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Dropping A Gear

Word arrives of a terrible event in the World of Clarkson.
When CDs containing the banking details of seven million Britons went missing late last year, Jeremy Clarkson insisted it was a storm in a teacup.
To prove no one would be able to access money by using the records, the outspoken broadcaster and columnist published his [...]

Strange Kind Of Urgency

So. This morning we’re trying to get my son ready for school, and not unusually it seems to be taking ages; every time his mother or I turn our backs he stops putting on his jumper, or his socks, he stops fastening his shoes, and when we return we instead find him staring at the [...]

Only A Northern Rock

You can keep that one. It’s free. Well, it’s got to be better than “Between a Northern Rock and a hard place” and all the other similar, equally obvious and unimaginative headlines recently. But to be honest, I don’t want to talk about the current turmoil in the financial markets. I mean honestly; pensioners being [...]

(Llandud) No Clouds

In my wildest dreams. Picture courtesy of the never-reliable “Camera Obscurer.”

Wishin’ And Hopin’

Picture courtesy of the ever-reliable “House of Zamyatin.”

A Cock Up

I really can’t get my head around email spam. I mean, why bother? What’s the point? I can understand why people try to hack into systems, spread computer viruses or engage in a bit of old fashioned fraud. Such people are wankers, but at least there is a reason for such twattishness, be it for [...]

Back To The Old House

Remember me? Just a quick word to those who care to say that I’m back from my extended jaunt, where along the way I sampled many of the regional dishes of these fair isles; Cornish pasties (obviously), macaroni pies (ubiquitous in Scotland, seemingly) and Cumberland sausages (in butty form, following a sneaky trip to the [...]

Pun-ishment

I can take or leave Easter really, but now it’s come and gone one thing I won’t be sad to see the back of is all those adverts in pubs and shops promoting their various Easter “Eggstravaganzas”. I has gone beyond a not very funny joke.
In fact this year that oh-so-clever pun has been [...]

Talk Talk

There seemed to be an interesting item on BBC1’s Breakfast programme this morning, concerning children’s communication skills. Are today’s pre-schoolers lagging behind previous generations in their ability to speak? Have standards in language and vocabulary dropped in recent years?
I say it seemed an interesting article because I could barely make out a single word emanating [...]

Obscure Advice #1

Today’s top tip comes from a bag of Jelly Babies.

Next Week: some Dolly Mixtures caution against common household dust-mites.

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