Category: Humour

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  Blondes Have More Fun

  I don’t know if it’s true that blondes have more fun, not being one myself. I have a fair bit of fun and I have…

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  When Did I Become Old?

  We had Mary’s niece and children visit yesterday. Two wonderful lads, 8 and 5 years old. As I watched them play, chatted to them and…

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  Saving The Best ‘Till Last

  I realised the other day, why I was always picked last in sports at school. Yes, it’s that recent I can still remember it. The…

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  Crash, Bang, Wallop

  I’m sure you’ve all seen ‘Half a sixpence’ and if you haven’t, will now be rushing off to look it up. “Crash, bang, wallop, what…

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  The New Hoisting Diet

  I have discovered an amazing new diet. But, let’s not rush into my world changing revelation. Let me not spoil the moment. I don’t want…

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  Flipper

  “OK Flipper, show us where he is.” When I was growing up, in the early 2000’s, sorry that just slipped in there, 1970’s, animals on…

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  Where’s It Been?

  I gather the football is coming home. But, where has it been and why didn’t the neighbours throw it over the wall a long time…

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  Confused, you will be

  I can be easily confused and moving to a new house may be the straw that broke the camel’s back. Wondering why? Let me explain:…

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  Good Morning

  Good morning from sunny Hartlepool, don’t check your weather forecasts, they are not always accurate. Besides, it was sunny, when we arrived. Hartlepool greeted us…

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  So Long, Farewell

  To anyone who has not seen The Sound of Music, the title of this blog will be lost on you. Let me give you a…

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  Hello, My Lovely

  The phone rings and a pleasant female voice says cheerily: “Hello, my lovely, how are you this evening?” Either you have developed an amazing, magnetic…

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  Quick, Quick, Slow

  In days of yore, when Blu-Ray was first invented. Actually, was it around in ‘days of yore’? Anyway, it was a long time ago, because…

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  The Wrong 50%

  Have you noticed that percentages are broken? Today it was noted by the BBC weather app that there was a 43% chance of rain. I…

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  Laugh and the World Cries with You

  Some of you may get the impression that I watch a lot of films; wrong, I watch a lot of everything. I have just watched…

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  Fancy Names

  Those who keep up with my blogs will remember that I wrote to the BBC to ask about becoming a MasterChef judge. Obviously, given my…

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  Fiction or Fact

  Being long term ill gives me a lot of time to watch films. Mainly because there are hours on end when I lack the energy…

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  Word Games

  Someone pointed out that with the word “Queue”, the letter ‘Q’ does all the work and the rest of the letters silently “queue” behind it.…

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  They’re Getting Dressed

  At the end of Covid, when we are all back to normal, whatever that is. We will all look back at the absurdities of this…

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  Did You See A Bear?

  I have noticed that people tend to fall into one of two main categories when disaster strikes: 1/ Action/panic, they run around doing stuff. It’s…

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  Dr Livingstone, I Presume?

  You’ve all heard the famous line, “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” I’m probably quoting it wrong. I could check on Google, but who’s to say that’s…