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• Despite It All I Like the Guy!

  This is a depressing tale.  An aquaintance of mine - I say 'aquaintance' not to distance myself but because I simply do not know him well enough to call... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 HUMOR

• Oh No, James Bond is Getting Old, Too!

  I waited until the several zillion people who rushed in like a flood tide to see the latest Bond film, Skyfall, had ebbed somewhat and thus it was last night... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 HUMOR

• Oh God, Not God Again!

  It is with some trepidation that I touch upon this God business again.  The last time, as you will recall, ‘Deogolwulf’ marched in, gave me a sound... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 HUMOR

• Your Monday 'Funny' #3

  Not only is it Monday morning but it's also raining - so no change there then!  I'm off to London to see an old and dear friend who is very ill so there... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 HUMOR

• Flog 'em, Then Hang 'em, and Then Flog 'em Again!

  Forty two Tory MPs and a couple of Lords have signed a letter to The Guardian - of all places! - expressing their desire to have a statutory control over our... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 HUMOR

• Lest We Forget

  It is entirely right, fitting and perhaps essential that for a few moments each year we pause, bow our heads and ponder on the memory of those who have... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 HUMOR

• Where Did Whitey Go?

  A fascinating, albeit slightly mathematical, analysis of the American vote by Sean Trende at RealClearPolitics is well worth reading.  He tells us that... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 HUMOR

• Tweaking the Lion's Tail!

  This, surely, has to be one of the greatest 'portrait' photographs ever taken.  Apart from the fact that it captures exactly the very essence of the man,... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 HUMOR

• The View from the American Conservative Slit-trench!

  My e-pal, Malcolm Pollack, quotes a writer, Peter Kirsanow, who provides an excellent 'call to arms' to American conservatives after first describing the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 HUMOR

• Eat, Drink and Die - Everybody Else Does!

  Here, for your amusement in these grim times, are some quotations from a book I have only just begun to read, so they all come from Chapter #1. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 HUMOR

• 'First They Came for the Small Businessman, Then . . .'

  To provide some expert and legal insight in support of my fears of the next Obama regime, let me quote some words from Thomas Sowell’s latest post at The... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 HUMOR

• AMERICA! By the LEFT - Quick March!

  You see, I told you, didn’t I, you wouldn’t listen but I was absolutely right – I am a prat! Well, Obama won and the outlook is grim. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 HUMOR

• Stalingrad: "A New Version of Events"? Not Really!

  I frequently read the English-language version of Der Spiegel even though I know the magazine is Left-wing.  I do so mainly because the translations are... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 HUMOR

• Tinkering with Our Democratic System

  This democracy lark is festering at the back of my mind and provoked by some of my commenters I have been trying to come up with some ideas for improvement. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 HUMOR

• Romney Will Romp In!

  With all the foolhardiness of the monumentally stupid I am digging into the last few inches of my grave as a political soothsayer!  Romney will win easily! Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 HUMOR

• Even by My Standards That Last Post Was Rubbish!

  Put it down to Monday morning blues but that last post of mine was a particularly thoughtless piece of grunt-and-grumble.  If one is minded, as I... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 HUMOR

• Democracy is Disgusting but What Else Can We Do?

  Watching Obama and Romney vying for the world record in lickspittling as they race hither and thither prostrating themselves, temporarily, of course, before... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 HUMOR

• Your Monday Morning Joke #2

  As you know, it is my constant desire to lighten the load for all you wage slaves particularly at the start of the working week. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 HUMOR

• Is There a Juicy Divorce in the Offing?

  First of all, an apology to my regulars.  I should have warned you that visitors to Chateau Duff would slow my rate of posting this weekend but in... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 HUMOR