Davidduff

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• Rhodes

  

  My first hour in Rhodes was deeply depressing. Like all north Europeans I just assume that everywhere in the Med is a paradise so the drive from the airport... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Through a Glass, Darkly": 1 Corinthians 13.12

  Happily, unlike the scrofulous hacks forced to churn out their garbage on a daily basis, I have enjoyed the leisure in Rhodes to think through the important... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Honestly, Normal Service Will Be Resumed Shortly

  Yes, I'm back in 'God's little acre', well, about 0.03 of an acre actually, but you see, whilst we were away we had our kitchen/diner repainted which meant the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Rhodes Campaign is Nearly Over

  Yes indeed, after a lightning campaign which yesterday saw me driving around most of the Island looking mostly at ruins old and, courtesy of that criminal... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Lyndos Taken - Tomorrow the Whole Island of Rhodes!

  Yes indeed, Lyndos fell yesterday under my inspired leadership although there was a bit of blood spilled around a ladies dress shop from which I was forced to... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Assault on Lyndos

  Tomorrow, at zero-God-awful hours I will be taking part in a naval assault on the southern town of Lyndos. The good news is that the marines are nothing to do... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• British Pluck at Its Finest!

  Still the sun beats down unmercifully, yet more bikini clad ladies sashay past me - an alarming sight given the average age round here is about 93! Then there i... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Despatches from the Rhodes Front

  Hot damn, it's a tough mission but you can rely on my British pluck and determination to see it through! Yesterday I spent the entire day - yes, a whole day, I... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Crash 'n' Burn!

  You know I really am a miracle man! After only about 89 attempts I have managed to post something here using 'SoD's magical-mini-do-flicker-thingie. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Oh God, I've Lost an Arm and a Leg and My Sight and Sound!

  Oh alright, apologies to those who really have suffered in those appalling ways but the fact is that my baby has died my computer has crashed and burned. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Take a Cold Shower - I've Just Had Two!

  Honestly, there's no justice in this world not even from 'Him upstairs'! I thought I would give the Churchyard grass a final cut before I leave tomorrow... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 12.5.14

  I depart 'this Septic Isle' tomorrow afternoon so this is your last 'Monday Funnies' until the 2nd June but I don't want any crying and wailing, just grit your... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Would You Trust This Man with the World's Biggest Nuclear Forces?

  

  The POTUS has taken a moment off from the golf course and as the world's most powerful leader he has made a serious and considered forecast for the future: If w... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Is It War? No, It's the Eurovision Song Contest!

  

  Right, let me confess immediately, I have never watched a single Eurovision Song Contest since gaining the distinct impression that there were rarely any songs... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Grenade Rolling Around the Room with the Pin Out"

  My title is taken from the heading to an e-mail sent to me by 'SoD'. By Jove, that 'boy' has a capacity for a marvellous turn of phrase, I wonder where he got i... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Bravo, Mary Riddell, but You're Wrong

  The 'Cleggeron' came in for some heavy battering this week when he opposed the Tory suggestion that mandatory prison terms should be applied to anyone caught... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• They Might Not Get Him but They Might Get Her

  To begin with, an aside. I wrote all this last night and in the final minute before publishing Internet Explorer closed down with a crash! Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• My Holiday, and Therefore Yours, Too, is Imminent

  Yes indeed, Tuesday afternoon 'I'm outta here'! Needless to say, I am already packed - oh yes, I may be a mere man but I am quite capable of packing days... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Thank God the British Army is Disappearing

  Yes, indeed, our fighting days are over and should you doubt it you need only listen to the latest folly proposed by the total dipsticks in Westminster who are... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Should Have Gone to Specsavers" #1

  

  First of all, apologies for my absence yesterday, the phrase 'I have lunched not wisely but too well' gave you a clue and the sad fact is that for the rest of... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY