I saw a picture on the internet of a tongue lolling greyhound who had been labelled “Jerry from HR” in the staff profiles of a particular group – and that started me thinking. That’s it! Dogs would be great as...
Category - Health
According to experts, “the human race has peaked and could soon start moving backwards in terms of height, lifespan and physical performance”. Here’s the hard evidence: the average height of NFL football players in the US...
FOOD & DRINK We all love adding extra ingredients to what we eat, drink, use or make until it is “just right” like Goldilocks’ porridge. Adding milk and sugar to coffee? Fine, whatever tickles your taste buds. How about...
“On the one hand we remark the bold carriage and mental vigour of a man attired in a new suit of clothes; on the other hand we note the melancholy features of him who is conscious of a posterior patch, or the haunted face of...
At some stage in the Covid restriction era, people in face to face meetings were all encouraged to sit as far away as possible from one another, like cockroaches scattering when someone turns on the light. This was helpful for...
“Shorten” said my GP Dr Vigor, “there’s no way around it. You’ll just have to do more exercise”. “But I loathe exercise, I detest it” I said, trying to drive the point home so forcefully that he...
Our gas heater has an important role in winter in keeping us from freezing to death as the temperature plunges toward zero. But it has an undocumented function that’s not in the user manual: the death rattle. Turn it off and it...
Alfredo, the Formula 1 racecar driver, realised he needed help. He had lost his will to win, his need for speed and his F1 car keys had gone missing. Each morning when he woke up, he didn’t know if he would feel as fiery as...
“The average man takes life as a trouble. He is in a chronic state of irritation at the whole performance.…. He fusses about pin-pricks until a mule kicks him. Then he learns the difference”. Herbert N. Casson...
Come with me on my personal tour of cardboard, and together we will unlock a new world of drama, impersonation and flavour benchmarks. My curiosity about cardboard began recently when I read a movie review, which gave a...