Davidduff

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• **stop Press**

  'Things to do, people to meet' this morning but just time to say, "Awfully well done, America!" Obviously, the influence of this blog reaches all parts of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Nerd's Nirvana

  Have Atlantic politics ever been so fascinating? 'Over there' we await the results of the mid-term elections with fingers, toes, legs and everything crossed in... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Also, 'you Do It, Too, America'!

  My hectoring tone continues from the previous post - I do rather enjoy giving nation-states orders although honesty insists that I admit that I am rarely never... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Do It, Germany!'

  

  Have I mentioned before - yes, alright, let me finish, and I know I sometimes often repeat myself but you try sitting here day after day churning out this... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 3.10.14

  

  First of all, a lesson for all you cheatin' golfers! A woman and a man are lying in bed next to each other when her phone rings. She picks up, the man looks ove... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Quiet Desperation in "Separate Tables"

  I had booked the tickets for Separate Tables some time ago and I wasn't going to let a sore throat put me off so yesterday I tootled over to Salisbury to see a... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• God, I'm Brave!

  Yes, I am although my natural English modesty would not permit me to boast of the fact. Even so, the fact is that I have been struck down with a vicious and... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Thought 'JK' Had Made a Mistake - Silly Me!

  Yes, indeed, shame on me because just for a brief moment I thought my e-pal, JK, had sent me a link containing a real howler. It came from the War on the Rocks... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So What, Exactly and Precisely, Do We Do About Israel and Its Neighbours?

  The question in my title warns you immediately that any answer I might provide will be entirely speculative and of the sort to be heard, with variations, in... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Tribute to the Antipodeans

  

  Today The Telegraph publishes photographs of the nine living recipients of the Victoria Cross. I was struck by the fact that five of them are from 'down under... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Israel is Back Where It Started - on Its Own

  Well, if there was any doubt, which only the most cloud-cuckoo-land Israeli optimist might have entertained, that the Obama regime has washed its hands of Israe... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Actually, No, This Was Not in Arkansas

  

  Before I begin allow me to offer grovelling apologies for my absence yesterday. It was a combination of "events, dear boy, events" plus inertia. We are... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 27.10.14

  

  You're lucky to get these because I'm on an 'away day' today so I am short of time. Still, I know how much you poor wage-slaves need by way of humour as you fac... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 26.10.14

  This week's 'Speccie' is excellent and I make no apologies for ransacking its columns today for material to 'rumble' over. Hopefully, some of you tightwads... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Watergate, Yes, but What About the Rest?

  The Great and the Good, or, the Great and the Not-Yet-Found-Out, or if you prefer, the liberal, Democrat party 'elite' of America, have been ululating their... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ooops, There Goes the Rochester By-election!

  

  I think 'Juncker the Drunker' must have sobered up because his timing was terrific. Just as 'Dim Dave' arrives at the Brussels meeting an 'EU debt collecter'... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Monica Lewinsky Opens Her Mouth Again!

  (What's the matter, did I say something?) Anyway, 'La Lewinsky' is back in the news entirely of her own volition to remind us of the most succulent sex scandal... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Meet the Real James Bond

  

  Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures / Columbia Pictures / Eon Pictures No, no, not him! He might look the part but he's just another precious 'luvvie' who... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Vlad the Impaler' Stabs Himself in the Foot

  To be fair, I haven't given it a great deal of thought, well, when do I ever, but it seems to me that we owe 'Vlad the Impaler' a debt of gratitude. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Now, at Long Last, the Useless Bastards Own Up!

  

  The particularly useless bastards I have in mind are the pompous, feeble creeps who run our armed services and who, in the finest traditions of British 'brass'... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY