Antony Jay’s and Jonathan Lynn’s stage adaptation of the TV sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister, at the Gielgud Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, London, is well worth a visit. Having enjoyed the TV series I went with high expectations, and the production didn’t disappoint.
The classic combination of a controlling Sir Humphrey (Henry Goodman) with beautifully crafted lengthy speeches [...]
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Apologies for my absence. I’ve been pre-occupied over the ‘holidays’ with a couple of other writing tasks that I needed to complete. Having finished them today I found myself with a few idle hours before returning to work tomorrow and started amusing myself with dreadful similes to tweet.
For those of us who have forgotten, a simile [...]
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Posted in Humanity, Humor, Humour, Religion on Dec 21st, 2009
You had to be there to feel the menace!
I wouldn’t have believed it possible. So much threat packed into such a small package.
It was at my supermarket last Saturday. Ok, I was slightly jaded having just completed a shop almost three times the size of normal (my wife has a large family coming to stay). [...]
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Posted in Creativity, Humor, Humour, Language on Jun 22nd, 2009
I left teaching over 8 years ago, but the most abiding memories are the times when I was reduced to tears (on 3 occasions quite literally), by some of the devastatingly funny things that were said, or written.
I am grateful to Sarah Ebner at SchoolGate and Summersdale publishing for the following exam blunders:
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There was a pile of dog poo on the pavement.
As they walked to work, four men trod in it and messed up their shoes.
The first man felt very sad. He looked at the mess and smelled the smell and said to himself: “You know, this just about sums me up. This always happens [...]
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Posted in Humanity, Humor, Humour on Apr 18th, 2009
The hedge may only be fifteen feet long and about four feet tall, but it is a mountain of difficulty and a Berlin Wall of social distance. I stand watching it everyday from our kitchen window as I do the washing up. It looks nonchalantly back at me, but I know it is being passive-aggressive. [...]
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Posted in Humor, Humour, Language, Travel on Mar 1st, 2009
I’ve been away for a few days, happily wandering around the city of York - happy, that is, until I saw a snack bar.
There was nothing wrong with the particular establishment (perhaps apart from its run-down look and linguisitcally dated title), but the words ’snack bar’ caused some momentary confusion.
Anywhere else, a snack bar would [...]
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Posted in Art, Creativity, Existential, Human Rights, Humor, Humour, Language, Mortality, Religion, Society, Travel on Feb 6th, 2009
Sorry, but this amused me.
The Guardian is running a competition to see what witty slogans readers can come up with as alternatives to the existing slogans on the Atheist Bus Advertising Campaign. Supporters of the original campaign, which had the slogan, “THERE’S PROBABLY NO GOD. NOW STOP WORRYING AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE.” could perhaps do with [...]
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Richard Dawkins reading his fan mail.
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