20 October, 2009

Strange memories

I'm accustomed to the mini-industry of gimmicks surrounding University graduation ceremonies – ties, cufflinks, keyrings, etc. – and now jigsaws?

A generic image of the Union flag, superimposed with a couple lines of text, printed onto wood then cut into 30 convoluted shapes? Why?
Is it really likely that in forty years time someone will dig his/her graduation jigsaw out of the attic and take a few seconds to assemble the totally arbitrary image, hoping to trigger happy memories?

The same company does mugs. Exactly.