Paper Monitor
12:38 UK time, Tuesday, 23 December 2008
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Is anybody still out there? The first sign that just a handful of workers remain at their desks came this morning when Paper Monitor picked up an unusually light copy of the Times at the newsagents.
And it was the same with most of the other papers. If only one had a set of bathroom scales to hand...
... but instead special mention will go to the Guardian for channelling Brass Eye in its front page headlines:
"Government buildings emit more CO2 than all of Kenya"
"High flyers: bees on cocaine 'behave like humans'"
Like humans? Like humans in general, or humans on the happy-chatty powder?
The answer lies within the article, although Paper Monitor has yet to work out why one might give a bee coke. But here's what happened - the insects "threw themselves into unusually energetic dance routines, felt compelled to 'talk' to their nest mates - and even went 'cold turkey'..."
While on the topic of drugs, yesterday Paper Monitor - inspired by the Financial Times end of year quiz - asked which cast member of The Wire was once in Absolutely Fabulous. No-one guessed, but it was Stringer Bell, played by Hackney's own Idris Elba - whose first television role was as a gigolo named Hilton, pawed by Patsy in an episode titled Sex from series three. The scene in question is on a popular video sharing website, should you care to take a look.
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