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• Damned Good Show, Draghi, Old Chap!

  

  The Telegraph has a report on the incident yesterday in which a rather hot totty, believed to be German, leapt up on the table in front of Mario Draghi, the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Has Dallas Moved to Louisana?

  

  [Sorry, sorry, I started this post first thing this morning but the sun kept shining and the temperatures kept rising and so, ignoring the complaints of the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Think Twice Before Arguing with Cpl. Duff

  

  A few months back some of you dared to criticise my thoughts on modern warfare - I know, I know, I was shocked! I pointed out that the monster US aircraft... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• But at Least the Monster Raving Greenie Party Give Us a Laugh

  Thanks to Guido we now have the election manifesto from the Green Party - look, don't start sniggering until I've told you! It is a gem, literally priceless... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Oh to Be in England Now the Election's Here!'

  My goodness me, how bountiful those nice politicians are as the 'goodies' rain down from the sky. Truly, political parties are 'the gifts that never stop... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• They Were Human, Too

  Yes, slowly but surely I am progressing through Margaret MacMillan’s superb history of the 1919 Peace Conference at Versailles. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Darlings, Let's Hear It for 'Jessica'!

  

  Actually, in this house what you hear a lot of between 6.00 and 7.00pm, Monday to Friday, is a stream of ungentlemanly moans and groans and grumps because,... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 13.4.15

  Well, 'over here' we don't need cheering up because we are all enjoying - at last! - some glorious global warming but even so it is Monday morning and you... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Oh, Yeah, Ekonomiks, I Geddit Now!

  I once studied economics - you will stop that hysterical laughter NOW or you'll be banned! I also studied philosophy and, yes, I know that's even funnier... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "It's All Over Now"

  

  Yes indeed, alas and alack, but then we all knew it really: But it's all over now You used to whisper little things to set me aglow But it's all over now I... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Go All Religious, Well, It is Sunday

  Alas, I know more about quantum physics than I know about religion and seeing as I failed 'O'-level Physics that gives you some idea of the depth of my... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Er, 'Ladies Day' Ooop in Scouseland!

  

  Courtesy of The Telegraph I am pleased to bring you a pictorial impression of 'Ladies Day' (who sniggered?) at Aintree yesterday. A very fine stable of young... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Perhaps, Just Perhaps, Dictatorships Aren't All Bad!

  Before you 'go ape', please note the ironic exclamation mark at the end of my title. However, as we 'over here' slog through the most dreary, useless, irrelevan... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Crippled Giant

  I will not attempt to paraphrase him because Tim Newman has summed up Russian weaknesses in one excellent post which I urge you all to read. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A New View of Waterloo

  First of all apologies for the somewhat hit and miss, mostly miss, posting on the blog this week. This is entirely due to the weather! Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Why Isn't He Nailing 'HillBilly's Carcass to the Courtroom Door?

  Rep. Trey Gowdy may not be a familiar name to my non-American readers so let me explain that he is a former 'hot shot' prosecutor from South Carolina who took... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And Even More Good News!

  Well, make the most of it because tomorrow we'll be back in the sludge of the usual boring-snoring, shlock-horror news cycle. Of course, you are already... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This is 'A Good News' Day So Here's Some Good News

  

  According to my practicing Christian friends, Easter Monday is 'A Good News' day and so the least I can do is to offer another 'Good News' story although, I... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 6.4.15

  You don't really deserve any 'Funnies' today because it's a holiday but, as you all know, I am always generous to a fault, er, you do know that, don't you? Of... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Mrs. MacMidget' Will Turn the Jocks into Greeks

  You will never go broke under-estimating the GBP (Great British Public) - especially the Jock section of it! Stuffed full of cocky Jock pride and stupidity... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY