One of my pet hates (an ever-increasing list, it seems, as I become a grumpier old man :) ) is the 'you can do or be anything you want' mantra which has produced (perhaps aided by reality TV such as 'X Factor' and 'Britains got talent') a belief amongst some young people that they can be anything they want, and can do anything they want - but without the application of any effort.
Every now and again there's some home video footage shown on TV of a present-day star 'before they were famous', emphasising that 'overnight success' can take some considerable time . . .
Which leads, in a roundabout way, to a news story from my local paper, featuring a 53 year old chap called John Duffy. You may ever have heard of him - I certainly hadn't.
His 'overnight success' is a very successful Twitter page which has led to a book deal with a publisher.
But Dave's overnight success - partly due to an element of luck - has followed on from a part-time career of submitting one-liner gags to various TV and radio shows.
His latest creation eclipses those one-liners.
It features the 'tweets' of someone who - apparently - is something of a celebrity: Cheryl Kerl. She's Geordie who comments knowledgeably on many things.
For example, on cyber attacks:
"Willyam Hague's wurried aboot cybah attacks, aye itz a wurry aall reet buh leik if the Daleks torn up wor propah stuffed pet"
The book's out in time for Christmas, titled: "Woath it? Coase Ah Am, Pet"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Woath-Coase-Ah-am-Pet/dp/1444715151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291121385&sr=8-1
It even has a chapter entitled "Grumpy Erld Cheryl'.
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