Everybody’s heard of ‘Irish Stew’, right? Most have heard of ‘Lancashire Hot Pot’. In Liverpool, the land of one syllable, a variation on this stew of
Month: August 2012
Diana, Princess of Wales
So it’s 15 years since Diana, Princess of Wales died. Like a fox being chased into its hole she got the ultimate ‘papping’. At the
The old lady, little Johnny, penguin, and fisherman
The Old LadyAn old lady walks into a plastic surgeon’s office and asks about a facelift. “Well madam we have 3 types we are offering,
You have 10 minutes
I have many talents. My people skills are not necessarily the better of my talents. Almost without exception, people annoy me. People I work with
Equality or not?
So… a lot of the job application forms, mainly those put out by the politically correct luvvies that run the public sector, suggest that applicants
Proof the radio anoraks are sick in the head
A curious thing just happened. For a little while I thought I’d found a timeslip or a worm-hole into the past. You see, I was
Teaching an old dog new words
The son of a sheep farmer from very rural Wales went off to University. Halfway through the semester he foolishly has squandered all of his
What’s the point of a record collection?
Why do people bother buying and hoarding things like films, DVDs, CDs, mp3s, etc., etc.? It seems to be quite a pointless and old fashioned
A stag too far
Photoshop and the various other chopping and changing packages mean that nothing ever has to originally be as it now seems. But, for sake of argument,
The Capability of Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg walked into a branch of very well known High Street bank to cash a cheque. As he approached the cashier he said, “Good
Legitimate Rape
Much has been written about the completely ignorant Christian politician Todd Akin who described an event as being ‘Legitimate Rape’ and how in this case
Will the foamers force AM transmitters to stay on?
How will the BBC protect itself from the mad protesting brigade of foamers? They are highly organised and have networks barking out to letters pages
A perspective on the fear of the end of the world
This is really good. It’s an article elsewhere I’m pointing you towards. It’s written by Matt Ridley, and it makes that journey of discovery through
The day the cult religious broadcasts died
August 19th, 1989 is 23 earth years ago. Sigh. It’s also a radio anorak anniversary to be marked with black armbands (but only by radio
RTFM for a laugh
Aren’t instruction leaflets wonderful? Especially if they are written in English by people who don’t use English as their native tongue. An Android tablet (can’t
Well done all of us
I don’t like any sport. I’m not unique in this. There are many people who seriously have no interest in any sport. Yet for each
Jack off about radio station imaging
I recently wrote about how radio station bosses have deliberately destroyed the public enjoyment of the work of the radio DJ (here). The ultimate purpose
How Facebook won’t let you die
One of the ‘problems’ with Facebook is that when a person dies they don’t die. I was reminded of this a few hours ago when
OMG! It’s August the 14th … all over again!
I’m an anorak’s wet dream, I am. Jeeez. Spare me. It’s August the 14th. Noooooooooo. Back in 1967 this was the day that all the
The need for a human-being delete button
I was going in to Liverpool Lime Street station to see somebody off on their train when I happened upon one of the many drunks/druggies
The Barking Frog
There’s fine dining and there’s foodie eating. Fine dining is reserved for those with far much more money than taste buds. The ploy with fine
I Guess We All Knew
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) A 12 year old girl goes shopping and fails to return, quite plausible. Maybe she has a secret
Tidy desk? – Nothing to do!
(Not me, not my desk, not even slightly similar. Honest.) I like my desk untidy. It’s MY desk with MY things on it and nobody
What is it that housewives do all day?
A man came home from work and found his 3 children outside, still in their pyjamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers
Our expanding minds versus the car-jacking goat
I am an anorak of space, the final frontier. I have therefore been excitedly watching, listening and reading the daily summaries coming from NASA about
Saturday morning golf
A group of guys lived and died for their Saturday morning round of golf. One transferred to another city. It wasn’t the same without him.
Most fans of ‘celebs’ are maaaad
I was talking to somebody very famous the other day. There are very few modern day ‘celebs’ from the weird world of the soap operas
Radio station bosses teach listeners to hate radio DJs
Jack FM is a music-radio format devised in America and, owing to our lack of originality in the UK, copied in its original form wholesale.
Let’s make ‘grassing’ cool
‘Grassing’ is good. No, honest, it’s good to be a ‘grass’. It’s only those who are doing something wrong that want you to believe that
The scum that waits for the hand-out I’ve paid for
Sometimes I work 20 hour days. Sometimes I work unsocial hours. Sometimes I’m forced to spend time away from home. In return for this, I
Global Warming is melting street lights. Not.
It’s been 46 degrees Celsius in parts of America. That’s hot. Very hot. But, hey, that’s the weather. It does that. It gets hot. It gets cold.
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