Things that are currently pissing me off - 6

I'm having to type some stuff - limited aspects of a large report - in American. My bloody spell-checker keeps putting all the 'u's back in. Aaaaaaargh. When is gin o'clock, exactly?

WTF Dictionary

From the egregious Joyce's blog.

Tweeple.

Of course, a couple of his hopeful colleagues are no longer on Twitter.

Divided By A Common Tongue

Why does the civilised world

Stand for election,

Yet the "Land of the Free"

Run for Office?

I know that, in both cases "Pimp^* for votes" would be more honest.

* Yes, 'pimp', rather than 'prostitute'. If it was their own money they were promising to spend rather than your taxes, they might raise themselves to the dignity of a harlot.