Tag Archives: Books

The Technical Services Scenario

Breaking News: the Devon & Cornwall Music Festival has been cancelled as they couldn’t decide whether The Jam or Cream should go first. I was supposed to be helping Cat Stevens repair his caravanette.  Awning has broken… Q) What’s red … Continue reading

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The cool aardvark….

Barmy Albert was smoking a cheroot outside The Pitt Bull and Stanley Knife pub, when Dastardly Derek, the landlord came out and curtly informed him that couldn’t smoke outside the premises, unless he was fifteen yards away from the building.  … Continue reading

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Yet another unfortunate farrago….

What with the pension age being increased, coupled with the current cost of living crisis, we are now forced to toil well into our old age. Yesterday, I spotted a pensioner working in the local supermarket car park collecting shopping … Continue reading

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They’re not making shortbread any longer…

The rain was tempestuous and the storm was gathering apace, when Non-Stick Nora discovered Barmy Albert perched in front of a big puddle outside The Pitt Bull and Stanley Knife pub, totally drenched and holding a tree branch with a … Continue reading

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The New Year Farrago….

My New Year Wish: All I ask is one chance to prove that money can’t make me happy. We were really poor as kids.  At Christmas, my older brother got an air guitar and I got his old one… I … Continue reading

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The New Year Resolution…

I was in the office typing a script when I heard the voice of my old friend, the late comedian Bernard Manning on BBC Breakfast News on the telly in the adjacent living room. I wondered what the news article … Continue reading

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The New Years Resolution…

Went to see the new Willie Wonka movie over the weekend.  It cost £14.50 each to get in!  A fella sat a few seats away persisted in making loud and incoherent grunting noises all the way through the movie, which … Continue reading

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