Oh the poor bankers.  It’s tragic that, after years of charging us to use our own money and then using the profits to give it all away to idiots who couldn’t afford to pay it back, they suddenly found themselves in something of a mire.  Now, they not only wanted to be bailed out, they actually expected […]

Oh dear, it seems that there is a person, or are persons, who keep stumbling across this blog by Googling the words “spanking Carol Smillie” – on a remarkably consistent basis too.  I’m not sure if these are the workings of a weird cult, or simply nerds trying to investigate some hot internet urban myth, but this search seems to have […]

Yesterday afternoon, I had a thoroughly pleasant guided tour around the new-look Point Depot, now known as the O2. And very lovely it is too.  It’ll be even nicer when it’s finished. Read all about it (although not about the delicious pecan pastry I had afterwards, or the bloke I bumped into on the site, […]

The Tooth Fairy has become the latest victim of the economic downturn.  British milk producer Cravendale says that the average amount she’s leaving left under pillows in exchange for a tooth has dropped from £1.22 to 87p in the past six months.  The figures also show that 38% of British children do not get any money […]

People unfortunate enough to find themselves in a queue with me in Tesco may find the experience a little less irritating in future. For years now, I have been seething, and not altogether silently, about the checkout signs that read, “Ten items or less”; even before I’d ever heard of Lynne Truss, I’ve been sorely tempted, […]