My kid sister this evening on the Facebook: Watching a documentary & wondering why the plural of mongoose is mongooses & not mongeese. Anybody know? Me on the Facebook: The word mongoose is derived from the Marathi word mangūs. Etymologically speaking, it has no connection with the English word goose, which is derived from the… Continue reading (M)On geese
Nonsense
Potted nonsense
Long-term readers of Gruts might be interested to learn about Mr Frank Key's new book, “Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’.
UN-communicative
Just who the hell do the people at GMail think they are, marking as spam an email sent to me entitled ‘An important message from the United Nations’?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Phil Collins ‘no longer retired’.
Memory bank
Things my bank expects me to remember when using their machines/online banking facilities.
Payne and illness
Hundreds of disappointed fans are "left weeping" after One Direction cancel a Belfast concert.
What do you reckon is going on here, then?
Knob-shaped show-scrub sachet shock!
Small om
They say you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. It turns out I can't make an omelette full-stop.
Compare & contrast
Thom Yorke v. Tollund Man.
Life imitates Gruts
I saw this coming. Oh yes I did!