Shut up already

Certain products and services become so engrained in daily life that they become indispensable. For many businesses and indeed people who are not businesses, the internet has become invaluable. Some of you crazy kids out there would rather hear a Bon Jovi song than not have access to Facebook or Twitter. Some people text so much on their mobile phone, that the phone almost becomes an extension of their hand. Although technology has enriched our lives in many ways, it's the simple ideas which have the greatest impact. Each day, Jill Y screams really loudly at me. The words she uses are really big and I don't understand what she's saying but I do know "you good for nothing, lazy son of a Bon Jovi fan" isn't a compliment. For this reason, I've invested in a new simple but hopefully effective piece of headgear. She’s into fashion so I’m hoping she likes it and wears it a lot and if I’m lucky and she uses it the way I hope she does, it may turn out to be one of the few things that shut her up: