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Number 1 in an occasional series;
"The only Friday I can take off is the Thursday."

The parliamentary home affairs committee has looked at the lovely Mr Blunkett’s plans for ID cards. Their conclusion? Despite more holes than a colander and the omission of a number of substantive facts (like, for instance, how much the whole lot is going to cost) they conclude that the scheme is correct in principle.
Dear sweet [...]

For my next birthday I would like a bionic dolphin please.
That is all.

Here is the text of a letter I’ve just sent to the nice people at Amazon UK complaining about their "fulfilment partner";
Terrible delivery service from DHL. My orders to date have come through Royal Mail and I have not had a problem. If I haven’t been there to receive a parcel in person it is [...]

I am enjoying the coverage of the test match on Channel 4 at the moment. I have only one comment to make on their presentation – Geoffrey Boycott is a twunt. Will no one rid us of this turbulent Yorkshireman?

Each week I receive, by email, a copy of The Friday Thing an incredibly well written, insightful and amusing "comment sheet". If I was you I’d subscribe. I’m just catching up on my backlog and would like to share with you a quote from the edition published on the 16th of July. Talking about the [...]

I swear that I’m turning into my mother. It was a hot, dry day today in London and all I could think of was "ooh, good drying day I must get some washing on."

You decide. Aunty Vikki stated quite firmly that I wouldn’t dare post any of the photos I took this afternoon because she was (and I quote) "having a bad hair day&quot. Doesn’t look like it to me. Although JFGP obviously isn’t too sure.
Vikki and her better half are off on holiday for three [...]

SWMBO is working away from home at the moment. She is missing her little ankle biter and asked me to post another photo of JFGP. Ever obliging, here is one I took on his birthday last week. We were in Dartmouth for the day and I couldn’t resist the windmill, especially not after I’d [...]

Folks, we’re saved. Swiss Toni is back for a second series. I inadvertently missed episode one but I shall be watching the rest of the series religiously.
For those who missed the first series and haven’t been aware of the second either – it’s on BBC Three, so I’m not surprised you haven’t seen [...]