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My super-hero name

I don't think helping Tony Stark cook paella for his super-hero friends and S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues quite qualifies me for enrolment in the Avengers Initiative, but I do now at least know what my own super-hero name is.

Published 18-Sep-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: comics, dreams, films, food, movies, scarlett johansson, superheros

Fade to black. Sound of wind blowing across ocean.

In which I recreate the haunting final shot from one of my very favourite films

Published 15-Sep-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, films, movies, wales

Oh, the humanity!

Cilla Black's funeral to feature song from Sir Cliff Richard SHOCK!

Published 20-Aug-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: celebrities, funerals

Sing, if you're glad to be Che

Joke spotted on Twitter.

Published 12-Aug-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: jokes, twitter

Stense's chameleon joke

Today marks the 25th anniversary of my friendship with Stense.

Published 01-Aug-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: anniversaries, jokes, reptiles, stense

Not wishing to be pedantic, but…

The Spectator doesn't seem to understand the concept of a peer-group.

Published 27-Jul-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: alcohol, mathematics, statistics

Come again?

In which a fishmonger enquires about Easter.

Published 23-Jul-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, religion

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!

‘Katy Perry joins Taylor Swift v Nicki Minaj row – and brings Rihanna with her’ shock!

Published 23-Jul-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: americans, celebrities, music

Taste the difference

Sainsbury's reckon they're selling ten-years old chickens.

Published 08-Jul-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: food, shopping

His armpit hairs are sprouting

Video: The Fall, ‘British People in Hot Weather’.

Published 02-Jul-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, the fall, videos, weather

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