Mysteries of Modern Life (No 3)

Whatever happened to gravy browning?

And am I the only person who misses it?  Pale beige gravy just isn't the same...

Mysteries of Modern Life (2)

How does:

£25 Warehouse skirt

plus

100% cotton

plus

100% polyester lining

equal

"Professional dry clean only"?

Or alternatively, how bad at laundry do they think I am?



It went in the washing machine, by the way.

Mysteries of modern life (1)

Is it just me or is there loads of stuff about modern life that just doesn't make sense?

Like this one:

Why is it, when (as happened to me about ten minutes ago) someone rings you up from a call centre in Bangalore, or Chennai, or, for all I know, Delhi, they always claim to be called Chris (or Sue, or Jim), when clearly they're actually called something entirely different?

Just wondering.