On Screaming

1. Do not scream; for it is as if you scream all the time.
2. If you are given a plate on which two foods you do not wish to touch each other are touching each other, your voice rises up even to the ceiling, while you point ...   more »

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all ...   more »

Overheard at a recent British Council of offices luncheon in London, a quote from Sir Digby Jones, Director General of the CBI:

"I've learned to never trust what a politician says. Watch what they do".

Never more true than today.   more »

Every news story provides material for humour. The black ones appear immediately after any disasters.. but the best are the short and simple like this:

Kate Moss had just been introduced to Jeremy Clarkson at a smart celeb party -

"What do you do?" she asked

"Top Gear" he replied

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Thanks to Brixton Boy for sending these... more over the next few days.....

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

In the 1400s a law was set forth that a man was ...   more »

Laws Pertaining to Dessert

1. For we judge between the plate that is unclean and the plate that is clean, saying first, if the plate is clean, then you shall have dessert.
2. But of the unclean plate, the laws are these If you have eaten most of your meat, ...   more »