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Partridge shot by gun

A friend of a friend is called John Partridge and the noteworthy thing about him is that he’s big into shooting birds as a hobby. I’d hate to be him. Imagine if he committed suicide. That would be unfortunate enough but imagine his obituary, ‘Partridge shot by gun‘. I mean, nobody would read it and [...]

One’s feminine side

I saw a British car today with a personalised registration plate that began PM5. It was a black BMW X5 with tinted windows etc. I had a little chuckle to myself when I saw that the driver was male. On a similar note, I saw another man today today who would never induce queasiness and [...]

Fighting the system

Yesterday, I was reading a free copy of the Irish Indo in a cafe (I’d never buy the rag). The back page had a story about an English gang who had just gone on trial for allegedly stealing something like stg£50M last year. The proseceuting lawyer said it was done out of ‘greed’. Really? Today [...]

Hire this woman

I’ve kept on eye on Red Mum’s blog for ages now. She’s an award-winning writer. And an excellent photographer with 21 photos in flickr’s explore page (trust me, that’s good). She seems to be pretty good at most multimedia-type things. I’ve never met her but I’m pretty sure doesn’t do the ‘daaarrlliing’ thing. Anyhow, her [...]

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