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• Election, Election, Election, Election, Election ...

  . . . election, election, election . . . well, I just thought that I would get my Brit readers used to what they will get by way of non-stop 'news' for the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Why Am I So Forgetful? Dunno, Can't Remember!

  

  Really, there's no excuse for me to keep forgetting the excellent Donald Pittenger and his superb site Art Contrarian but I do despite him being there on my... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Animal Rightists Get It Wrongist!

  

  And I don't think that the fact that they are Italian has anything to do with it. No, alas, having large swathes of your brain covered in mildew is all too... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Give You Erick Erickson, a Most Interesting Man

  And as I pass him on to you let me express my thanks to Ms. Molly Ball of The Atlantic for a long but fascinating essay on the man which almost amounts to a min... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Te-da, Te-da, Te-da-de-da-de-da"

  Thus sang the great Monty Python team as they hung from their crosses at the end of The Life of Brian, as superb an example of English irony as it is possible t... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Last Monday Funnies for 2014

  

  You don't really deserve any today because I don't suppose any of you are at the 'coalface', instead you're all lying in bed and brooding on how much Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Beware the Greeks Bearing Debts!

  I will not repeat my 'boring-snoring' mantra concerning the importance of timing in both sex and drumming and everything else - oh, I just did! Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Goodbye, Great Britain - Hello, Little England

  Before I begin I had better apologise to Her Maj who is, of course, a regular reader of these distinguished columns because she will be displeased at my ideas... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Girlies Just Don't Understand War!

  

  Yet another example of the indisputable fact that 'wimmin' just don't understand war. This comes from an article in The Times reminding us chaps that next June... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dig Him up and Hang Him!

  If you just live long enough then gradually some hidden truths seep under the door sill. Thus, today we have a report in The Telegraph based on revelations... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'pH-ony Baloney'

  

  They're at it again! I'm refering to those "hide the decline" con artists who have built reputations and fortunes from alarming tales that 'the end of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Admit It, I'm a Repeat Offender

  Yes, all you regulars will know of my constant petty larceny as I snoop around unwary sites on this internet-thingie and nick anything laying about that looks... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• My Appalling Christmas Greetings!

  Yes, I'm afraid they are all exceedingly appalling but, alas, as you regulars may have noticed, this blog has fallen under extreme Aussie influence which I am... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Looneyrama #2

  It's difficult to choose amongst the many examples of looneyism. However, we could start with the recent EU ruling, since backed up by a British... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 22.12.14

  By the way, just to cheer you up (before my 'Funnies' depress you!) this is the first day of Spring. Well, yes, strictly speaking it's still Winter but yesterda... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 21.12.14

  And, Lo, I say unto you - watch it or else! I was tickled by this story from The Mail which reports on a gang of thieves who had just robbed a church and were... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Before . . . and After!

  

  Before After Yes, it's that time again when I rattle my collection box on behalf Mercy Ships and I make no apology because it is, without doubt, one of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'What Goes Around Comes Around'

  And nowhere is that illustrated better than in the sickly, emaciated condition of what was once the toast of Big Money everywhere - emerging markets! Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which the Former British Ambassador to Russia Agrees with Me!

  Oh, alright then, let me make my heading somewhat more accurate - 'in which my vague, uninformed gut-feelings concerning Russia are explained with wise and... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Defence is a Total Tit!

  

  Yes, that's you, Michael Fallon MP, and it is no excuse for you to say that every Secretary of State for Defence since Lord Carrington have also been total tits! Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY