The battle of Trafalgar 2007 – one act play

Nelson: “Order the signal, Hardy.”
Hardy: “Aye, aye sir.”
Nelson: “Hold on, that’s not what I gave to the signal officer. What’s the meaning of this?”
Hardy: “Sir?”
Nelson (reading aloud): “England expects every person to do his duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion or disability”. “What gobbledygook is this?”
Hardy: [...]

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Could Noah beat political correctness?

I am indebted to Roy Tallis for this new spin on the Noah’s Ark tale (with sting attached). A real TALL STORY.
In the year 2007 the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in England
and said, “Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh [...]

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So, what is reality when it’s at home?

I guess that the most fundamental question any one of us on this fragment of dust can ever ask ourselves, and one that can sound profound or pretentious is – what is reality? It’s an interesting question. It’s one that another blogger I’ve come across has had a stab at answering http://omniverse.blogspot.com/. But how many [...]

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JK Rowling in my local pub – by ‘Mugglewort’ Wood

It seems that either the day before or after the premiere of the latest Harry Potter movie, author JK Rowling was seen having lunch at “The Bell’, a pub in the village of Littledean in the Forest of Dean. No idea what she had but what was she doing there? A number of things come [...]

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