Points of view

Poor Tomasz has been picked on again, albeit obliquely. On Sundays there is a programme on BBC television called Points Of View, presented by Jeremy Vine. It allows viewers to vent their spleen about programmes on the BBC: Occasionally correspondents are nice about programmes; but it appears the type of querulous contributors to Jezza's Radio 2 show, dominate his telly gig too.

One such person is Nina Dorian, getting exercised about presenters and reporters gesticulating wildly on television. To be fair she does have a valid point, in that some television personalities do seem to be under the impression they are directing aircrafts into hangars.

Her gripe was illustrated by a montage of various presenters gesticulating-- this montage included The Schaf! For a start he doesn't gesticulate as much as Dan Corbett; no offence to Dan, indeed his gestures are almost an homage to Tommy Cooper. However that is besides the point, because weather-presenters need to use arm/hand movements to illustrate charts, movements of systems or pointing out rough locations on the map. Tomasz is not like a breakfast television presenter merely yacking to his co-presenter, or a reporter doing a simple piece-to-camera.

I think of a suitable hand gesture or two, to give the researcher who saw it fit to include Tomasz in that little montage

However I'm too ladylike to give a demonstration, or indeed a screengrab of a certain infamous incident involving His Loveliness.

Instead a link, 11:26 onwards.

In other news, The Schaf is due to be on News At One tomorrow and Wednesday-- plus the News Channel between 11:00-15:00 and Radio at around 12:58. Rejoice.

A dangling modifier

Simon McCoy unwittingly (?) insulted The Schaf today, with an unfortunate dangling modifier: "The weather: Dull, grey and boring-- here with the details is Tomasz Schafernaker".

Tomasz gave a grin at this... but I'm charitable to think this was a non-sequitur on Mr McCoy's part [chuckle]. I would hope that Simon wasn't calling our Tomasz "dull, grey and boring". Otherwise he's in trouble with The Schaffanatics! {i}



I love the way he says "exhilarating" and talk of "arcing and swirling" weather fronts-- plus the cute aside about cloud colouring. Never mind grey skies, Tomasz can loom across my horizon any day.

Tomasz has joined me and has migrated his own {i} blog to Blogspot-- you can access it here:

Drink me

I've noticed from a couple of recent headshots, that His Loveliness has taken to apparently shaving a slice out his right eyebrow... not sure what to make of it?! What does anyone else think? {ii}



As long as he doesn't get a piercing or tatoo... but otherwise I'm not worthy ["schwing" emoticon]. In case you are wondering, it was Laura Tobin yesterday on Country Tracks. Me neither, lovely as she is.

Apologies for the tardiness of imparting information about Tomasz's blog, but I was out all day yesterday. I was pushing a converted fridge-freezer along the A2 in between Sittingbourne and Faversham, for a very goos cause in fact. If you are on Facebook, please take a moment to visit the following site-- many thanks.

The Monumental Walk


{i} Angry letters to Points Of View, refusal to pay the Licence Fee, picket at Television Centre-- that sort of thing.
{ii} Being a young fogey and not being 'down widda kids', I always was under impression it was a chav thing-- hope Tomasz isn't turning into a Burberry ape [ha]!