Davidduff

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )

• Ain't Life Tedious?

  Well, no, I suppose not if you're Syrian, or Egyptian, or one of those poor sods in China swept away by floods, or if you're seriously ill, or if you're name... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SOCIETY

• From the Archives: #2

  Look, it's not just that it's hot and sunny and I feel dead idle, in fact, by midday I feel dead, but the truth is that I am actually doing some physical work. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "I Should Be So Lucky; Lucky, Lucky, Lucky"

  

  I wonder if Dave is whistling that song around the corridors of No. 10 today? If not, he should be! Consider: the sun is shining (and yes, that is very lucky... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 8.7.13

  An agitated man and his wife rushed into a dentist's office. The man said to the dentist, "Doc, I'm in one heck of a hurry I have two buddies sitting out in my... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 7.7.13

  This Sunday's rumble is likely to be more of the occasional mini-burp given that we are enjoying some exceptional and gorgeous global warming. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Blog-burglar's at It Again

  'Yes, sorry, yer 'onour, but I can't 'elp meself, see!' Imagine that as delivered through a nasal whine, but I'm not really acting because today we have some... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Good for Old Ginsberg - and I Do Mean *old*!

  

  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is old, very old - er, well, perhaps not that old because at 80 she's only six years older than me, and you all know... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So, Ed, Would You Rather Have Him Pissing in Or Pissing Out?

  I refer, of course, to that old political adage, American in origin, I believe, to the effect that it was better to have 'Mr. Ratbag' pissing out of the tent... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt": Mark Twain

  Sorry about the title - actually, I'm not that sorry because I thinks it's a corker! I was cheating by looking for a suitabley learned quotation with which to... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Luck Be a Lady Tonight"

  And 'Dim Dave', being a political 'girlie', is very, very lucky! Of course, when his memoires are published (sooner rather than later, I hope) he will put it al... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Once Again It's That Creepy Coincidence Thing - Again!

  

  Last night I stayed up late, well, quarter past ten which is late for me these days what with my early morning swim - have I told you about - oh, right, moving... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 RANDOM

• La (not So) Belle Epoque!

  Happily, La France is well on its way down les toilettes socialiste! I say "happily" but I don't really mean it. Every nation needs a neighbour to poke fun at... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ooops, Pardon, a Small Regurgitation

  From time to time I check the titles of the posts that you, dear readers, have looked at. I am occasionally surprised that some readers go down into the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 1.7.13

  

  An amazing headline: Woman Stops Grizzly Attack With .25 Calibre Pistol Here's the bear: Here's the pistol - a Beretta .25 - a real 'girlie gun': The Wild Park... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 HUMOR

• The Sunday Rumble: 30.6.13

  Whither America? No sooner did I post 'The Good News' on the Great Republic as announced by Mr. Daniel Drezner yesterday when I read 'The Bad News' as forecast... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Damn Yankees, They're Going to Prove Me Wrong - AGAIN!

  I'm getting fed up with this. Everytime I make a forecast about the Yanks based on wide reading, sound intelligence and the acute brain with which I have been... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Younger Generation - Dammit, They're Splendid!

  It is just so irritating when one's prejudices are tipped arse over and doubly so when one's deeply-held conviction that the younger generation of what I call... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• How Crocker Stuffed His Dollars in the Hoosac and Caught a Crock!

  I confess, I do like a contrarian and apparently they do not come much more contrarian than the late Albert O. Hirschman - and no, me neither! Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 HUMOR

• This is Why You Must Vote 'OUT' at the EU Referendum

  This doesn't just 'take the biscuit', it takes the whole bloody tin and shoves it where the sun don't shine! Sometimes one single story sums up a multitude of... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 SOCIETY

• So Farewell Then, Mrs Gillard, Don't Think You'll Be Missed!

  So, one of my many reasons for not living in Australia has exited stage left, or perhaps, has been 'written out of the script', is a better summary. To be... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 SOCIETY