I don’t belieeeve it! Why did the chicken cross the road? To see if the egg was already there. Why are eggs oval in shape? Better to ask why ovals are egg-shaped. Who said Humpty Dumpty was an egg? That’s fake news, so probably Truth Social. What is fumigate? A political scandal involving a smoking…
From this week in 2013, a piece about the gift of giving – or, more accurately, the giving of gifts. As time goes by We were mulling over recently what present to buy for our daughter’s eighth wedding anniversary. Seeking inspiration, not to mention enlightenment and authoritative knowledge, naturally we looked online. At anniversariesbyyear.com (yes…
I don’t believe a word of it….and nor should you. What is a saga? Too long: bored now. What is a synopsis? Too short: already bored… What is a dialect Yew wha? What is a goblin? I thought this was a family show. What is a pinstripe? Outdated uniform of 80s investment bankers (guilty as…
Say what now? What is an ingot? Bed, board and stabling for up to ten horses. What is a pekinese? A quadripedal spoilt brat. Probably. What is gumbo? Hmmmm. Afraid I’m stuck on this one. What is crème fraiche? Sounds like some of that foreign muck. What is a patisserie? An Irish daytime TV soap…
From August 2014, on the art of masterly inactivity. I can’t help it, I’m an analyst “Procrastination. What have you been putting off doing? Why?” We’ve talked about this before on this blog, albeit from a different perspective. So you could consider this as an update. A belated one, obviously. If – no, let’s be fair, when – I’m…
From this day in 2014, a meditation on boredom… Shoot Me Now This one’s just too good to miss…(cracks knuckles; hunches over keyboard; ticks tags for ‘rants’ and ‘grumpy old man’). “(YAWN): What bores you?” Firstly, let’s be clear about what we actually mean by ‘boredom’. My first stab at finding a dictionary definition came…
General knowledge ignorance….. Which monarch famously said: “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king” Queen Anne – the one who had to be buried in a square coffin. What is the rarest blood type in humans? Vampire – because there’s…
Words of…..er, wisdom? “I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why I’m right” Keir Starmer “My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I forgot to do” Hugh Hefner “My diet plan: make all of my friends cupcakes, the fatter they get, the thinner I look” Meghan Markle “My wallet is like an…
This post was originally published on 2 August 2014, about two years into what I euphemistically call my blogging career (and definitely not ‘journey’). Here I muse on how things are/were going blogwise. Simon Schama’s Swampy Suck Oh, hi there. I thought that might get your attention… Today’s instalment of ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’…
Who said that? I want to break free Ghislaine Maxwell No more the fool Charlie Chaplin Food, glorious food Mr. Creosote The Princess Diaries The (only a) Duchess of Sussex The name of the game …is football: NOT soccer. You can’t hurry love I’m sorry, this has never happened before. Kiss me Kate Meghan Markle…
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