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• In Which One Lunched at the Dorchester

  Well, as one does, er, doesn't everyone? Well, 'tell truth and shame the devil', I had never set foot in the place until yesterday and I was prepared to be as... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Sorry, Sorry . . .

  It has been a busy day today because, apart from packing for our trip to London tomorrow and Thursday, this afternoon I left yet another unsuspecting audience... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Yet More 'war-war'!

  Yes, indeed, if you listen carefully this afternoon you will hear the distant rumble of snores guns as I give one of my scintillating talks, this one on the... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 17.11.14

  

  A man and a woman were sitting beside each other in the first class section of an airplane.The woman sneezed, took out a tissue, gently wiped her nose, then... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 16.11.14

  Re-scheduling the re-scheduled schedule: As you will have realised there has been something of a hiatus here at D N this morning for which I apologise. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Who Let a Woman Park the Damn Thing?

  

  So, ten years later and 1.5bn euros(!) spent, all those brain boxes at the European Space Centre managed to steer their tin-can several zillion miles across... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• They Know What's Coming but Are They Prepared?

  I refer to the Republican party 'over there' who are hurtling down a tunnel towards the light but in the full knowledge that the light concerned is an... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Message from the Rt. Honourable Elizabeth Bott Miliband MP

  'Now look, I'm the leader of the Labour party, it's mine, all mine, and I intend to keep it forever, so there; and I want to be the leader of Britain, too, so... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Well, It's All Relative, Innit?

  I knew I shouldn't have stuck my toe in all that heavy stuff about space, life, evolution and really, really big sums but there, I've done it, so now I will jum... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Sums Do My Head In!

  That's why in restuarants I'm either a very generous tipper or the meanest one your average head waiter has ever sneered at! I simply don't 'do' sums. And... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Do It, Rochester, Oh, and Strood, Too, of Course!'

  It is increasingly obvious following the omni-shambles over the European Arrest Warrant that 'Dim Dave' and his OE cabal still don't get it! Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Poppy for All Seasons

  

  I think everyone has been moved by the simple but brilliant idea of filling the moat at the Tower of London with 888,246 ceramic poppies, each standing for the... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Theresa May Looks Stupid, Speaks Stupid and is Stupid!

  

  Dammit, my procrastination has done me down - again. I have been meaning to write something about our Home Secretary, Theresa May, whose department remains... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• SCOTUS Skates a Thin Line

  Chief Justice John Roberts is, arguably, one of the most fascinating men in American politics despite being one of the most boring! Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 10.11.14

  

  A love story for golfers showing just how much a good wife will do for her husband in his hour of need: A couple was having dinner one evening when the husband... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 9.11.14

  Ed decomposes before our very eyes: I thought medieval executions were a thing of the past which is a pity really because they were rather skilful operations. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• What is It with Illinois and Chicago?

  

  Amongst the very many Republican winners 'over there' this week, one in particular forced an involuntary double-take from me when I read it. That was the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• That Creaking Sound is Ed Miliband Swinging in the Wind

  Sometimes, just sometimes, I am tempted to believe there is a god! Ed's political fratricide against his brother David was, even by Westminster's gutter... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So What Happens Next? I Dunno!

  Well, that's not quite true. Having watched a disdainful Obama last night in a performance which would have made Queen Victoria look positively common there... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So, We Are Where - Exactly?

  It has been a busy day for me today and I have only just returned to spend a happy hour trawling through the American news sites whilst carefully stepping aroun... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY