Humour

So here I am in Rome, Italy (not to be confused with the ‘micropolitan’ city of Rome, Georgia or Rome, NY in the USA of course). Rome, the ancient City, the City of the Empire, the Borgias, the lust and the life of Europe, the foundation of the Modern World … need I go on?…

Our esteemed but eccentric Mayor of London, Boris Johnston, recently had the bright idea of placing pianos around London to cheer up all of us credit-crunched citizens. I first encountered one outside the Gherkin last week. Here it is: It's a bit of a shame about where they've placed it, as no-one seems to want…

Our esteemed but eccentric Mayor of London, Boris Johnston, recently had the bright idea of placing pianos around London to cheer up all of us credit-crunched citizens. I first encountered one outside the Gherkin last week. Here it is: It's a bit of a shame about where they've placed it, as no-one seems to want…

There's a great little website called: "What does the internet think?" It looks for phrases like "I love" or "I hate" from Google and other search engines about your search term, and then ranks them according to whether the world thinks of your chosen search subject as positive or negative.  As a result, you can…

I just used a cash machine that uses plain English. For example, rather than being a 'cash machine' or ''ATM', the bank refers to it as a 'Hole-in-the-Wall', and had this note on the screen: They didn't seem too happy when I rang up and said that someone had stolen the wall: No pleasing some…

I just used a cash machine that uses plain English. For example, rather than being a 'cash machine' or ''ATM', the bank refers to it as a 'Hole-in-the-Wall', and had this note on the screen: They didn't seem too happy when I rang up and said that someone had stolen the wall: No pleasing some…