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Tag Archives: humour
Oh boo…
The power of two I have told you before; what I tell you is true.When I said it had all gone horribly wrongThat was not the end, I should know,Of the song. First some idiot (yes it was me)Used the wrong … Continue reading
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More challenges.
When you have had enough challenges in life, you get smart. You try to forestall them. This has been a mistake for a couple of thousand years, at least. In school, doing Latin literature, we studied the Aeneid. In this … Continue reading
Challenges.
Life is so easy now, here in the future that there are no longer any problems. That’s nice isn’t it? What we have instead are challenges. This is a challenge, that is challenging, this interesting individual has challenging behaviour, a … Continue reading
Bottoming out.
No, nothing to do with Brazilian butt lifts at all. Nothing to do with the very nice looney TV show Bottom. Nothing to do with addicts finally scraping the barrel bottom and waking up. Nothing to do with getting into … Continue reading
Hot Stuff.
The last 49 years, on Christmas afternoon, I have been absent from the lounge, where the S&H and latterly, just the OH, occasionally both plus the DIL and the grandchildren were to be found, playing with the toys I had … Continue reading
The last place (part 2, the second bit, B)
Me and Cleopatra, just like that. Me and Mark Anthony, even closer. The other way of finding things you have lost, for the creatives among us, is to spend sixteen years (seventeen in September) writing a blog. As you do. … Continue reading
The electrical life 4
Last night, on my way to bed I thoughtfully pushed my socked foot gently under the side of the washing machine, for the joy that retrieving it dry would afford. You know, don’t you? Wet toes. I subsequently slid a … Continue reading
The electrical life 3.
If you are new here, welcome! If you are as fiercely bright as most of the miniaturists who pause here you may have noticed the number 3 in the title, for this is the 3rd description of my attempt to … Continue reading
The electrical life part 2.
The date for the arrival of the Washing Machine version of the Star Ship Enterprise was a surprise which would be vouchsafed unto me in a telephone call. I spent time stressing that I have a landline, which means that … Continue reading
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