“I’m afraid I can’t accept that contract.”
Actually I said, “You’ve got to be fucking joking!” but I’m trying to give the impression that I conduct my business conversations with a sense of reserve and decorum.
“I’m not proof-reading anything that man has translated into English - it’s always gibberish, I can’t work out what it’s meant […]
Admittedly there are some minor downsides to terrorism, but what with passenger numbers down after the recent “everyday household items” scare, I’ve even seen a Heathrow-JFK return flight for £149 including all taxes and charges. Ideally, some kind of fatwa about increasing legroom would be just perfect. If you could oblige, Osama.
Song playing as this […]
London again for the weekend. Regular visits there really do prevent a news story containing the phrase, “neighbours described the man at the centre of these tragic events as a quiet individual who kept himself to himself, though he’s never been quite right since he came back from Germany and he visited London regularly and […]
I rose, showered, walked to the nearest underground station – the autumnal morning sun was shining brightly, but there was still an aura of mist over the greener parts of the city – I pressed my Oyster card against the reader and wandered, somewhat bleary-eyed to the end of the platform to make sure there […]
When Thatcher was removed, I didn’t dance naked in the street (okay, I did, just for different reasons), but I wasn’t exactly displeased. Now, whenever I watch the long, slow death of Tony Blair being reported on TV news or in the newspapers I just don’t give a toss.
Whether this is due to age: at […]
Many of the stories on this blog involve events in my life going “ever so slightly” wrong. Things do, however, appear to be picking up. As I don’t want to induce too much jealousy within you I will quote only two examples:
Whilst lifting a heavy box I sliced open the […]
