Davidduff

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• Super Tosh - Not to Be Missed!

  I just took a break from the laundry - see the final sentence in the post below - and watched the first episode of By Any Means on my mate Rupe's dead clever... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The New 'Hundred Years War'

  Before I begin let me just say that there were only two spams last night so I am lifting 'comment moderation' and will wait with bated breath to see if the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 23.9.13

  As a reward for kicking out the ghastly Australian Labour Party at their last election I have very graciously granted my Australian 'Joke Factory' a week off. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 22.9.13

  Whisper who dares: This morning there was only one spam and that, 'heavens to Betsy', had actually been picked up by TypePad's anti-spam system. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Stolen from the 'Quote Factory' #1

  Yes, more stolen goods, I'm afraid, from those generous fellows over in Pursuit of Copiousness: "In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it iscalled... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Spamalot'!

  You may have seen that there has been a huge increase in spam hitting this site recently. I have complained to TypePad and they indicate that they have noticed... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Don't Be Fooled, the Second Shoe Will Definitely Drop!

  Never one to avoid a lazy cliché, the other day I quoted plus ça change, mais plus c'est la même chose which is entirely appropriate as we wait . . . and wait... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Never Mind the Generals, What About the Air Marshals?

  First of all, apologies for my absense yesterday but I was involved in 'ambulance driving', or to be precise, the 'Memsahib', owner of the world's most expensiv... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• General Disasters!

  STAND-BY FOR INCOMING! Yes, indeed, as 2014 and the centenary of WWI approaches you can expect four solid years of non-stop historical pounding from battalions... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• States Or Cities - You Choose!

  Via the good - and I really do mean 'good' - offices of Arts Letters Daily comes a review by Alan Wolfe of two books linked by a common theme but approached b... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Another 'Funny' from That Witty Fellow, Er, Tolstoy, Actually!

  I can't help repeating this quotation provided by that ever-excellent cornucopia, In Pursuit of Copiousness - do pay them a visit and sign on to receive their... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 16.9.13

  I know, I know, it's Monday morning and another week at the coal-face is ahead of you but you can always rely on my Monday Funnies either to cheer you up or mak... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 15.9.13

  Your bores today: David Thomas in The Telegraph has provided us with a list of those he considers to be today's outstanding snore-inducers, you know, the sort o... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• That Fat Old Prussian Bully - No, No, Not Mrs Merkel, I Mean Bismarck!

  "The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia!" Thus spake, not Zarathustra, but clever, cunning, ruthless Otto von Bismarck, perhaps up there with... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Well Done, the BBC! (I Can't Believe I Just Wrote That!)

  But I did write it and they deserve the compliment, or to be precise, BBC4 deserves the compliment because last night they showed not one, not two, but three... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• One Tiny Step for Man, and an Even Titchier One for TypePad

  Well, gentle readers, there is Good News and Bad News! The absolutely excellent Good News concerns me, that's me, as in , ME ME ME! Bloody TypePad - notice... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Let's Upset 'Vlad' with an Olympic Kiss-in

  Let me begin with a confession - I detest and despise the Olympic games! I think I may have mentioned that before but, and even I am surprised at this, I now... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Truth Hurts but It's Worth Listening to

  Our poor, decrepit, old, 'septic Isle' has suffered a couple of slaps in the kisser just recently. First, President Hollande of France told us that our prime... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Crown Prosecution Service Should Be, Er, Prosecuted!

  Well, of course, they are a huge state-run bureaucracy and thus a couple of dropped bollocks are to be expected. Undoubtedly, there are more than just two but i... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 9.9.13

  I am away until Tuesday evening - who cheered?! - but of course in your desolation and as you face another working week I realise that you will need some funnie... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY