It reported three days ago that an Indian man, Vaibhav Bedi, is suing the makers of Lynx deodorant and body spray for a lack of the so-called ‘Lynx Effect’.
The Lynx Effect, if you have seen the advertisements on TV, makes a man irresistible to women, particularly long legged beautiful women. If you choose to use the product, and let’s face it, which man wouldn’t given it’s over-powering and seductive qualities, women will fall at your feet like flies sprayed with Black Flag. Come to think of it, the Lynx smell (at least some strains of the range) bears an uncanny resemblance to fly spray.
I fell into the claws of the Lynx via my gym. No, I wasn’t offered it by a male member in the shower room - it is simply provided free to all who frequent MindBody Studio. Because it was free I thought “What the hell?”.
Needless to say I am still with Sugar who, by the way, hates the smell of Lynx. Perhaps Vaibhav will consider mounting a class action for all of us who have hoped for but been disappointed with the Lynx Effect.
Lynx is marketed in India and elsewhere around the world as Axe. Here’s the latest ad currently showing on New Zealand TV.
Here’s one that I just posted on www.meateaters.co.nz - but it’s so ‘good’ I needed to post it here as well.
From not wanting to go, to dragging my sorry arse out of the house I was glad I did - Justin Townes Earle was fantastic.
He played a huge range of musical styles, alone, just him and his guitar. From swampbilly rock, to western swing, to hillbilly there were shades of his father’s voice, and even particular mannerisms - that “bending over and holding his head on the side” thing that he does.
He’s a prolific performer. Malcolm Gladwell has that Outlier theory that people need to do 10,000 hours to get really really good at whatever they do well. With the number of gigs that Earle has done Malcolm Gladwell’s hypothesis stacks up beautifully.
Here’s a video that I shot of Justin’s second to last song. Enjoy.
The Golden Arches
McDonalds is taking over the world. Not only are they making moves on Balmoral and Kaikoura than they are opening a restaurant in the Louvre Museum next month.
The 1,142nd McDonalds in France will open just metres inside the main entrance as a celebration of its 3oth birthday.
An art historian working at the museum stated:
“This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum…”
I couldn’t have put it better myself, and so I wont.
McDonalds joins a Starbucks that opened near the Right Bank entrance to the Louvre in 2008.
The restaurant chain in France has enjoyed the biggest growth outside the USA. According to the chain the fast food group opened 30 new outlets last year in France and welcomed 450 million customers – up 11 per cent on the previous year.
Read the original Daily Telegraph article.
I haven’t posted for ages. This post could be seen as a bit of a cop-out. Sorry.
But - the posts I made on this site back in March about my journey around the South Island by motorbike has been published in the October edition of KiwiRider magazine.
Page 57 to be exact 
$10.00 at all good bookstores and motorbike shops.
The site I have been wanting to build since around 2001 has finally arrived.
www.meateaters.co.nz
Back at the turn of the century eating meat was not a very fashionable thing to do - it was done in moderation, usually when you went to a restaurant or to a friend’s place for dinner.
Every Thursday night I would meet with my two brothers-in-law (while my better half was out of the house) and we would cook a meat meal. It was never anything fancy - usually sausages with mashed potato and frozen peas. The sausages would be courtesy of the Superior Meat Market on Ponsonby Road - run by a father and son team - Brian and Wayne. And bloody good bangers they were too. I never ate as much meat as I did in that and the subsequent year.
Did I develop hardened arteries and a heart condition? No.
Did I become obese and diabetic? No.
I embraced the joy of eating meat to the point that I registered www.meateaters.co.nz always with the idea of creating a site about, for and of meat. We even had T-shirts made - a limited run (of three) with a photo of our typical Thursday night feast.
So, take a look - it’s new and needs more content. But if you have ideas for articles, or you have reviews of great meat meals you have experienced, or you want to talk about your favourite butcher, or meat retailer then add a comment to this post and I’ll make contact with you via the email address you provide.
Check it our at www.meateaters.co.nz or www.meatdinner.com
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November 3, 2009 8:11 pm | 
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