My own personal troika
Let me tell you a story. Back at the beginning of the 80s, there was a wee recession here. At the time, I was in full time employment but we had just moved house and I had a missus, a … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Bashing the bishop
There are times when I would love to have been a fly on the wall. One of those times was last month when a priest was doing a slide show for parents at a primary school. The fucking idiot went … Continue reading →
Miracles do happen
If you were up at the crack of dawn [and that is not Dawn!] at around half ten or eleven, you might have discovered that this site was off line. If you were up at that time and didn’t try … Continue reading →
Garbage disposal
The EU are to send a probe into the Sun. [thanks for the tipoff, Captain Peacock] Fair play to them. What better time to chuck a billion Euros into a flaming ball of fire, than when half the fucking world … Continue reading →
Fighting with Mr Sandman
Tuesday night – Slept like a baby. Yesterday – Spent most of the day either dozing or sleeping. Last night – Slept for the best part of twelve hours. Today – Fucking knackered. Too knackered to write anything anyway. I … Continue reading →
Received wisdom
Whenever I meander on about smoking or second hand smoke, invariably I get castigated with expressions of “everyone knows smoking kills” or “we all know smoking causes cancer”. I have read a lot about the subject, and even amongst the … Continue reading →
A drop of incest
I discovered something rather startling the other day. For a while now I have been delving into the old family trees on both my mother’s and my father’s side. I have discovered I am related to myself. What’s worse, I … Continue reading →
Impartial broadcasting
It’s nice to see our national broadcaster being so balanced and impartial. There were a few things I noticed about this report. Regarding impartiality, I noticed that all the smokers were either filmed with their back to camera or in … Continue reading →
World Earth Day
Today is World Earth Day. How cuddly tree huggingly sweet. I had to look up the Interwebs to find out precisely what the fuck this is about. Apparently it is to “help Mobilize the Earth”. What? What in the name … Continue reading →
Stop cock up
Our gubmint have fucked up again. There is nothing unusual about that, and in fact I would be amazed if at any stage they got something right. Following hard on the heel of the household charge fiasco, where half the … Continue reading →
