send feedback   BANNED WORDS this is a column that runs in the guardian's saturday magazine. i liked it once but i got bored with it now. here's a few selections. words that should be banned: real geri gangsta surtitles pensioner visitor attraction shag branding conceptual a-list breakfast bar 888 hubby own dubya it's not going to happen rebel recession apres ski flu ethnic mad recession detox hardcore comment   RETURN OF THE ROLLERCOASTER (6) so here i am, just like the only little boy in new york, with this wild, wild cabbie, all souped up on the erratic and i just don't know where he's going to goddam take us. like, i know we're not headed for manhattan right now, but it could be bensonhirst or harlem or upstate somewhere and this lebanese driver is just eating up the concept of erratic living. god, i mean, like i just got off the plane son, i mean, like, chilling would be a good idea about now. not some nightmare trip to mayhem. but that's the ride so, sometimes, you just got to swing with it. comment   comment   comment   comment   CLOSURE, AT LAST and so, i find, the search for truth draws to its natural close - here's some of what i found: 1. the truth does not stay where we put it. it is a living, vibrant and moving article 2. our truths must be replenished each morning in the same way that loves must be reaffirmed 3. an endless search for truth is a fool's errand 4. avoidance of lies and liars is a valid, worthwhile and on-going quest 5. there are truths for each person and for each occasion 6. most people speak the truth as they see it 7. some people surround themselves with lies 8. dignity and passion and truth are the three hands that make us human comment

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