Category Archives: Humour

A master class in Passive-Aggression

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Cold Calls Welcome

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A Groucho Marx quip

‘She got her good looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.’

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Cricket Obsessive Meets Reality

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Bertrand Russell on saving money: 1932

One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some government. In view of the fact that the bulk of the expenditure of most civilized governments consists in payments for past wars and preparation for … Continue reading

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Beware very literal people: They’re dangerous

Fred and Jim were hunting when Jim collapsed. He rolled over gasping for breath with his eyes glazing over. Fred whipped out his phone and called emergency services. He told the triage nurse what had happened. “Jim looks as if … Continue reading

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Film Review: The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (NetFlix) (2018) (Jewish Swiss comedy – subtitles)

This Jewish comedy piles cliché on to cliché, which should ruin the film. It doesn’t. It is a clever well-balanced comedy where the principal characters hang together and form a coherent whole. The storyline is basic Jewish humour. An over-bearing … Continue reading

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The Foundation of Rome: The True Story

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Book Review: P G Wodehouse ~ The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)

It’s the centenary of the first Jeeves novel. Wodehouse created two of the most enduring comedic characters in literature, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. The novel is a series of linked short stories. They are coherent only in the sense that … Continue reading

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Sarcasm at its finest

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