AKA La Mode de Rees-Mogg. 
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Vero! I was in a porn shoot by accident a few years ago, although as a fully clothed extra, I hasten to add. Starring Bristol legend, Cathy Barry. She was great fun!
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By accident, eh 
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Yes, he tripped and fell⊠repeatedly 
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Ahem.
Back to @Griffin36âs cat box. A veritable triumph of function over form!
Or a triumph of feline over formâŠ
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The house we bought and live in today had five different shades of brown around it in various places. Thatâs all there really was apart from white. Suffice to say we eradicated all traces of brown, with the exception of the kitchen cupboard fronts, which are very light brown and not too bad. They will go in a couple of years to complete the project. Why do so many French houses fixate on brown ?
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When I lived in the North East, near Chester le Street, we had a neighbour who we got to know quite well after moving there. She showed us her bedroom and bathroom. They were both painted in very lurid colours and both had mirrored ceilings. The large bathroom also had a large circular sunken bath and shag pile carpet. She told us it was like that when she bought it 
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There must have been a fashion for them, a friend of mine moved into her fatherâs old house near Macclesfield and his bathroom was just like that 
all brown and orange.
Must have bought it from french people
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No, the more obvious answer was the true one.
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In the area where I taught English to children in Hong Kong, I had two little girls named Ikra and Mira asked if I would like to come and see where they lived and the Madrasah.
Up the stairs in a little dilapidated block we went, passing a door festooned with red blinking lights and tassels. âHotel!â, said Mira. Yes. The Madrasah was on the floor above. Just as well above, really.
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I remember seeing a few similar places in the indoor markets Kowloon side 
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To be honest virtually every Cairo taxi I took looked like a travelling brothel in a Wes Anderson film, curtains and tinsel and fairy lights and leopard plush, crochet flounces and ostrich feathers. And pictures of eg Umm Kulthum or else those trashy belly dancers from the Pyramids road, for Saudi tourists.
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Seems @Griffin36 âs cat is in excellent company
Iâm afraid that I couldnât help myself when I saw the sofas 
What is lovely is how much all the writers live their furry vandals 
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The dog was obviously more aesthetically sensitive than its owners, though one wonders if the sofaâs taste wasnât worse than the taste of its ownersâŠ
My primary concern would be more in hoping the content of such sofas wasnât toxic for the pooch. 
Surprised they didnât find bits of Chinese newspapers
Interesting article on âsamenessâ in our modern world. Maybe itâs always been there, starting with bearskins, moving through farthingales to Air B&B interiors.
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Interesting indeed. Reliability and consistency has always made (most) people feel secure. MacDonaldâs and Starbucks are exactly the same in every country and every way. They attract repeat customers who want âsomething they can trustâ. Like jeans.
Rem Koolhas, who is a very cool architect is quoted in the article
What are the disadvantages of identity, and conversely, what are the advantages of blankness? What if this seemingly accidental, and usually regretted, homogenization was an intentional process, a conscious movement away from difference toward similarity?"
He is talking about the sameness of architecture but it could also be applied to many things humans chose. Seems humans like being the same. It is reassuring, predictable, safe and attracts less flak of criticism. They know what to expect.
I am not saying it is right or not right, nor best but it is interesting. Being âdifferentâ is braver but also needs imagination. Not all have and not all others want this. What I just wish is that humanity in general was much less susceptible to the âdifferent from meâ syndrome. Life should be a rich tapestry, not just gingham 