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Category Archives: Whimsy
The Dead President Sketch
Following Donald Trump’s glowing and, frankly, somewhat unlikely medical report, I began to wonder if there isn’t a more straightforward explanation for the President’s weird behaviour. With apologies to the Monty Python team. A voter enters the White House. … Continue reading
Posted in Parody, Uncategorized, Whimsy
Tagged Dead Parrot, Donald Trump, Humour, Monty Python, Norwegian Blue, US, VOOM
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Gull Wars
Truro Council hopes ‘anti-gull’ paint will thwart seagulls putting the seaside town ‘under siege’ The Independent It seems the summer silly season is upon us once more. Or is it? With some help from my spirit guide, Bob, I asked five famous authors … Continue reading
Posted in Parody, Whimsy
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, Guano, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Joseph Heller, Leo Tolstoy, Seagulls, War
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My Left Foot
This blog entry actually refers to an incident that happened some time ago, however I’m reproducing it as if it were a current diary entry because, frankly, I can’t be arsed going through it and changing all the tenses. So … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Tales, Uncategorized, Whimsy
Tagged bunion, hotel showers, long-horned cattle, National Park
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Discovering Christmas In England
Perhaps it is a sign of national egocentricity, but we English have always rather felt that Christmas belonged to us; sprang fully formed from our cultural loins, as it were. We listen politely when informed that it was Prince Albert, … Continue reading
Posted in Whimsy
Tagged Basingstoke, Christmas, Christmas Puddings, Cornwall, England, Old Traditions, Pickle Miners, Pickles, Trepanning
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Imply Inca tea bothered the author (7,5)
Among the many things you may not know about me, since I rarely reveal anything of the inner bloke in my assorted ramblings, is that I like to compile cryptic crosswords. I love everything about the process, from the challenge of … Continue reading
With Apologies To Gilbert and Sullivan
September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW: I am the very model of a modern movie buccaneer, When playing Captain Jack, it’s like a Rolling Stone has snuck in here, Although the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Whimsy
Tagged Captain Jack Sparrow, Garrrrrrr!, Gilbert and Sullivan, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, parody
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