Davidduff

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )

• What's Max Clifford Got That I Haven't?

  I mean, apart from being fairly handsome, moving in show biz circles and having loadsa' money, that is. I have touched on this subject before but the fact that... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 27.5.13

  I wasn't going to give you a Monday Funny today because it's a Bank Holiday and instead of hammering away at the coal-face you're all lazing about at home as... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 26.5.13

  I discover Dexter: A delightful day yesterday. Off to Salisbury in the sunshine with the 'Memsahib' and a lady friend to see a production of Rattigan's Less Tha... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Should Sally Bigcow, Ooops, Sorry, Bercow Be Made a National Icon?

  

  Look, I admit it, OK? To begin with I was an out-and-out Bercowist, mainly due to the revolting midget she married who daily reduces parliament from a farce... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Miklós Who? Miklós Bánffy!

  For several years now there has been a running gag on this blog - no, not me, another one! - concerning my pile of waiting-to-be-read books which is now so... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Mutt and Jeff of 'terrorism'

  What a pair of total and utter tits those two yobs are who slashed and stabbed an off-duty soldier to death yesterday. The fact that they obviously possess no... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Oh, No, the Yerdie-Durbles Are Revolting!

  I am shocked, I tell you, shocked! I just caught a mention over at Drudge that there has been four days of rioting in Yerdie-Durble-land, er, that would be... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 SOCIETY

• An Example of a Rarely Seen Species Caught in a Spotlight

  

  Yes indeed, this is a rare sight, an example of Apparatchika Nausea caught and dragged reluctantly into the daylight. Normally, of course, they can only be... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 SATIRE, SOCIETY

• Just Like Topsy, the Obama Shit-heap Grows and Grows!

  The Oklahoma tornado has provided a brief, if tragic, pause in the slow but steady prising open of the government scandals in America. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• They Do Things Bigger 'over There' - Especially Disasters!

  

  The other day, with my usual immaculate timing, I quoted Shakespeare's famous line from Sonnet 18: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May I definitely... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 SOCIETY

• It's Time the French Had Another Revolution

  

  I suggest this because of the various bits and pieces of, mostly bad, news seeping across the channel and also a very interesting article by Joseph A. Harriss i... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HUMOR

• Well Done, "Mr. W.H.", Whoever You Were!

  

  I am grateful to Mr. Tim Lihoreau on Classic fm this morning for reminding me that today is the anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's sonnets and as... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 20.5.13

  Here is a selection of nearly one-liners courtesy of my Australian Joke Assembly Plant (a.k.a. Andra): At the Scottish wedding reception the D.J. yelled... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 19.5.13

  

  In which, during the course of the day, I will emit sundry burps and belches on anything that catches my beady eyes. 'Swivel-eyed plebs': By their unguarded,... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• NOW! Will Enough Americans Wake up to What is Going On?

  

  I do realise that for most people politics takes up about 0.5% of their time and interest. I also do realise that for most Americans most of the 'news' they... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "In, Out, In, Out, Shake It All About"

  Thus sayeth the lyric for that happy-clappy 'toon', "Do the Hokey Cokey". It also might apply to the seemingly never-ending wrangles over our in/out membership... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Battle of Castle Itter - You Couldn't Make It Up!

  First of all an apology. One of you lot, by which I mean, of course, you, dear readers, sent me a link to this story but, alas, life being somewhat hectic here... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Sorry, This Post is Chaotic!

  

  Oh, alright then, more chaotic than normal - OK? And what else do you expect as I, a man who failed maths, physics and chemistry exams not just by a smidgen... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Seriously, Do You Think 'Dave' Could Fry a Chip in a Chip Shop?

  I ask in light of the current left turn, right turn, about turn, state of the parliamentary Conservative party led by the intrepid Capt. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 SOCIETY

• WARNING: Do Not Read This on a Full Stomach!

  Whilst wearing surgical mask and gloves I did touch upon this subject a few weeks back and it is only with extreme reluctance that I return to it. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 SOCIETY