Selection No 35

More re-cycled posts from 2005

personal
The idiot took me seriously

food and drink
It used to be no fun to eat at sea

society
The ex-brigadier swings a nifty foot

Selection No 34

More recycled posts from 2005:

people
Gadaffi would never have made Patrol Leader

literature
Prolific writers and a busy lecher

food
Perhaps I'll skip the veg

Selection 33

More recycled posts from 2005:

sex
A 28,000 years old toy

words
Supermarket gives away drugs

computers
WWW, phooey!

Selection 32

More recycled posts from 2005:

hats
God bless her, and all who sail in her

words
Carelessness in the OED

personal
A happy parting in Manchester

Selection 31

More re-cycled posts from 2005:

religion
Every picture tells a story; this one’s a lulu

personal
The most honorific of all my titles

people
Tony Blair has five wives

Selection 30

More re-cycled posts from 2005:

news
The Daily Telegraph always was a rotten newspaper, but now...

personal
Offensive but fair: accurate abuse, graciously received

words
Only idiots rant

Selection 29

More re-cycled posts from 2005:

people
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?

TV
Chelsea Flower boredom

personal
I was a major league bore

Selection 28

More re-cycled posts from 2005:

superstition
Money from your toad

people
A world-class bore

theatre
Hedda bores herself to death

Selection 27

More recycled posts from 2005:

food
Dishes now almost forgotten, with good reason

society
Funerals really swing up Barnsley way

people
Valediction for a friend

Selection 26

More recycled posts from 2005:

francophilia
A Frenchman demonstrates his mastery of demotic English

politics
Well said, though not quite as I would have put it

blogs
The sort of people you might meet

Selection 25

More recycled posts from 2005:

food
Throdkins enter cyberspace!

people
John Mills, a convincing swine

music
A rotten singer, much loved

Selection 24

More recycled posts from 2005:

personal
How to fail at your chosen career

words
Dr Johnson was surly but may have been lovable

poetry
The worst poet in the world...

Selection 23

More recycled posts from 2005:

cinema
Some movies get history right, others don't

royals
Vox pop on the Prince's nuptials

hats
Dressing up to bid farewell to the Pope

Selection 22

More recycled posts from 2005

words
A splendid game für 4 Personen

food
Kipper and black pudding? Why not?

literature
Shy man outsells J K Rowling, Dan Brown....

Selection 21

More recycled posts from 2005:

personal
Warning on the door

sex
Sexual orientation: an 11-year old's wise choice

religion
We have a better offer than Jesus

Selection 20

Recycled posts from 2005:

personal
Sleeping on a train with Emmanuel Lasker

words
Newsreader is maliciously joyful
(and read Samira’s comments)

literature
Christie, Tolkien and Terry Nation

Selection 19

Recycled posts from 2005

parody
Not all nannies are wise and kind

francophilia
Shakespeare and subtitles in French

personal
The way Wodehouse posted letters

Selection 18

Recycled posts from 2005:

people
A supermodel's childhood overshadowed by glamorous biscuits

sport
Max Schmeling was one of the good guys

royals
Uncharitable comment on the wedding of the year

Selection 17

Recycled posts from 2005

history
An admiral gets the non-job

food
The trouble with Jerusalem artichokes

abroad
Don't get your hair cut in Pyongyang

Selection 16

Recycled posts from 2005

history
A small town in Sussex was once part of the United States, sort of

sport
The sporting way to kill grouse

cinema
The curious link between a Czech aristocrat and a French cutie