It might be fun to play with, but it's also deadly.

Yesterday, Marc wrote a post called, 7 Reasons That The Nautical Look Is Objectionable. I read it aghast. How could someone so intelligent be so wrong? Today, I aim to put right his wrongs. 1. Saturation Point. Too much of a thing is never good – which is why I’m editing this with a hangover – and the nautical look is everywhere.  It’s finally reached saturation point and now it seems that almost every woman in the UK is dressed as a...

The nautical look. It's everywhere. At the moment it appears to be more ubiquitous than leaves in autumn or chavs in sports shops. But it's annoying, and here are seven reasons why.

1.  Shape.  When the lid is on, the pen is oval-shaped and it puts me in mind of a rugby ball.  That should be a good thing as the Six Nations is on at the moment, but look at the colour.  It’s blue.  And it’s not even the dark blue of France, it’s light-blue, the colour of the Italian team.  Italy are the worst team in the competition – worse even than England.  This pen exudes the acrid stench of failure.  And I don’t...