Category: Humour

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Why Husbands are Good at Losing Things and Wives Are Good At Finding Them

illustration of objects commonly lost by men

Scientists in the Applied Amissology Department at Hyderabad University’s School of Applied Parapsychology have recently proved true a widely held hypothesis: that women are very good at finding things men are very good at losing.

Comprehensive double-blind tests were conducted over a period of forty years on married couples in their own homes. The husbands’ top five most commonly mislaid items were car keys, spectacles, wallets, mobile phones and useless things like dead batteries or bits of string. These were the findings: Continue reading “Why Husbands are Good at Losing Things and Wives Are Good At Finding Them”

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Secret Jam: a tale of rural intrigue

home made jam and breadThis is how it began.

Every Tuesday morning, I travel to the delightful Sussex village of Ditchling for yoga class; I’m the only man among thirty delightful Ditchling ladies. At the end of class, another delightful group of Ditchling ladies takes over the space for a choir rehearsal. As part of this activity they make wonderful cakes, chutneys and jams, and sell these to one another to raise funds for the choir. I purchased a jar of this home made jam from a delightful choir lady at the produce table, and brought it home; it was the most delicious jam I had ever tasted.   Continue reading “Secret Jam: a tale of rural intrigue”

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Let’s be less suspicious!

chicken crossing road

From today, let’s together create a better, less suspicious world. A world where the ability of stereotypical personality types to change lightbulbs is not forever being questioned. Where folks open the door when someone knocks instead of always always asking ‘who’s there?’ Where a chicken can cross the damn road without her motives being thrown into doubt!. Let’s do it!! Now!!!

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Euro-English: where is it going?

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as “Euro-English”. Continue reading “Euro-English: where is it going?”