Thrifty Thrills In a Time Of Recession....

Unless you've been living under a rock, (and let's face it who does that other than the Fraggles?) you will know that there is a recession happening, (this will mean the Fraggles will no doubt receive a nasty surprise the next time they come above ground for doozer sticks and radishes.)

The recession, the 'R'-word, the credit crunch, the economic down-turn - whatever you want to call it's fair to say that it's a double-whammy of suckiness, firstly it destroys people's livelihoods and secondly it consumes our nightly news to the point where we can no longer rely on a 'feel-good' human interest story at the end of the bulletin about pandas, dolphins, kakapo or Chris Brown.

One moment we are being told to save our pennies, the next we are being told to spend at large to get the economy going again - I have no idea what the hell to do - if I did I wouldn't be sitting here writing a blog about it.

When times get tough, if you can, you should seek to enjoy the little things in life, and by 'little things' I'm not talking about smelling flowers, listening to birds singing or children playing - I'm talking about your cars' indicator.

I've come up with a little game, that works best when waiting on a red-arrow at the traffic lights. The idea is that you search through your pre-set stations on your car stereo and keep going till you find a song that matches the beat or rhythm of your indicator, it's not always easy, but then again neither is the board-game 'Operation'.

On Tuesday I found a song that matches my car indicator perfectly - Kings Of Leon's "Sex On Fire" did the trick and the timing, the symmetry - EVERYTHING was there! Now - don't get too discouraged if the Kings' ode to firey intercourse doesn't work for your car, keep persisting - you'll find your song. (Although if your indicator matches anything by The Prodigy or Meatloaf - that may be a sign your car is about to fail it's next warrant.)

The best part about all of this is that this game costs you only a few drops of the overpriced petrol you put in your car....petrol which is probably gonna get even pricier thanks to the 'R'-word....time to come up with a new game.....