Weekend awards...

Ah, the start of the weekend. Time to hand out some awards. The brickbats first:

The Golden Toothpick Award

Thanks to this man (who is also a Cabinet Minister), restaurants may now be hiding their toothpicks. I was at one eatery for dinner tonight, and I could not find any toothpicks!

The 'Consigned to the Dustbin of History' Award

I know there's a lot of rah-rah about things Brit, thanks to the excitement over a certain Royal newborn. But why adorn a pedal bin -- a receptacle for rubbish -- with the Union Jack, a symbol of emotional attachment to one's country? Haven't they heard of the expression "consigned to the dustbin of history"? Here are two quotes that use the expression; one is Leon Trotsky, who coined it; the other is Ronald Reagan:

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/dustbin_of_history/  

The 'Don't Take This To The Airport' Award

The 'It's Not 2014 Yet!' Award (No 1)

There's still five full months to go, and you want to foist a 2014 model on us now?

The 'It's Not 2014 Yet!' Award (No 2)

Ditto for this one.

The 'Pseudo Headline' Award

In case anyone is still wondering why this headline got an award, read the story's intro carefully:

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Now for the bouquets. Since I gave out brickbat awards to two car makers above, these two below deserve a pat on the back for sticking with 2013 in their ads:

The 'Yes, It's Still 2013!' Award (No 1)

The 'Yes, It's Still 2013!' Award (No 2)

  The Most Beautiful Aeroplane Award

Ain't she a beaut! And she and her sisters will be strutting their stuff at the Singapore Airshow 2014 (February). See this story:

http://t.news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/rsaf-black-knights-to-perform-at-singapore-airshow

The Great Graphics Award

I thought ST did a fantastic job to showcase the Zoo's 40th birthday, with a series of very nice cartoons too. It appeared on Monday, July 22, pages B6 and B7.

The 'What Every Airport Should Have' Award

And finally...

Best 'University Commencement Speech By A Professor' Award

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXgm126Ko8

Click on the YouTube link above. You'll love it.