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Seditious satire and further nonsense. Hellward bound in a clapped-out handcart behold the certifiable musings on the crapness of modern life from a self-confessed miserable old bark.
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No. 59 These be a few of me Favourite Things
“Tell me Jeffman, is there anything you actually like?” I imagine people would ask this question with a regularity bordering on infuriation, if A) anybody knew who I was, and B) I actually believed that anybody cared. Precisely six peopl...
No. 13 Thatcher, Churchill, and the State Funeral
I think Jeffman lied when he said he’d be back on Monday, but then Jeffman, like a politician, has a long history of – how shall we say? – frugality with the truth. Just ask his good mother! So what has spurred Jeffman into this unscheduled...
No. 9 Time is Not on My Side
Time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for me. - The Rolling Stones, ‘Time Waits For No One’ Indeed. Apparently we don’t buy Oranges anymore. Well not big ones, anyway. You know the ones the size of a small beach ball that ...
No. 6 Ladies and Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones
Ye Gads. What on Earth are they thinking? Firstly, don’t get me wrong. I love the Rolling Stones. In fact I’m a huge fan, and by that I’m not just referring to my expanding waistline. I have all 12 studio albums from1966’s Aft...
No. 4 The Youth of Today Pt. 2 - The Kids Aren’t Alright
In 1965 the Who sang the ‘The Kids are Alright’. 43 years down the line and I beg to differ with Mr. Townshend. The kids aren’t alright. They seem very wrong indeed. After berating the youth of today (or ‘yoots’, as I be...
No. 3 Royal Ascot
Yes, Royal Ascot, the dowager of the flat racing calendar kicks off tomorrow, and one has to ask the question, why? Why does this joke of a five day event command so much airtime on a publicly owned television channel? I say joke, because that’...
No. 1 Shopping Bags
Yesterday I had the pleasure of searching through the spare cupboard, amongst the toolboxes and assorted knick-knacks that see fit to gather there as though awaiting the second coming of the toolshed messiah; looking for a Phillips screwdriver with w...
