Saw Borat the film last night, certainly worth watching! And thanks to Sacha for ensuring Christ’s College alumuni now include someone with a great sense of humour!

Meanwhile, from the Comlexity Digest of all places:

18.01. The Scorched-Earth Satire Of Sacha Baron Cohen , Edmonton Sun

Excerpts: Borat reports on the Kazakh celebration, ‘the Running of the Jew,’ in a scene from Borat, opening in Edmonton theatres Friday. The Jewish Anti-Defamation League recently expressed concerns about the character, while insisting that it “got” the joke, warned about others not getting it. In a press release, it noted that Cohen “is himself proudly Jewish. We hope everyone who chooses to see the film understands Mr. Cohen’s comedic technique, which is to use humour to unmask the absurd and irrational side of
anti-Semitism and other phobias born of ignorance and fear”.

* The Scorched-Earth Satire Of Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Slotek , 06/11/01, Edmonton Sun

A while back when I was in a job with time on my hands I sent an email to the press office at Canadian National Railways to point out that the US  broadcaster CNN had ripped off their logo style – just added an extra ‘N’. Charmingly, the railways PR emailed back and said I was misinformed! And in fact they are totally different. That’s the kind of dumb thing you do when you have too much time on your hand.

Canada National Railways                                     CNN