Devious putdown
A friend of mine said the most evil, devious, vicious, dismissive comment about a semi-public figure I’ve ever heard. It was a classic example of parish-pump politics. He said, ‘yer man will be attending 4 or 5 communions this year.’
For those who are non-religious/non-Catholics, it meant that he’d been shagging anything that moved [...]
UK postal strike nears resolution
Postal workers in the UK have been on strike for the past few days. Their leaders have negotiated a settlement with management. Normal work will resume once the postal workers agree to the deal…
…Once the deal is posted out to them. Then all they have to do is post the yea/nay forms [...]
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 [...]
Another fine mess by DLRCC
As I’ve written previously, DLRCC does like to waste money. I might have taken this sign seriously if it had been put up straight. Only a cynic would think that the council workers had errected the sign after a liquid lunch.
Or maybe it’s a cunning plan? A normal person might [...]
Stoolpigeon
I almost (ahem) posted this photo on flickr as pigeonstool. Hopefully I corrected the mistake in time before anyone noticed and made a joke about it.
It reminds me of the time when, as a child, our GP (family physician) made a housecall because I was ill. Doctors did housecalls in those days but [...]