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• Moscow Or Chicago? You Choose!

  So, on the day that 'Vlad the Impaler' successfully imitates Henry II of England by asking the Russian equivalent of 'Who will rid me of this turbulent... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Hair Today - Gone Tomorrow!

  Sorry, sorry, even by my abysmal standards that's a corny title and it's not even accurate as far as I am concerned. Yes, back in the day I was quite a hairy... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This Speaks for Itself

  

  Not too much time this morning because I am under orders to drive the 'Memsahib' into Sherborne for an appointment with her 'most significant other' - her... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This Blog Denies Being 'clownist'

  

  I want it clearly understood that this blog is not 'clownist'. Yesterday, in a minor lapse of concentration, I juxtaposed photos of clowns alongside those of... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• To My Aussie Pals, Please Tell Me They're Not All Like Her 'down Under There'

  

  A few posts down I was bemoaning the abysmal intelligence of our political leaders. I confined my remarks to the three main party leaders on the sensible... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Consider a Big, Fat, Lying Slag

  

  NO, NO, I don't mean her! That's our spanking new Director of Public Prosecutions, Ms. Alison Saunders, who is determined to support the 'Sisterhood' in their... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Jack Dim and Sir Malcolm Dumb

  

  It's not their greed and corruption that bugs me but their ineffable stupidity! Both are former Foreign Secretaries of this country, and the faint hum you can... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Fat Jack' Prescott's Back!

  

  For the benefit of my foreign readers, John Prescott is a big, fat conglomeration of pig ignorance who, God help us all, was once Deputy Prime Minister of... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 23.2.15

  Sorry, sorry, sorry but it has been one of those Monday mornings and consequently I completely forgot your Funnies - mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 22.2.15

  

  The Israelis win again: Yes, sorry, America, but last night I watched the first two episodes of the original Israeli TV series of 'Hostages'. The 'cousins'... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Thank God Charles Moore Can Do My Thinking and Writing for Me

  'Regurgitation' is such a splendid word, it's almost onomatopoeic. And as some of you who are not half blind might have noticed, there's a lot of it goes on in... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Who Blinked?

  Schaeuble and Merkel are the best 'hard cop, soft cop' duo on the European stage. According to Open Europe (via Zero Hedge) the Greek Prime minister has been... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Bomber' Harris: Bone-head Or Block-buster?

  

  This continues a conversation already begun in the comments thread to the previous post concerning the pros and cons of the late Air Marshal Sir Arthur... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Air Marshals Play at the Battle of Britain

  

  I should declare a prejudice. I have, for many years, viewed senior RAF officers with great scepticism. Of course, this is not based on any expertise on my part... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 84 Charing Cross Road: Dir. James Roose-Evans

  Blessings be upon the 'saintly' head of James Roose-Evans who is, apparently, a priest as well as a theatre director. He deserves a place in heaven for restorin... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• More Drama, Darlings!

  Following on from the abysmal production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia of which I saw only half, as I told you in an earlier post, I have been in correspondence wit... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Not Just Stupid but Dangerous with It

  

  I wrote about this stupid woman a few weeks ago. Ms. Alison 'Donkey' Saunders, our new Director of Public Prosecutions, and in my opinion she should be arrested... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'All the News That Our Advertisers Think is Fit to Print'

  That, according to Peter Oborne, until last week a senior commentator at The Daily Telegraph, should be their new business message. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Jesus Wept!

  So today, the Bishops of the Church of England lay into the politicians, well, the Tory ones mostly, for failing to run the country properly which, as far as I... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Happy Birthday to Me!

  Er, well, not really, you see it's not my birthday today but the tenth birthday of this blog! Now, if that is not a sufficiently auspicious occasion on which... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY