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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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My Analysis of Events in the Middle East, Prime Minister
Er, well, um . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sorry, Prime Minister but, you see, it's all frightfully complicated because it's not... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Let's All Assist Lord Falconer to an Early Death!
Well why not? He wants to assist us to die by allowing creepy, swivel-eyed 'doctors' to 'off us' if we say, as we all do from time to time, that we're fed up an... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
"Happy Valley" Made Me Very Happy And, Er, Miserable
I have been living dangerously this afternoon, let me explain. A few months ago I watched the first episode of a BBC thriller called "Happy Valley". Read more
Posted on 10 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Oh No, I've Actually Book-marked 'The Staggers'!
Being, as you will have already judged, somewhat to the political Right of Ghenghis Khan you will wonder if it is an attack of advanced and galloping infantilis... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Will They Burn Down Rio Tonight?
It's half time in the semi-final between Brazil and Germany and the score is - wait for it - 5-0 to the Germans. And it's not as if the Germans were playing tha... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Sir Humphrey and His Minister
Peter Oborne in The Telegraph lifts the curtain on that ultra-secret world that exists in no-man's-land between ministers and their senior civil servants. Mr. Read more
Posted on 08 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Dave's New Best Friend
Yes, of course, Dave has lots of 'best friends', well, so long as he remains prime minister that is, but today his, er, salon has a new member, albeit, an... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Sorry, Sorry, but I'm Drooling with Pleasure
This is simply too, too delicious but according to the 'Noo Yawk Post' (a somewhat Right-wing newspaper!) 'Ol' Big Ears' is intending to do the dirty on... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Your Mondaay Funnies: 7.7.14
First of all, apologies in advance if I inadvertantly publish any of these 'funnies' twice over. My 'Inbox' is a mess and requires a really good Spring clean... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
The Sunday Rumble: 6.7.14
'Ya gotta have the poifict beach body': According to The Telegraph this morning, it is now de rigor to have the sort of abs 'n' pecs that line up like... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
More War, Sorry, This Time Duff Vs. Hitchens!
Before you bother to read any of my tedious tripe please do visit The American Spectator and see how a brilliant, intelligent and passionate writer, Peter... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
A Perfect Lab Test - the Falkland Islands
So today sees the launch of HMS Queen Elizabeth II, the largest aircraft carrier ever to see service in the Royal Navy even if you could probably fit three of... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
A Bucket and Spade Day Today
No, no, not for the beach, for the restaurant! Although we are going to the seaside - Sidmouth, to be precise. It's a superb, sunny, summer day today but... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
My New, Very Best Nigerian Friend
No, I didn't actually know that I had a friend in Nigeria, let alone a new, very best friend but I do! His name is Dr. Ibrahim Farhad and he is oviously a... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Well Said, That Man, Keep Dads out of Delivery Rooms!
Should I ever have the pleasure of meeting Mr. Neil Lyndon of the Daily Telegraph I will not hesitate to buy him a large drink. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Politics Works More Or Less the Same as Newtonian Physics!
It was that master swot, Sir Isaac Newton, who stated that for every force exerted in one direction there was an equal and opposite force in the other. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
This is the Best Sort of Europe
I have just read Daniel Hannan's latest article in The Telegraph and as usual he makes very good sense. He describes the subtle but very real changes in the... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
The Kaiserin is Dead! Long Live the Kaiserin!
For the benefit of my foreign readers, my title is based on the traditional and ancient British cry that goes up at the coronation of a new monarch. Read more
Posted on 01 July 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Two in a Bed Can Sometimes Be Tricky but Three Complicates Matters Hugely!
No, no, it was a political metaphor not that messy sex business which, thank the Lord, I have finally left behind me and actually, now I think on it, the... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Your Monday Funnies: 30.6.14
First a selection pithy truths: In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY
