UNWELL
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »I am not well. Swollen glands (oh matron), aching neck and back, sore throat, occasional headaches, lethargy, fatigue, and I've got that wretched cough I had in April again. Damn damn damn, where's that vitamin C overload.....?
BOB HOPE’S DEATH
Tuesday, July 29th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »In the summer of 2002, the Cranley Hotel began a competition for its regular punters called 'Deathwish'. This started after a spate of celebrity deaths - Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother to name but a couple - and ...
SUPERMARKET ODDNESS
Tuesday, July 29th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I was queuing in the supermarket yesterday and I noted what the people in front of me bought - a twelve pack of toilet rolls, a 2 litre bottle of bleach and eight rolls of kitchen paper - I assumed ...
DUMB TOURISTS
Monday, July 28th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This is an extract from the Sunday Times Travel supplement from yesterday which made me chuckle, so well done writer Matt Rudd. The subject is stupid questions asked by tourists, and this was the pick of the bunch. 'A lady ...
ENGAGEMENT PARTY
Monday, July 28th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment ».....and finally, after a week of keeping it zipped, I am able to announce that my brother Ben and his girlfriend Carole are engaged to be married. Utterly splendid, about bl**dy time, but utterly splendid. SO, thirty of us descended ...
RETORT
Saturday, July 26th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »The battle of the sexes cropped up at work today, by email. I received this from a colleague: "Men are like a fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the hell out of them until ...
THE GRAND PRIX
Thursday, July 24th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »SO, I suppose most of you want to know how the British Grand Prix day was spent. Usually, when my alarm clock goes off at some God awful hour in the morning, I want to beat the wretched thing to a ...
TWENTY PENCE BIT
Thursday, July 24th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Mark, Alex and I headed for Chicago's last night, the pound-a-pint offer was just far too tempting. The entertainment for the evening was a Michael Jackson impersonator, although he was clearly miming and perhaps the worst act they have ...
EASYWORLD GIG
Saturday, July 19th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »Thursday night was the Easyworld gig at the University of London Union. Simon H, Shaun H, Matt S, Lucy R, Mark R, Alex Mac, Luke and I all rocked up to the venue in London Euston and immediately began ...
PHONE’S DEAD
Tuesday, July 15th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »The 'NO' button on my phone has been playing up for a couple of days. It also happens to be the 'back' button and the power button. It began to not register when I pressed it, resulting in ...
