You don’t need me to quote a whole load of stats and studies at you in relation to how laughter can be an exceptionally healing medium. For years I’ve been saying that the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon books should be made free on the NHS to all and sundry. Far cheaper for the state for […]
“You’ll Thank Me For It One Day!”
Whatever year you happened to be born into – whether you are a child of the 1940’s or a kid spawned of the 90’s, you’ll no doubt be able to remember some of the more ingrained parental scripts. Some of them stark. Some of them scary. Some of them bloody hilarious. And didn’t we all […]
Christmas Cards. The Good, the Bad an th’ Ugly…
At the end of November, I decided not to send Xmas cards. This was for a number of reasons: 1) I have 275 people on my list. When taking into account sheer costs of purchasing cards this amount to £23.37 2) Add to this some 55 UK 2nd class stamps (£28.60) and 32 overseas airmailed […]
Homework, Irony and the BBC…
MALE OFFSPRING: Arrrghhh! I can’t do this! I HATE this! I HATE it! ME: Oh for…..(stopping myself)…it’s just homework! The sooner you get it done – the better. MALE OFFSPRING: That’s alright for you to say! You said you never had nowt given you as homework when you were a kid. But I’m just 6! […]
Neanderthal Nativity
Back in the 70’s me and my big bro’ never participated in all of that nativity biblical re-enactment stuff. This could explain a lot of things for me and mine. Like the fact that as a small child I hated those new-fangled advent calendars that came with crappy choccies behind their little doors. The ones […]
The Old Fashioned Shopping Addict (or All Shook Up In’th Shops part 2)
Yesterday’s blog was all about how giddy I got after visiting a certain department store named Harveys of Halifax. I promised to tell you how I managed to overcome the lustful consumerist excesses that I was tempted into whilst visiting their hallowed floors. So read on… ———– I hopped back onto the road back home […]
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