Archive for the 'This Life'

One Flu Over the Parrot’s Nest

As Councillor Bob observes, these are worrying times for the Parrot household. The bird flu has landed in the shape of a parrot that died in...
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Oh What a Tangled Web we Weave

A bizarre story on the front page of tonight’s MEN about an apparently well-off couple who went to elaborate lengths to avoid two £60 speeding...
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Weather Spin Cyclone

I heard this story on the radio last week and meant to blog about it, but better late than never. It’s the one about the BBC weather people...
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Walk the Walk or Talk the Talk?

The animation left landed in my inbox tonight with the message: This woman is walking the World for Breast Cancer. Please pass her on so that she...
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Rest in Peace

“There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today…they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the...
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Zip PC

I sometimes wonder if people like the Campaign Against Political Correctness haven’t got a point. Mrs P picked up an events guide for the...
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Freedom

One of the things about being off work is that you get to listen to some of the bizarre drivel that passes for national debate. This morning there...
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