We all know what's popular here: beer, soccer, and Princess Di. If you've been here recently, you probably even know about Maddy and Fabio (not the one you're thinking of).
What I *didn't* know about is Playboy. Now, I'm sure that, in many other places, it's relatively easy to buy selected Playboy items, such as Playboy adhesive phone crystals
or the Playboy beach towel. 
But the range of products is unlike any I'd seen back in Hugh's homeland. At home, I never see this fleece throw,
or this camping chair.
It's not like these things are at sketchy sex shops. They're at Argos, which is sort of like the now defunct chain, Service Merchandise. When I first arrived, I needed some household stuff, including an iron and a hair dryer, and I went to Argos. It's a store with no showroom. You reserve things online and then pick them up at the store. I love Argos. It's efficient. It's affordable. It's probably carbon-efficient.
But seeing all the Playboy stuff in the catalog there is a little incongruous. It would be like going to Target and seeing that, in addition to piles and piles of Harry Potter books and DVDs of The Santa Clause, the manager had decided to stock some Anna Nicole Smith wall clocks. 
Everyone says that the US is a divided nation, and that what we need is an American president to bring us together. Strike that. What we need is some Playboy hot water bottle cozies.
On the Argos website, I found 111 Playboy items. Seriously.
2 comments:
Hmm. Playboy hot-water bottle cozies... Now I can't wait for the first baby gift from Britain!
one of many many signs of the continued fall of the empire.
add to list with posh spice. and amy winehouse.
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