Archive for month: December, 2011

A Christmas Cavil

19 December, 2011 (18:24) | All articles | By: Stuart Fraser

I know you will all find it incredibly hard to believe, but there are those who would call me an old curmudgeon. Or worse. At this time of year it gets worse. And I will admit to a total failure to understand why it is that Scrooge, poor chap, has to put up with all […]

Taste pollution

12 December, 2011 (14:14) | All articles | By: Stuart Fraser

WE’VE recently received our electricity bill from EDF. Tis, I am reliably informed, the season to be merry, tra-la-la-la-la, la-la la la, and EDF is certainly making merry, busily cashing in on its raised prices in a country where, according to The Guardian, one in four households spends more than ten per cent of total […]

Earthquake extra

8 December, 2011 (17:30) | All articles | By: Stuart Fraser

Brother Hamster and Brother Bassett thought you might like this perfect little comment on the Cornish earthquake: I don’t know where it’s from, but I did, as the young folk say, LOL.

Watch your biscuits

5 December, 2011 (21:38) | All articles | By: Stuart Fraser

Have you heard this one, then? “A banker, a teacher, a Tory MP and a Daily Mail reader are at a table. On the table are ten biscuits. The banker scoffs nine of them. The MP turns to the Mail reader and whispers: ‘Watch out! That teacher’s after your biscuit’.” Have you seen this Facebook […]