'Find Maddy' mugs anyone?
Future collectors item. Tenner each.
We really shouldn't be taking the piss over this dreadful story, but the press and media really have left the doors wide open for total abuse and for cashing in opportunitys for scammers.
What's all this about bogus web sites with adverts being paid for within, that I've seen headlines about?
The trouble with Brits has always been if we are in a helpless situation, we always crack jokes about it - the rest of the world think we're crazy - we are, but we deal with adversity better than some of our breast-beating neighbours.
I remember being in a Saudia jet over the desert, we hit a massive air pocket and plummeted like a stone for what seemed an eternity. I sat tranfixed, watching the floor rushing up to meet us and was only dimly aware that the entire plane was a madhouse of people screaming and running around.
Then, when all seemed lost we levelled out and started to climb again. A steward brought me a coffee and asked if I was English. I said Yes - close enough! Why was he asking? He said "You were not panicking, you had to be!
I laughed weakly! He said "Fortunately for us, the pilot is English too!"
