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...
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...
Recently my colleague John “Jokie” Jokeson came over to brainstorm ideas for a short comedy film he is hoping to produce. It went like this: Shorten Humourless (SH): Hi Jokie, what’s new? JJ: Good to see you...
A Shorten Humorless interview with Shaun Lorne, the Guerilla Gardener. SH: Welcome Shaun. You’re creating quite a stir in the world of gardening with your new book and podcast “The Guerilla Gardener – Smashing...
“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...
Recipe – Chemise Blanche et Sweaté Ingredients: 1 ripe white shirt. Ripeness is indicated by a slight yellowing at the top of the garment known as the “collare” area as well as the unmentionable...
“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...
