Uh Oh…..oh oh oh Oxymoron Military intelligence Ooky The general mien of the Addams family. Oodleplex The state of being confused by many things at once. Obfuscate To (not) answer a simple question in the manner of a politician. Obstreporous Wot you looking at? Oddsock A truly irritating wardrobe affectation. Orzo Sorry, but I was…
I confess to having been a little bamboozled when I saw that the prompt for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday called for a song from a ‘Super Band’. That’s not an expression I’m familiar with. However, a little exploration showed that it’s an alternative (American?) description of what would be more commonly described over here…
Panto auditions: NB – responses are very UK-centric, but then so’s Panto (oh no it isn’t!). Widow Twanky Brendan O’Carroll Buttons Austin Reed Cinders Leslie Ash The Beast Mark Labbett Gru Donald Pleasence Cruella de Vil Suella Braverman The Fairy Godmother Julian Clary Abanazar The Great Soprendo Carabosse Lily Savage King Rat Nigel Farage Fibbing…
From 2013, a meditation on my love/hate relationship with technology… Kit Despite my well-documented inability to get to grips with technology (defined as basically anything invented since the Stone Age), I still have the inherent Y-chromosome marker for ‘kit’. Sadly, though, this thing I have going on with technology is a classic love/hate relationship. I…
This week, Jim has challenged us to showcase a song containing either ‘Yesterday’, ‘Today’ or ‘Tomorrow’ in its title or lyrics. I will by no means be the only one whose first thought was Paul McCartney’s ‘Yesterday’: it’s a bit obvious, though. The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ is there too, although I’ve already deployed it…
General ignorance… Which is the highest ever grossing show on Broadway? Probably the one with ‘Climb Every Mountain’ in it. How many times has Rafa Nadal won the French Open? Is this something to do with tennis? I don’t do tennis. Who played the Young Victoria? Prince Albert. Who sang the 1957 original of ‘That’ll…
Back in September 2015, when I was still hankering to provide regular satirical (but affectionate) commentaries on local life. I produced this news update… What you may have missed Newer members of the growing expat community here in Faire-Le-Dodo (87) may have been nonplussed by the strange state of suspended animation that our commune appears…
Now, I have a bit of a pedantic problem with this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, where we are asked to showcase a ‘philosophical’ song. Some readers may be aware that I actually have a university degree in Philosophy, albeit from over 50 years ago. Although that’s not so long that I still didn’t automatically respond…
Another slice of bah humbug from 2014… Well, here we are at the end of August and self-doubt may be starting to creep into WordPress’ ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’: “Are writing prompts a useful exercise, or do you find them to be too limiting and/or hokey?” Yes, I do find writing prompts useful as a supplement to…
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…
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