Category: Humour
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…