wising up to forking out for shitty products and services. Or on occasion not paying for them at all because they can get them for free, because whether or not they're any good, is immaterial. So it's a cultural slow down, more than a finacial one, isn't it? But isn't there a cultural slow down, though? Really? Don't things seem culturally questionable? Is there much value in music and art today? Is it sustainable or even justifiable in this cynical age when companies want to mass produce cheap shite to make a fast buck? Something to think about before you continue on your day or pop out to Tescos...