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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )

• Well, Darlings, Did the Earth Move for You?

  So the ice-bucket has been poured over the three main parties (see my post from yesterday) and Dave, Ed and Nick sit there frozen and soaking and in a state of... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'How Do I Love Blogdom? Let Me Count the Ways'

  I don't understand all this 'social media' lark like Facebook, Twitter, Texting and such like. As far as I am concerned it all began - and ended - with blogging. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Elections Are the Ice-bucket Test of Politics

  Today, and next month, we have some fascinating by-elections 'over here' whilst 'over there' it is only a month away from their mid-term elections which might,... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'A Giant Shuffle for Mankind'

  Yes, indeed, your favourite blogger - who snorted? - wearing his carpet slippers but powered by steely determination has finally shuffled into the 21st... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Boring for Britain

  Yes, 'Boring for Britain', that's what I'm doing today which is another, and possibly more accurate, way of describing the fact that I am giving one of my... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Possibly the Only 'il-Lib-non-Dem' I Might Vote For!

  

  You see, there is always an exception to every rule, even when it is forged out of steely conviction. For example when I propose, with the utmost seriousness,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Shall We Dance?

  

  On seeing this photo in The Mail today I was reminded why 'footie' managers are the funniest thing since circus clowns: All these two clowns need are the red... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 6.10.14

  I suppose the lesson of this story is - think before you text: An elderly couple, who had just learned how to send text messages on their mobile phones. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Come On, People, Don't Emote - THINK!

  

  I really do believe that the next election is the most critical we have held for the last three decades. Politically speaking, we have, at last, reached a... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Look Out, You 'UKIPpers', Incoming!

  Alas, I'm away visiting two very old friends today and, yes, when I say 'old', just like me, I mean OLD! I should be back later today and all that time on the... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Today's the Day

  Yes, indeed, today I can reveal to you all, in the strictest confidence, of course, that in a private ceremony later I will be awarded the Long Service and... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Be Afraid, Mr.President, Be Very Afraid!

  

  Well, I would be if I was you! After all, you know better than most that you are the biggest 'must get' target in the world for every swivel-eyed terrorist... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Crikey - I Think Dave Must Have Read My Post!

  A few days ago I warned Dave that he needed a good dose of Churchill, so to speak, for his conference speech. By accident - well, no-one sensible actually sets... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• You Vill Play Cricket, Zat Iss an Order!

  

  Sometimes irony can come in the most surprising form. The picture above is a delicious example. You can see a huge playing field on which not one but two cricke... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• My Everlasting Gratitude to the Late Ivor Brown

  Just a few days ago I paid tribute to the late Ivor Brown despite the fact that by then I had only consumed about three chapters of his superb book simply... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "The Campbells Are Coming - Ho-ro, Ho-ro!"

  An old Jock song which sprang to mind when I read a rather hopeful piece in The Telegraph by Ian Martin. He suggests, no more, that one result of the recent... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• " A Damned Nice Thing - the Nearest Run Thing You Ever Saw in Your Life"

  Thus spake the dear, old 'Duke of Boot' after the cataclysmic battle of Waterloo, and thus might speak 'Dim Dave' if, against the current odds, he squeaks in... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• If the Drones Don't Git 'em, a Fed Judge 'n' Jury Will!

  Like everywhere, the wheels of justice turn very, very slowly in America but they do at least keep turning until, in the end, a verdict is reached. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 29.914

  

  Lawyers are always good for a laugh so here are a selection of verbatim court reports: ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 28.9.14

  Bloody Royal Mail: Honestly, darlings, you simply can't rely on the Royal Mail these days now it has been privatised, I mean, God knows what happened to my... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY