Davidduff

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )

• Your Monday Funnies: 30.12.13

  The Aussie Joke Factory was dead idle last week, anyone would think it was Christmas! Anyway, I dredged this one up from the past, blew the cobwebs off it and... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Last Sunday Rumble of 2013

  Are there signs of panic in the newsrooms? I do sense a certain desperation at Sky News, my favourite newsroom, as they scratch about trying to find, er, well,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Someone Give This Semi-educated Woman a Smack!

  

  Where do they find them? Is there a factory in Slough or 'Uddersfield or somewhere where they churn out these semi-educated prats on a production line? Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So What Did Your Find in Your Christmas Stocking?

  On second thoughts, don't answer that question. There is little more eye-stabbingly tedious than hearing a list of everyone else's Christmas gifts but that, of... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• SoD's Lament!

  'SoD' ('Son of Duff' for the uninitiated) must have been in an introspective mood to write this. Perhaps he is a little harsh on Mr. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Never Knew 'The Kraut' is a 'crip'!

  Regular readers will know of my admiration for Charles Krauthammer, the Washington-based commentator and all-round political guru. I first came across him via... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Christmas Eve Considerations

  A tad busy off and on today, just like you, I guess, so this will follow the form of my regular 'Sunday Rumbles' in which random burps thoughts will be expresse... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 23.12.13

  Yes, I know they're late this morning but I made a Big Mistake, in fact, Two Big Mistakes. The first was that in a spirit of yuletide daftness generosity I... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• My Christmas Gift to 'DM': American 'exceptionalism' Skewered!

  Regular readers will know that my e-pal, 'DM' (a.k.a. 'Dearieme'), suffers almost terminal grumpiness if anyone mentions 'American exceptionalism' and only a... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas to You All!

  

  Yes, well, that's enough jollity to be going on with! Actually, I am feeling rather jolly this morning because once again I have out-whizzed all those computer... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• That Creepy Co-incidence Thing Explained, Er, Sort of

  When, via the good offices of A L Daily, I was directed to an essay at NAUTILUS by Amir D. Aczel, a terrific maths swot from America, on the subject of... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Post-mortem' Giants Are Rare

  Who would be a 'great man' and live a life in the certain knowledge that once dead your personal history and reputation will be picked and pecked at by rival... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• How Will the "German Racket" End?

  The acerbic Dr. North of EU Referendum pulls on his pit boots and proceeds to give Daniel Hannan a kicking. Well, nothing new about that although it seems a pit... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Show a Bit of Mercy!

  

  Yes, sorry and all that - well, actually I'm not a bit sorry! - but I'm back rattling my collecting tin again on behalf of Mercy Ships. This charity operates a... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• An Eccentric English Lunch

  Sorry, sorry, sorry for my absence yesterday, alas (or, hoorah!) 'I lunched not wisely but too well'! Friends arrived at 11.00 for coffee, mince pies and... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Me No Likey Wot Goin' on in China!

  

  Bloody Churchill! That man nicked - alright, alright, invented! - all the best lines including that one about Russia and mysteries wrapped up in enigmas and... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Do They Teach the 'Plod' How to Lie at Police Academies?

  I ask the question because these days one could be forgiven for thinking that lying is part of a copper's basic training. In fact, it's worse than that because... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Hurrah for 'plucky Little', Er, Italy, Actually!

  Yes, indeed, come on, Italy, you can do it, I always put my faith in you, and if you succeed then you will have achieved the miracle of proving, for the first... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I've Seen Legless Paras but Not Four Legged Ones!

  

  Back in the day (and I do mean way back), Aldershot was a schizophrenic town. By day, a quiet, disciplined, dutiful, garrison-town; by night, particularly... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 16.12.13

  I'm composing this on Sunday because I'm off on Monday but I know there will be suicides all over the nation if you don't get your weekly diet of Monday... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY