Davidduff

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• The Sunday Rumble: 8.9.13

  Tinker, Tailor ... and the rest: Just in case you missed the film, it's on Channel 4 tonight at 21.00. And, yes, I know the advert interruptions will drive you... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And I Bring You Even Better News from 'down Under There'!

  

  I am thinking of renaming this site as 'The Good News Blog"! Well, as you know, I have always thought it part of my duty to keep you all happy, happy, happy... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 HUMOR

• I Bring You Good News From, Er, Heimat, Actually!

  I hope you have all been paying strict attention to the German general election. I haven't but then I have an excuse - endless shopping, forever going back to... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• As an Amateur Thesp, Myself, I Give Obama a Big 'F'!

  Cheating by quoting, I know, but we are in the process of taking delivery of new bedroom furniture and the house is a shambles, and the 'Memsahib' insists on... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'And Here is the News from the BBC . . .

  . . . We, the BBC, are at war with each other'. At last, someone has dropped the smelly pot of poo which has been passed gingerly from hand to hand in that... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And the Slaughter Goes on . . . and on . . . and on . . .

  I do try very hard to stay away from the subject of abortion. It always begins as a discussion but ends as a fight and absolutely no-one ever changes their mind. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dammit, They're Making 'Dim Dave' Look Bright!

  Given his abysmal record we should be seeing cartoons in the papers showing Dave as a clown tripping over his own big boots and falling into the bucket of... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Stench of Ripe Kerry Humbuggery

  I heard bits and pieces of John Kerry's statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. It wasn't just his name that gave away his 'Oirish'... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dear Diary . . .

  

  Yes, yes, I know you all had a miserable Monday because my absence meant that you had no Monday Funny - how did you manage? By the way, I have written to TypePa... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 HUMOR

• The (shortened) Sunday Rumble: 1.9.13

  Before I start - pinch, punch, first day of the month, no returns white rabbit! And, yes, you're probably right, I have reached the seventh stage of Man: Is... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Where Westminster Leads, the White House Follows - 'whodathunkit'?

  Well, not quite, perhaps, but still, there can be little doubt that all sorts of aspersions and comparisons would have been hurled at Obama had he failed to... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Pentagon: "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?"

  See, it's not just us who have slashed our defence budgets to the bone leaving us unable to undertake anything more than, say, sending a frigate to Gibralter. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Not So Much "the Fight of the Century", More the Hara-kiri of the Decade

  Last Monday I wrote a post entitled "The Fight of the Century" in which I reported on the fact that the State Attorney for 'Noo Yawk', a certain Mr. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Apologies, but Once Again I Am Pushed for Time This Morni...

  Apologies, but once again I am pushed for time this morning. Thus, I have taken the easy way out and 'stolen' the very cautionary words from today's NightWatch... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Will 'Dim Dave' Resign?

  Probably not, he's too dim to realise what a devastating blow he has just taken to his political standing by losing such a major vote in the Commons. And it is... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• First Big Test Failed, Mr. President, Let's See How You Get on with the Second!

  Two fairly hefty tests have arisen from which we can either adjust our opinions of President Obama, or simply nod knowingly having our worst suspicions... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Bucket of Cold Doubts to Pour Over 'Barry 'n' Dave'

  Not much time today so I am committing larceny again by providing you with last night's KGS NightWatch summary of the Syrian firestorm which our (less than)... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Everywhere the Grip Tightens

  In this post I will concentrate on the USA but I am all too aware of a similarly accelerating slide in Europe from which Dave's half-hearted efforts are... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Will Somebody Please Superglue 'Dim Dave' to His Deckchair on the Beach!

  When 'Dave' purses his little lips, furrows his brow and starts dashing back to London it's time to dig in, break out the emergency rations and rediscover your... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Give Dr. Tim Hands 3,000 Lines!

  I don't know what he's a doctor of but I hope it's not education! This prime example of why our 'edukashun sistim' is crap is actually the Master of Magdalen... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY