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Duff and Nonsense
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“That one can convince one’s opponents with printed reasons, I have not believed since the year 1764. It is not for that purpose that I have taken up my pen, but rather merely to annoy them, and to give strength and courage to those on our side, and to make it known to the others that they have not convinced us.” G.C. Lichtenberg
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )
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Oi!!!!! You Lot 'over There', Yes, You, Listen Up!
Look, dammit, I thought we had trained you during WWII just to send us food parcels. Frankly, I never received one but I am led to believe that some did arrive. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
I Want Half of Prof. Dershowitz's Brain, Well, 1% Would Do
Yes, indeed, just one percent of the good Prof's brain would improve mine enormously. I have had reason to quote him before but for the life of me I can't... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Boris: Larger Than Life but Difficult to See!
One is always grateful for the Boris's of the political world when they appear on stage, not least because they break the usual eye-stabbing tedium of it all. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Another of 'Dim Dave's Chicklets Proves to Be Useless
Baroness Warsi, who is what you might call a 'stat muslim' in the same sense that there used to be 'stat blacks' appointed by companies to 'prove' that there wa... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
'You Wan' CO2, We Got Plen'y, Velly Cheap': Prime Minister of China
Well, perhaps not his exact words but they could be because along with all that dirt cheap gear they churn out by the zillion tons - and believe me, I love 'em... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Don't You Call My Dahlia Black, You Racist!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, absolutely free of charge, so please take him, my Tit of the Year. Yes, yes, I know it's only August but somehow I just know h... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
A Truly Great British Minister for Foreign Affairs
Regular readers will know of my admiration for the late Sir Edward Grey who, probably more than any other politician of his day, moved this country towards war... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Truth Will out - but Not from Gaza
I have remained steadfastly sceptical with regard to 'news' reporting from Gaza. Even so-called reporters from my (ex)mate Rupe's SKY NEWS have been a... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
An Inside/outside Look at the Ukraine Problem
Occasionally readers send me in their thoughts on various subjects which are by their nature too long for a comments thread. When they are as well-written and... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Your Monday Funnies: 4.8.14
An elderly golfer comes in after his round of golf at the new course and heads straight to the bar and restaurant area of the club house. Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
The Sunday Rumble: 3.8.14
Tricky things, tunnels: Like you, I guess, I have been somewhat bemused by the Israeli operations in Gaza. They seemed to be floundering about with no very clea... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Gentlemen (well, Ladies, Too, of Course), I Give You 'President' Scott Walker
'Waddyamean', who he? He is the current Governor of Wisconsin, and in my view, a man well worth watching for the Presidential election in 2016. Read more
Posted on 02 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Let's Hear It for Lilley & Stringer
I refer, of course, to a pair of MPs who might well be renamed 'The Odd Couple' because the former is a free market, ex-Thatcherite minister with profound... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Give Ginsburg a Large Gin!
Yes, indeedy-doody-dandy, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a mere stripling at 81 years of age, has let it be known, via The Hill, that she has no... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
'Eyeless in Gaza'
With apologies to the late Aldous Huxley, the title of whose novel I have appropriated. I have been meaning to write something concerning the current war in Gaz... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Hurry up to Catch up
The title sums up my 'default mode' at the moment now that my friend has left for home and I am trying to catch up. However, before I get stuck into the... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
I Suppose 'BP' Stands for 'British Pillocks'!
Well, that is what they look like according to A E-P in today's Telegraph - if not something worse! I can still remember when John Brown, now Lord Brown, was... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
More of Those Bloody "Events, Dear Boy, Events"
And still this glorious global warming goes on and on which, of course, leads inexorably to yet more and more social activity. Read more
Posted on 29 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Your Monday Funnies: 28.7.14
Two aliens landed in the Australian desert near a petrol station that was closed for the night. They approached one of the petrol pumps and the younger alien... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
The Sunday Rumble: 27.7.14
My ex-mate Rupe: Yes, alas and alack, my mate Rupe and I have parted company after 20-odd years together. They were happy times, none happier than when he sent... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY