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Duff and Nonsense
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“That one can convince one’s opponents with printed reasons, I have not believed since the year 1764. It is not for that purpose that I have taken up my pen, but rather merely to annoy them, and to give strength and courage to those on our side, and to make it known to the others that they have not convinced us.” G.C. Lichtenberg
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1379 )
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Your Monday Funny #5
This blog, priding itself on its blatant racism, offered you some Jewish jokes last week. Today we widen our aim and offer you some Jock jokes. Read more
Posted on 26 November 2012 HUMOR -
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
The geo-political and strategic plates are shifting beneath our feet. In global terms I have lived virtually all of my life under the American... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2012 HUMOR -
Truly, a Bottomless Well of Pig Ignorant Stupidity!
They do try, my God, they really do try over and over and over again but somehow the mouth-breathing nose-pickers who waste their time and my money by idling... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2012 HUMOR -
I'll Vote for You Next Time, Ma'am, Honestly I Will!
Damn, damn, damn! How I would love to boast to you all that with my keen, sophisticated, political savoire faire I voted for Ms. Sue Mounstevens in the recent... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2012 HUMOR -
When I'm Nicked I Want Anna Raccoon as My 'brief'!
An irritating morning today because, as usual, I left the house at 6.30 to go for my daily swim - er, have I mentioned lately that ... oh,... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2012 HUMOR -
Make This Woman Archbishop of Canterbury Now!
Yes, yes, I know she's a 'Left-footer' but that's the whole point of these sophisticated, monotheistic religions, they appear to be rule-bound but when pushed t... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2012 HUMOR -
Government Cuts and the Unicorn - What Characteristic Do They Share?
With his usual succinct clarity John Redwood spells out the deceit that lies - and 'lies' is a very suitable word in the context - behind our government's... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2012 HUMOR -
So, Several Rockets and Several People Later, Where Does That Leave Them?
I am, as always, deeply indebted to those ‘hawk-eyes’ from KGS NightWatch who produce a daily ‘intrep’, er, ‘for my eyes only’, of course! Read more
Posted on 22 November 2012 HUMOR -
A 'mea Culpa' That Makes You 'kinda Gulpa'!
This blog has a history of truly crap titles and that above is one of the worst - sorry! It's a pity, really, because the item that provoked it is... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2012 HUMOR -
Three Cheers for the Dear Old C of E!
'Whodathunkit'? The lay people of the Church of England, you know, the ordinary people, the mostly quiet ones who just go to church every Sunday to commune... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2012 HUMOR -
Jonathan Sacks Reminds Me of My Ignorance!
The last time I mentioned a book by Jonathan Sacks called “The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning” I had just finished chapter... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2012 HUMOR -
"This Debate About Europe is a Debate About David Cameron Himself"
Thus spake, or wrote, Benedict Brogan in The Telegraph yesterday. In essence he poses an unanswerable question; what, exactly and precisely, does our... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2012 HUMOR -
Frack Me - This is Serious!
It’s hard enough predicting the future but it’s just as hard predicting the outcome when the future becomes the now! I confess to suffering severe... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2012 HUMOR -
Your Monday Funny #4
Here are a couple Jewish ‘funnies’ to start your week. They come from a review in this week’s Spectator by Jonathan Mirsky of Michael Winner’s Christmas... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2012 HUMOR -
A Miraculous Cure
Yes indeed, my severe attack of Man Flu has, more or less, moved on, in fact it barely lasted 24 hours. This is the second time in the last couple of... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2012 HUMOR -
The Arab v. Israeli Contest: Round 678 - and Counting!
And so it goes on . . . and on . . . and on. Any attempt to delve into the history of this conflict in order to work out the whys and wherefores is doome... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2012 HUMOR -
'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ... Ghost'!
So George Blake, born George Behar of a Dutch mother and an Egyptian-Jewish father, is 90 years old. I confess that if I had ever thought about him at al... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2012 HUMOR -
"Betraeus"
You can get a whiff of the stench arising from Washington even 'over here'. What a putrid administration the Americans have elected. I can only... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2012 HUMOR -
'Glasnost', China-style!
So the suits 'wunnit'! In other words, one lot of suited, smiling, smiling, smiling men (God, how they smile!) with died black hair have taken over from... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR -
Dread Epidemic Hits South West Britain
My God, I don't want to sound alarmist but it is absolutely dreadful here with this dangerous infection racing through the population and for which there... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2012 HUMOR