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...
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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...
A Shorten Humorless lunchtime interview with Mr Cryptic, a well known business tycoon famous for his economical use of food, money and words. SH: Welcome Mr Cryptic. I’d like to ask you a few questions about how you...
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.” Emo Philips (1990) Admit it. We get close to our computers just like we get close to our dogs. They both have funny little habits like lying down...
Glatte. This features a heavy duty transparent glass bin. This proclaims to the neighbours that you have nothing to hide in your waste stream and that you are right up with the trendiest of garbage extraction trends. A large...
I was about to go into my favourite coffee shop when I saw a strange sight across the road. What was that man doing rolling an office chair along the footpath towards the train station ? No, wait! As he trundled past me I...
“Well,” says the doctor, “I want you to keep very quiet; you’ll have to go to bed and stay there and keep quiet.” In reality, of course, the doctor hasn’t the least idea what is wrong with the...
“I mix a good deal with the Millionaires. I like them, I like the way they live. I like the things they eat. The more we mix together the better I like the things we mix” ( “How to make a million dollars”...