Davidduff
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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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I Want My Money Back!
Good grief, the world's gone mad! The other day I threw a hissy-fit because 'Her Majesty's Royal Daily Telegraph' had decided to charge me - yes, ME! - for... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
In Which My Face is as Red as a Guardsman's Tunic!
Oh dear, old age is a curse, I keep putting my memory down and then forgetting where! Yesterday, in wondering who exactly chose the field at Waterloo, and... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
A Waterloo Enigma
Sorry, sorry, but this is the historical equivalent of a tiny pebble in my shoe. It has, off and on, niggled away at me for years. Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
'Didja See Me, Didja, Didja?'
Continuing my previous post on last night's televised election debate by 96 party leaders, no, I'm sorry, you didn't see me speaking for Duff's Poor... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
In Case You're Not Sleeping Well
You could always tune in and watch tonight's election special in which 38 party leaders 'debate' the issues of the day - oi! - hang on! - where are you going?... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Strange How Quiet It is 'over There'
They're a funny old lot 'over there'. A security guard shoots dead a black man who is beating his head against a kerbstone and a police officer shoots dead... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Now the 'Scots Nuts' Can't Even Rely on Their Whisky Exports
So, as the Scottish oil industry vanishes along with Alec Salmond’s smug smirk, now he has even more problems – sales of Scotch whisky have fallen. Yes, I... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Bad Luck, Goodluck, and Good Luck Nigeria
This being April 1st I wondered if the result of the Nigerian election was simply an elaborate April Fool joke but, no, apparently Mr. Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
"If I Should Die Think Only This of Me ..."
"That there's some corner of a foreign field/ That is forever ..." filled with the bones of a psychotic sex maniac who could have shagged for Britain at the... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
My In-depth Analysis of the Ramifications of the Shia-Sunni Religious War
Er, . . . . . . . . . . well . . . . . . . . . you see . . . . . . . . . on the one hand . . . . . . . . . but there again . . . . . . . . . . and bearing in... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Walker Wobbles
Alas, poor Gov. Scott Walker is not only bearing the burden of running for the presidency but is forced to carry an extra load in that he has my personal... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
And Monday Just Got Worse!
It's bad enough that Dave Cameron changed all my clocks - er, it was him, wasn't it? - but now the bloody Barclay brothers have really narked me off! Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Your Monday Funnies: 30.3.15
And if I'm late it's not my fault, someone's been changing all the bloody clocks and I don't know where I am! A guy was looking for a place to sit in a crowded... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
The Sunday Rumble: 29.3.15
Bloody clocks: It's all a plot, I tell you, designed to confuse an old man in his dotage. I mean, of course, this nonsense of moving the clocks forwards, or... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Will Obama Be Bergdahled?
Finally, the American military ‘manned-up’ and told the White House where it could shove its peculiar pro-Islamist interference. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Lawyers - Heh!
I was tempted to go off on one about the ridiculous Italian judicial system which has taken eight years to find Amanda Fox and her dippy ‘boyfriend’, guilty, no... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Give This Man a Job in MI6 - Or the Treasury!
With the sort of talent displayed by Mr. Neil Moore, currently resident at Wandsworth jail in ‘souf Lunnon’, there really must be better ways of employing him... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Start Your Day Here with a Headache!
Well, I don’t see why I should be the only one with brain-ache as I try to grapple with the sort of intractable problems that the likes of Tyler Durham throw... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Why Didn't Woodrow and David Kill Georges at Versailles?
Yes, after a brief ‘holiday’ I’m back with my new old best friends, Georges, Woodrow and David at Versailles where we are all helping to draw up the peace treat... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
An Absolute 'MUST READ' by A E-P
It is not for the likes of me, a rank amateur outsider with minimal knowledge, to be too specific in my views of international affairs – but I do, so there! Read more
Posted on 26 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY