Markets, incentives, and social norms are the standard meat and drink of this column - and normal service on them will be resumed next week, when
silly season is at last drawing to an end.
Stamp duty contortions and eco-warriors with private jets? Welcome to silly season
Well to get into this
Silly Season mood Uncle Norbert and I have just changed into our Colonel Bogey shorts, string vests and knotted hankerchiefs ready for a game of Nick Kyrgios tennis on a court close to a main road to drown out the swearing.
Silly season could be a lot sillier
But is this just a result of the world waking up after the recession and things getting back to "normal" or is there actual evidence to suggest a trend in increased activity during the
silly season? Looking back at enquiry levels during 2013 and 2014 the evidence would certainly appear to confirm that activity was higher during the three months of summer than at any other time of the year.
Holmes investigates: Does the silly season still exist? This month, Birmingham's very own property super sleuth, Theo Holmes from CBRE, dusts off his deerstalker and gets out his magnifying glass to investigate summer occupier enquiry levels
Episode 2 of
silly season came last week when Willie Price, an African American candidate for city Council running with the backing of the Republican Party, had that backing taken away because of a couple of posts he made on his Facebook Page.
Palillo's "silly season" remains Niagara Falls political constant
But now that the
silly season has transformed horribly into the serious season, with the murder of US hostage James Foley by a British Jihadist fighting with Islamic State, pictures of Cameron lazing in Cornwall after just 19 hours in London are infuriating.
Give us a break, Dave - being a world leader is no holiday
At least it's not long now until the
silly season is replaced by the actual season and the serious business of biting fellow professionals, kicking 17-year-old ballboys and booing your own club's manager.
Pre-season silliness at an all-time high; PICK OF THE DAY
We need serious policies to drag us out of this double-dip recession, and far fewer "
silly season" stunts.
Silly season policy stunts; InsideView
They obviously don't make
Silly Seasons like they used to: those months from June to September when an MP parked his mistress in a Mayfair flat and went home to the family, when school holidays were timed to coincide with airport baggage handlers' strikes and at least a brace of budget airlines went bust turning Heathrow into the Dossers' Hilton.
Ah, that silly summer when Simon Bates invaded France
Its extraordinary and questionable age of 254 was old enough to maKe a
silly season story.
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So whether you're a fan of Blues, Villa, Wolves or Albion, be sure to not take everything as gospel when the
silly season really kicks into gear after the World Cup.
Silly season set for kick-off..
"This is
silly season. Results are strange at this time of year and I don't want any results that might upset us."
Officially the worst
Ferguson also said that he has not spent the amount till now, as he believes the squad he has assembled is strong enough to cope with the demands of the championships, and due to the "
silly season" values in the transfer market.
Fergie says he can spend 80 million pounds in transfer market if he wants to
Especially now that the
silly season is over and the conjurors are back in town.
It's an illusion; LETTERS to the EDITOR
Media stories reached into minutiae, and Barack Obama bemoaned what he called "
silly season." Stories focused on who was seated where on a campaign plane, or who wore what to an event.
Legislators in Salem slip deep into silly season
They don't call this time of year the "
Silly Season" at Worcester City Hall for nothing.
Some want O'Brien for walks, but Lukes says, `Take a hike'