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So, if you’re like me, you don’t mind cooking, and you probably watch the odd cooking show or two. I find some of the Artists on these shows a tad annoying, but none more so than Nigella Lawson. I am in a household of three, and an extended household of 6, and two out of the 6 (myself included) cannot stand the soft-porn cheesiness of it.

Now, don’t get me wrong; I’ve nothing against the woman herself. She is a very attractive and curvy lass. What I find objectionable is the pure cheesiness of the whole presentation; it’s pure corn, and it really is an overindulgent, fanciful and banal series of sexual motifs that use food and the requisite cooking time to join these moments of innuendo together.

What on earth am I talking about? Well, thanks to commenter Sheeple Liberator over at No Place For Sheep, this brilliant little video sums it up!

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“Being persuaded to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to create impressions that won’t last on people we don’t care about.”

- Dr Tim Jackson, Economist and Lecturer, on the follies of current economic models

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