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• I Know, I Know, but It Was the Memsahib's Birthday

  Yes, you're right I should have warned you that I was likely to go 'awol' yesterday seeing as it was the Memsahib's birthday. I gave her a special treat by... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Where Cpl. Duff Leads, the Generals Follow

  In reading this blog you are in distinguished - well, somewhat distinguished - company because it is now clear that I may count among my readership the Chiefs o... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 2.2.15

  So, after a weekend of jollifications what passes for normal service on this blog is once again resumed beginning with your Monday morning 'cheer up'. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Announcing the Late Arrival of New Year's Eve!

  Our arrangements for New Year's Eve consist of various old friends all contributing different courses to an evening feast ('dinner' is hardly the word) which... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Law is an Ass . . .

  

  . . . and this woman is a donkey: She, is Ms. Alison Saunders who is, God help us all, our Director of Public Prosecutions. According to The Telegraph this... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• And 'Vlad' Could Earn Himself a Greek Bonus!

  Guess which foreign ambassador was the first to be invited to the palace to meet the new Greek Prime minister? The American? - nah! The British? - "you're 'avin... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ukraine? Ooops, Forgotten About That!

  Well, we might have forgotten about it but 'Vlad the Impaler' hasn't. At his instigation the Russo-separatists in Eastern Ukraine have re-launched their... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'American Sniper' Was a Long Bore!

  No, no, I don't mean the rifle, I mean the film! In fact, I left early, the first time I have walked out of a film for decades. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Greek Tragi-comedy

  

  And so now it's 'curtain up' at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens and via the marvels of modern technology there will be 'simulcasts' running in every... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Auschwitz

  

  In this modern age we are constantly bombarded with symbols to the extent that we ignore most of them or at best only register them subliminally. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Not Just Larceny but Grand Larceny

  "M'lud, my client, Mr. David Duff, an impoverished blogger of limited means, er, and ability, has been under extreme pressure this morning with a host of tasks... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• What's the Greek for 'suckers'?

  So the ‘loony Leftie’, Alexis Tsipras, won the Greek election, just missing an absolute majority by only two seats but making the task of forming a coalition... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 26.1.15

  

  My first 'Funnie' of the day is not strictly speaking a 'Funnie' in the traditional sense that you have grown used to here at D N but it made me chuckle. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 25.1.15

  I haven't indulged in a Sunday Rumble for a while and as I have a few household tasks to execute today it will suit me to just pop up the stairs from time to... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Let's Keep on Dancing"

  It's not often I offer you long-suffering readers a musical introduction to one of my blog bores blog posts but today I give you one of the truly great popular... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Alas, Size Really Does Matter

  

  No, no, I don't mean that! For goodness sake raise your eyes from the front of your trousers - and that includes you, ladies! I am referring once again to... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Greatest Force in the USA Today? Obama's Hatred of It!

  A couple of things have provoked the title to this post. First, there was a small report in The Mail that there was to be something of an exposure of the late,... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Heavens to Betsy, Piers Morgan Writes Good Sense!

  You regulars might have notice a certain amount of erraticism (is that a real word?) around here recently, so, sorry, sorry, sorry but it was those bloody... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Sir John Chilcot: Establishment Creature 'par Excellence'!

  I was intending to write off Sir John Chilcot as an incompetent, old fool but then it occurred to me that the opposite is true, he is actually exceedingly good... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Blessed Lear

  

  Well, certainly an exceedingly brave King Lear played last night by the indomitable Brian Blessed (78), according to the Daily Mail critic, Quentin Letts. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY