On today’s seven hour journey from home (near Manchester) to Prague I had plenty of time to ponder the demise of the flying industry. Plenty of time to bemoan the lack of a hot towel and a sweet to suck at takeoff and landing. A time when the trolly service was more a case of pass the bottle and a warm meal was served on proper china and eaten with a real knife and fork fashioned from Sheffield’s finest. And the ladies doing the serving looked like proper ladies in skirts and stoc... Read Full Story
About a year ago I wrote a post commenting on the strange searches that people had used to find my site – you can read about it here.
Well, I am glad to say that I still seem to be popular with a certain demographic. Today’s top ten searches were:
Kat Deeley (note the American spelling thereof)
Louise Minchin stockings
Claudia Winkleman nude
Anthea Turner
Kylie Minogue nu-di-ty (why the hyphens?)
Poppy Appeal
Banana Splits
Cat Deeley nude
Nude celebrities
Christine Bleakley nude... Read Full Story
The usual nonsense regarding the do’s and don’ts and the rights and wrongs about the annual Poppy Appeal has begun in earnest as we approach Remembrance Sunday. Well, in that comic the Sun at least, where they choose to berate the stars of Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing and big-up the X-Factor contestants – read about it here.
As I said last year, however, please ignore all the political correct rubbish that is spouted about the poppy, and, as it states here – wear i... Read Full Story
They are at it again! Mind you, I can tell you a thing or two about neighbours – read about it here.
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I saw this article in the Sunday Times yesterday. It reminded me of the “joys” of bitte ballen. The Dutch are even less foodie than us Brits. Mind you, Rotterdam is a special place – read about it here.
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I knew that using this title would get someone’s attention……..
I was back at the hospital yesterday. With my ears. Well, that might be kind of obvious – I guess I should have said, “for my ears” and the ongoing attempts to get them right following my operation last February and various different infections since then.
I am very appreciative of the service I receive from the NHS – America wake up and listen to Obama! – but I did not appreciate... Read Full Story
Did you see the start of the new-look X-Factor at the weekend?
It seems that Simon Cowell has successfully refreshed the finogueormat, recognising that most people enjoy the auditions more than the competition proper. There is the usual line up of judges – the brutally honest and open Cowell; the dated and out-of-touch Louis Walsh; the apparently botoxed-no-more, wrong Minogue sister (sigh Kylie); and, the gorgeous, heart-on-her-sleeve Geordie, Cheryl Cole. But, now the auditions are ... Read Full Story
According to the rather attractive Sky News weather girl, Lucy Versamy, it is going to reach the heady heights of 28 to 30 degrees Celsius in the UK today. Consequently I am sporting my shorts, t-shirts and flip flops (thongs for any Aussies that pop by) and my knotted hankie and deck chair are at the ready. And, I am waiting.
To be honest, I am not hopeful. It looks a tad overcast out there at the mo and I am trying to entice the cat to sit on my lap to keep my knees warm. And, we were pr... Read Full Story
So, apparently our kids are growing up and learning a Hollywood version of history which is not factual! Read about it here.
It seems that our American cousins are sometimes re-writing history to show the USA in a good light – if you look at most American WWII films you would think that they won it on their own and would have done so a lot quicker if they were not constantly distracted by rescuing us poor Brits….and let’s not even start on U571.
I would like to think that th... Read Full Story
