Here are two quotes from someone I’ve never met or even heard of till today. “I’ve yearned for years to have the sort of body that would enable me to walk boldly onto a beach and hear beautiful women sighing …
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Surrounded by piffle on all sides – a lot of it fatal. Why?
We’re all emotional, but I’m emotional about what you may consider some very odd things. Quotations, for instance. Here is one from Aristotle: “We have a duty to know. That is what humans are for, and it alone leads to …
Read MoreThe banks – to be serious for a moment
A piece in The Economist about Sir “Fred” Goodwin who has managed in exchange for Lord knows how many millions in salary and pension to screw up the Royal Bank of Scotland, prompted me to comment. (He sounds a thoroughly …
Read MoreExcellent Irish joke – and a few other idle thoughts
I have long run my life by one maxim. Hope for the best, but plan for the worst, clearly not familiar to the top brass at British Airways. Those who have been amused, entertained, delayed or horrified by the great …
Read MoreWant to know why they’re such useless tossers?
As you fight your way through the next year, spare a thought for how the chaps in charge – the government – are feeling. Then find one of them to throw bricks at. They may have got us all into …
Read MoreGod bless the Archbishop of York – and give the one in a Canterbury a good kicking
I confess that for many years I used to dismiss Christian dogma by saying that God is either all powerful or benevolent, because so many nasty things happen in the world that he can’t be both. However I do applaud …
Read MoreAt last, the ultimate meaningless title is achieved!
At the start of that rip-roaring business romp “Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing” I quote Confucius who thought the correct use of language was the most important thing to worry about if you want run things properly. “If language is …
Read MoreThe Bliar Witch project: revel in the drivel
Those of you not from these parts may be blessedly unaware of the phrase “Blair’s Babes”. However, when the Bliar first set about screwing things up here and people were so transfixed by his smarmy grin that they never noticed …
Read MoreLaughs of the Day
Because of the limitations of this medium, you probably can’t read this letter from the BBC to a job applicant, but the operative sentence reads: “You may also like to note that calling our head of human resources a skank …
Read MoreApril Fool or not?
Three marriages convinced me long ago that I am, by and large, an idiot, and I am inclined to think the logo on your arse story may be a joke. But on the other hand, as Steve Gibson points out …
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