“I think you know what I’m talking about” Catchphrase of noted soul crooner and sex god Theophilus P Wildebeeste. British readers will recognise him as one of the many characters created by Lenny Henry, comedian and now highly respected Shakespearian actor (not to mention Knight of the Realm). One-Liner Wednesday 28 February 2018
Out standing in his field. One-Liner Wednesday 21 February 2018
“Too much of anything is just enough” – Grateful Dead: “I Need A Miracle” In the interests of editorial balance, after last week’s paean to abstemiousness, we present an alternative viewpoint. One that, in all honesty, we find rather more appealing. Albeit vicariously. One-Liner Wednesday 14 February 2018
“Enough is a feast.” … as my dear old grandad used to say. There again, though: One-Liner Wednesday 7 February 2018
“You can’t have everything; where would you put it?” Steven Wright – my favourite American comedian. One-Liner Wednesday 31 January 2018
“No problem is so big that it can’t be ignored.” The peerless wisdom of Homer Simpson.One-Liner Wednesday 24 January 2018
“Is that a new shirt, or have you just been sick?” Picture this – if you can. August 1967: the Summer of Love and also Liverpool’s first Saturday home game of the new season. I was standing on the Kop, as was my wont in those days. Close to me was a lad wearing a…
“So ‘vous’ means ‘you’ then?” Perfectly serious question posed by an English lady at Monday’s French Conversation class. She has lived here for eleven years. Eleven years. One-Liner Wednesday 10 January 2018
“I’m an old-age pensioner, not a reincarnation” – – – – – – – I wish I’d said that. However, British readers may be surprised to know that it was actually Ann Widdecombe (on The Chase Celebrity Special, to be exact). Non-British readers, of course, couldn’t care less. One-Liner Wednesday 3 January 2018
“Is anybody using those last two mince pies?” One-Liner Wednesday 27 December 2017
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