Davidduff

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )

• 'The Sun Has Got His Scarf On, Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo'!

  

  It has been some time since I raised the dread subject of global warming and the reason is perfectly simple, there hasn't been any! Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Locke Unlocked!

  Apparently John Locke has been freed from the accusations that his liberal (small 'l') philosophy encouraged the slave trade. According to Ambrose E-P in The... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This, I Promise You, Will Make You Feel Better About Humankind

  What with hoovering downstairs and then mopping the kitchen floor and preparing coffee and biscuits for the 'Memsahib's first set of visitors, then preparing... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 12.8.13

  Bob sat down next to a blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV. The 10pm news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story of a man on the ledge of a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 11.8.13

  Wallender is a wanker! Sorry, sorry, that's rather rude but I'm in a grumpy mood this morning. Actually, my irritation should be aimed at BBC4, hitherto, one... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Great Man? Maybe! Possibly! Probably! Definitely!

  In my post below on the subject of Churchill, my e-pal, DM, quite righty cautioned against adulation and I absolutely endorse that warning. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Was This the Noblest Briton of Them All?

  I ponder the question because I have just bought another book, and yes, I know I confessed the other day to rampant 'bookoholism' and swore on my honour as a... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So Will the Real Harry Hopkins Please Stand up

  For those unfamiliar with the arcania of WWII history let me tell you that Harry Hopkins was one of the most important and influential men in the entire... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Why Are Their Right-wing Chicks Better Looking Than Ours?

  

  I ask because today there are three 'ladies in waiting' for high political office, one Italian, one French and one Brit. You need only look at these photos to... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 SOCIETY

• 'It Would Take a Heart of Stone Not to Laugh!'

  

  I paraphrase dear Oscar's words - such a darling boy! - but after my minor diatribe aimed at the late and less than lovely Sergei Prokofiev I was in need of a... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Love the Music, Loathe the Man!

  I am not suggesting it's true but I have the distinct impression that great artists are also great shits! To be fair, great artists in this era of mass... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 5.8.13

  Yet another winner from my Australian joke mine! Two female friends meet in heaven. SYLVIA: Hi! Wanda.WANDA: Hi! Sylvia. How’d you die?SYLVIA: I froze to... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Very Best Million Quid 'Posh' George Ever Spent

  

  Did you know that our less than dearly beloved Chancellor has gone into the property restoration business on our money? Oh yes he has, and here is the object... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'MDA' Stomps Her 6" Stilettoes into the Rotting Memory of the Kennedys

  It has been quite a while since I last read 'MDA' ('My Darling Ann' - Coulter) but for mercy's sake don't tell her, I most definitely would not wish to upset... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Don't Know Whether to Laugh Or Cry

  As some of you regulars will have picked up over time, I am always delighted to come across what is to me a completely new word. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• It Would Have Been Kinder If Lear Had Died in Act I Scene i

  King Lear: David Haig at the Theatre Royal Bath, directed (if that's quite the word) by Ms. Lucy Bailey. Were I unfortunate enough to meet Ms. Bailey I would... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "A Wheel of Fire"

  

  No, I'm not back to Lear again, except indirectly. The case of 4-year old Daniel Pelka, tortured, beaten and starved throughout his short life before the 'mercy... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Must Avoid Premature Ejaculation!

  Today's the day but already I'm beginning to wish it wasn't! Today I'm off to Bath to see King Lear, truly, in my opinion, the very greatest play Shakespeare... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• You Couldn't Make It up - but the US Treasury Can!

  

  I am an expert on low finance. By that, I mean my own finance. For most of my adult life I was overdrawn and owed money. I sort of understood it, enough anyway... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• When Jews Fall out - Take Cover!

  

  Actually, in this particularly woeful tale my title is a bit of a slur on the Jews for whom I am second to none in my admiration. It should read 'When experts... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY