Category: Humour

  • Life Is But A Dream

    Life Is But A Dream

    There are mornings that I wake up from a lovely dream. One in which I am walking, running, pain free. As I wake and turn…

  • False advertising

    False advertising

    I was in a passenger in a car recently, after a long time stuck in bed. I noticed things I had missed before. Road signs…

  • Disability Top Trumps

    Disability Top Trumps

    Did you ever play that game as a child, ‘Top Trumps?’ It came in loads of forms, cars, boats etc. You would deal out cards…

  • M&M

    M&M

    Mary & I, M&M as it said on or wedding cake, were eating a pack of M&M sweets; snap. Yes, I know, I don’t eat…

  • All Encompassing Fact

    All Encompassing Fact

    You are probably expecting an amazing fact. Not an unreasonable assumption. After all, I have brought you blogs on why we don’t live forever. How…

  • If You Could Live Forever

    If You Could Live Forever

    I’m not a doctor. A fact which will very quickly become apparent. Have you ever wondered why we don’t live forever? Evolutionary biologists, will be…

  • Let Me Summarize

    Let Me Summarize

    I have found a lot of factual books contain about an A5 flash card worth of content. It is a wonder that they manage to…

  • Too Much Smart Tech

    Too Much Smart Tech

    The other day I ended up in an argument with my digital assistants. I was telling Alexa to turn on the lights. She replied, rather…

  • Titles

    Titles

    You’re probably expecting me to announce that I have received a title in the New Years honours and it was just delayed in the post.…

  • No Actual Gameplay Shown

    No Actual Gameplay Shown

    A year or two ago when I was a child. Yes, a year or two. Don’t be rude. There used to be a particular advert…

  • Over The Top

    Over The Top

    “I live, only to make you happy.” OK, so maybe that is a slight exaggeration but the latest customer service scripts are becoming a bit…

  • Going Up In The World

    Going Up In The World

    “It needs to be 120cm from the mattress,” a pause, “oh, it’s not.” Listening to the OT saying this under to the bed technicians, while…

  • Patience of a Saint

    Patience of a Saint

    I have often wondered at the patience of my Alexa devices. I sometimes wonder when someone gives Alexa several timer commands and occasionally changes one…

  • Avatar

    Avatar

    If you have seen the movie Avatar, you will know it’s about a man in a wheelchair. I only said that as a joke. One…

  • Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry

    Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry

    Have you noticed that script writers have thrown away an old book? No, I haven’t discovered it and started to use it. The old book…

  • Cinder

    Cinder

    Have you noticed that some people love to clean; I won’t say obsessed by it. They just seem to love it. While the rest of…

  • Stranger Than Truth

    Stranger Than Truth

    We have been watching Vera, the ITV detective series, not some random lady down the road. It’s amazing how fast everything moves in a detective…

  • Incey, Wincey, Spider

    Incey, Wincey, Spider

    I woke this morning to a rather fast visitor. Not a welcome one at that. I was reading on my tablet and I caught a…

  • Ship Ahoy

    Ship Ahoy

    I feel like a captain on the bridge of his ship. Yes, that’s right, illusions of grandeur. Yesterday, for the first time, I was able…

  • It’s All Downhill From Here

    It’s All Downhill From Here

    In case you are thinking I’m becoming maudlin, don’t worry. I had a dream, now it sounds like I’m about to start a speech. I…