“The landlady of a boarding house is a parallelogram – that is an oblong angular figure which cannot be described but which is equal to anything” (from “Boarding House Geometry” by Stephen Leacock in...
“Her description of her father, the old earl, touched something romantic in Edwin’s generous heart. He was never tired of asking how old he was, was he robust, did a shock, a sudden shock, affect him much? And so on...
To cut costs and boost profits, organisations must really consider the half-baked business model. This bleeding edge approach first stormed into consumer consciousness when half baked bread rolls appeared in the supermarket. The...
I was visiting John and Beth, missionary friends working in Cantana in Thailand. I went there to build a small wooden boat for them to use at a youth campsite set on a lake. I hadn’t done any woodworking since making a...
” Already been feeding your addiction this morning I see” said Heather, the office busy body and self-appointed food detective and anti-coffee crusader. “A-Addiction?” I stammered. I was acutely aware of...
When it comes to burglary I have some street cred. In 1790 a distant relative back in England was convicted of highway robbery and housebreaking. John P was sentenced to be transported to New South Wales as a convict. Old JP...
TV cooking segments really appeal to me because everything is so quick. One moment Fast Freddy is chopping up a few onions and vegetables. Then in a flash he’s adding some secret sauce only available in a particular...
Organising the teams for table tennis is always a problem. There are the good players, the really good players and the really bad players like me who are there to make all the other players feel good about themselves. The...
The first refrigerator that I remember was kerosene powered. As a child it fascinated me that a device for making things cool (a fridge) could be powered by a burning flame that was extremely hot. No one could explain it to me...
Of course I am special. I know all the words to the nonsense rhyme “One fine day in the middle of the night”, I once made an Olympic torch out of cardboard and coloured streamers and I’m the only person sitting...
