GOVERNMENT TO MONITOR ONE TRILLION COCK PILL EMAILS THE government has outlined plans to monitor all of Britain’s email traffic, covering everything from penis enlargement to Lindsey Lohan straddling a Labrador. The only internet traffic exempt will be Ministry of …
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98 and no enemies – another tale to tug at the heart-strings
Did you know that Bird flu, which is nothing to do with me, but was going to kill tens of millions, has caused at least 245 deaths in the last ten years. Swine flu looks like another threat, but is …
Read MoreYours for £65,000 in The Guardian Jobs section … just in case you’re wondering how they’re STILL pissing your money away
The only real requirement is that you can sit in meetings all day talking total bollocks, as follows. Assistant Directors of Strategy Development (G6) 3 posts Ref: CS6010 You will lead strategy development in your area; embedding robust strategic action …
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I have been reading the Diaries of James Lees-Milne on and off for decades. Every page contains something funny or surprising.They are, I think, the best diaries since Samuel Pepys – and maybe even better. They run from the 1940’s …
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsHzz0QnxUA&feature=related. Thank you, Greg Waggett – (if anyone wants to know what it’s really like to be at the sharp edge in some of the world’s worst places, read Greg’s book “In My Blood”.)
Read More“British MEP accused of fraud and false accounting” – oh, really?
The poor bastard in question is called Wise, and I just read about these charges. It is grossly unfair, not to say bizarre that anyone in the European parliament should be accused of this offence. I nearly fell out of …
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When I first started speaking in public I used to stand up and talk my head off – rather like a politician really. Then eventually some kind soul said, “Would you make it a little more interactive, please?” Well, I …
Read MoreThe Bliar at it again
I quote without comment from “The Oldie” newsletters – an offspring of that excellent magazine, which you don’t have to be as senile as me to enjoy. “Although he has been a Roman Catholic only for a year or so, …
Read MoreWhere do fish rot from? The head.
Twenty years or so ago I used to do the direct marketing for the Royal Mint. Even after so many years of service to the country, Prince Philip shows little sign of slowing down. He undertook more than 350 engagements …
Read MoreCheers, Rod
Back in December 1985, I ran (or tried not to interfere in other people running) Britain’s biggest direct marketing agency. We were being courted by many of the big groups – I think we had conversations with eight of the …
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