Should Everyone be Entitled to Vote?
These are apparently actual complaints received from unhappy customers by Thomas Cook, the tour operators. I do not dispute that these people should have the ability to vote on TV reality shows, but should...
Category: What Makes Me Laugh
Times change
Unless you’re less than forty years old you will appreciate this five second video which demonstrates how things have changed. I remember in about 1990 when working for Royal Insurance in Liverpool in a...
Bob Newhart
Many of my older readers will remember Bob Newhart the American comedian in the 1960’s. One of his funniest skits was when he pretended to be in the UK and was talking to Sir...
Beans Advert
Sometimes a spoof video advertisement catches the eye. What always surprises me is that someone somewhere thinks what if? Then they make it and share it with the world Thanks Cinesite Someone has posted...
Questions Which Haunt You
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they ‘slept like...
Tommy Cooper
(For my American cousins Tommy Cooper was a British comedian who did silly tricks and always wore a fez. He made people laugh because of his style of handling one liners). Some examples: My wife...
Slightly Sexist 2
EATING OUT When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in £20, even though it’s only for £38.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they...
Now Some Cultural News
In advance I apologise to my American cousins. Ten years ago obesity was mainly present in the USA. Now it is also common throughout many other countries, not least among the western European countries,...
Slightly Sexist 1
Men Are Just Happier People. Why? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. The world is your...
True or False?
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, “If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all...