This week's sign of the apocalypse

There’s a shop in Ponty called Cash Generator. It calls itself a ‘buy, sell and loan store’, but it’s really no more than a glorified pawn shop. Anyway, walking through town last week I noticed a sign in the window offering euros and dollars. So you can now flog your kids’ toys to fund your sangria-fuelled holiday in Benidorm this summer.

Their PR machine seems somewhat out of touch with the kind of people who visit their stores. Their blurb says, and I’m not making this up, “So whether you are going for a weekend in Paris or a month in Dubai, Cash Generator stores can offer you the best currency rates on the high street.”

This week's sign of the apocalypse

Talk about dumbing down. On Thursday, the BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs was fretting about wind chill. To explain, he pointed to his chart and said "...and the lower the number, the colder it will be."

Thanks for that explanation. Its a good job you studied for years in meteorology school to explain these complex ideas to us, eh?