I don’t know what quirk in me makes for this never-ending fascination with rogues and fools. Anyhow the funniest things I read on Saturday covered both. First, a headline saying “FTSE settles above 5,900 on Greece optimism.” It is my …
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A good joke; a bunch of criminally negligent rogues; which way to turn?
I do not know who coined this definition of the stages of a project, but I have seen several variations. Like all good jokes it works because we recognise its truth. The stages are: Wild enthusiasm Disillusionment Confusion Panic Search …
Read MoreCorporate bollocks Down Under. And who, pray, pays your wages? Plus a good Kelvin McKenzie joke
Kim Williams: “I bore for Murdoch” More years ago than I care to remember a big cheese at American Express came into our offices in 20, Soho Square to give us – rapt and breathless with excitement, oh yes – …
Read MoreA week or so late for the great man’s birthday … this seems appropriate
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Read MoreAt the risk of boring you, this is what is happening to your future
In one of my helpful marketing ideas I quote the French Artist, Writer and Film Director Jean Cocteau who once began a speech by saying, “I have said this many times before, but nobody listened, so I will say it …
Read MoreWhat goes around comes around. Why GroupOn is the kiss of death – or something damn close
About 1,100 years ago, a little before my time, this country was ravaged by Vikings who would sail over from Scandinavia each spring and rove around burning, looting, killing, raping, enslaving and generally having a good time. The inhabitants, whose …
Read MoreA little gentle chauvinism for you. Advice from a retired husband
It is important for men to remember that as women grow older, it becomes harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as when they were younger. When you notice this, try not to yell at them. Some …
Read MoreWhere did I go wrong? Where did they go right?.
About 24 hours ago I got an email from Sydney, with these two pictures. The writer was the spiv in the white suit, my old partner, Glenmore Trenear-Harvey. The other two old geezers are a pair of ornaments of the …
Read MoreA heartrendingly brilliant, funny letter. Thanks Andy Owen for sharing. Please read right to the endd
In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdon — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, …
Read MoreThe March of Folly continues apace … and what propels it? Confucius say “fancy language”.
Pay attention while I tell you about inflation. They paid me £340 a year (less tax) in my first job. Less than a Bristol bus driver gets a week now. But enough for me to go out dancing and drinking …
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