Davidduff

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• 'Adolf' Putin?

  First of all let me say thank you to 'SoD' for sending me a fascinating and, I think, a perceptive article from Der Spiegel written by their weekly... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Better Watch Out, There's a New Dragon on the Block

  Or there soon will be if Japan's prime minister has his way! Spurred, no doubt, by the roaring flames fom the mouth of the 'dragon' to the north, an old, not... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 5.5.14

  

  WHY SENIORS STILL NEED NEWSPAPERS I was visiting my daughter last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper."This is the 21st century" she said. "We don'... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A 'musical' Interlude

  I was amused by a self-deprecating piece in The Telegraph by Ivan Hewett (no, me neither) who is, apparently, their classical music critic. It was entitled,... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Sorry, More Dragon News!

  Look, my excuse is that it's a nice sunny Sunday, it's a Bank Holiday weekend and (this is the clincher) I'm feeling even more idle than usual. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And She's Not the Only One!

  My title continues that of my previous post when I shyly admitted that there was a new woman in my life. Well, I have to tell you that there is now a second... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which a New Lady Enters My Life

  Oh yes, I can put myself about a bit when I'm in the mood and yesterday, somewhat late in the day - or year, or decade, really - I have finally caught up with... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Me No Likee Look of Tings!

  This blog is notorious for getting things wrong, as my regular commenter 'JK' constantly reminds me, but one thing which I believe I have right is my... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Right, Here We Go . . .

  And if you are of a delicate disposition, or you are the misbegotten issue of two mouth-foaming Lefties, or you are so thick you can only get a 'job' with a rac... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Filipinos Should Study Israeli/US Relations as They Face the Chinese Dragon

  A fascinating but chilling article in The National Review summarising the latest developments between China and the Philippines as they haggle over some specks... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "I Am Just Going Outside and May Be Some Time"

  I beg forgiveness for using the last words of a very brave man as a heading to a particularly frivolous post. However, yesterday my new command-capsule-chair... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And Lo, I Have Seen the Future and It's Scary!

  

  I seem to be repeating myself today - sorry, did you say something? - but this blog is always so far ahead of the news that long after I have raised a subject i... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Exceedingly Long Arm of the Law Reaches Gerry Adams

  Not very much time this morning so I will be brief. Suffice to say that this morning has been one of those very rare 'Good News' mornings with the headlines... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Come, 'ma Belle France', Let Me Take You Away from All This!

  Poor France, ragged, bagged and shagged by that bully, Germany, not once, not twice but three times in 75 years! It is no wonder that the poor, bedraggled... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Get Your 'pid-pod-pad-thingies' Ready Now - and That's an Order!

  It was very nice of Real Madrid to slaughter Bayern Munich in the first half of their match last night thus avoiding the outbreak of WWIII at 9. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Ripe Pair of 'cants'!

  

  If ever I was tempted to support the idea of banning 'wimmin' from politics these two would provide a strong argument in support of the cause. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "... and All the While Martinis Make the Music for My Memories"

  

  Damn! I really need an ice-cold dry martini to write this particular post but alas it's ten o'clock in the morning and that is too early even for me. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 28.4.14

  I went rooting about in the bottom of my In-box this morning and found one or two 'Funnies' with cobwebs on them! I assume that because they are still there I... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I'm a Culture Vulture This Weekend

  Last night I went to see Cosi Fan Tutte in a 'simulcast' at my local cinema from the Met in 'Noo Yawk'. As always, sublime music, beautifully sung but spoiled b... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Er, About That Light at the End of the Tunnel . . .

  It's not an approaching train, it's two approaching high-speed trains and they're heading straight for us! The first to hit us is the Scottish referendum and th... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY