A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare.
The last of the court jesters was Dicky Pearce who was the Earl of Suffolk’s fool. Born in 1665 he eventually entered the service of the Berkeley family at Berkeley Castle.
In 1728, during a performance, he overbalanced from [...]
Next weekend I’ve got to make one of the most difficult decisions in my life.
Am I going to be a European or a Member of the British Commonwealth?
I think I’ll get some garlic and a flightless bird in and possibly wait for the result before making up my mind completely.
Haka haiku
Posturing stamps
Tension ramps
Mummy tuts at [...]
What are the secrets to a long marriage?
1. Always put the toilet seat down.
2. Maintain ignorance of how the dishwasher works.
3. Mix up coloureds and whites early on the relationship then the washing machine will never become an issue.
4. If cornered on a particular issue develop an expression of intense concentration and concern.
5. If there [...]
… what you look at but the way you look at it that gives you the hump.
Of course the converse or reverse is the way of the spin doctor. Do you think that you know who, what or where you are? Somebody else might not agree.
As a very famous person said “Life is simples innit”. [...]
I have little interest in politics particularly now that it is dominated by ‘political correctness’ and ‘financial considerations’.
Tony Blur never said anything that wasn’t fuzzy, Boredom Brown had the charisma of a freshly painted piece of wood left out to dry and the present incumbents of the highest positions in the British political sphere, [...]
A Kent village club sailed into the Channel to re-enact a historic match and got far more than they expected. The following article was first published in the November 2006 issue of The Wisden Cricketer.
The Goodwin Sands, off the Kent coast from Ramsgate, is best known as a place of shipwreck. In The Merchant of [...]
When Tolkien removed all mention of Floppy Baggins from the Lord of the Rings he became the forgotten hobbit.
The reasons were never fully explained but I have my suspicions.
Floppy Baggins wasn’t very bright, indeed, his last known meaningful synapse coincided with the completion of his potty training – rather like the staff at my local [...]
It’s my birthday in about six weeks. (Bless. Not a hope. Lo,TG Ed)
A gentle start to the week to help you get your brains in gear.
A simple explanation of how genetics work.
There is no way I’m having a bath this weekend.
I’ll apologise for the smell now but I’m sure you’ll understand.
I hope that your weekend will be less whiffy than the TG’s.
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