The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutter who digs things out of his back yard and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian Institute, labeling them with scientific names, insisting that they are actual archaeological finds. This guy really exists and does this in ...   more »

Forgive me folks for I have sinned. It's been 5 days since my last blog. Sometimes when I'm travelling I just don't seem to get a moment. Really. Even by my standards this was a busy week......one of those, it's Wednesday so it must be Milan sort of weeks. Cape ...   more »

I can't remember a BA flight being on time since I moved to London.

Except last night that is. So, while BA whatever pushed back bang on time at 19.25 yours truly was in a traffic jam on the M4. At least I got to experience a new experience: I've ...   more »

I wrote this introduction to a collection of internet stories I started compiling six years ago. I cannot believe it is so long ago.....

"Internet stories, almost by definition, need no introduction. They arrive, wholly unsolicited, from all corners of the world on our screens almost daily. Often beneath a ...   more »

Some of you - if you subscribe to this blog - will have received a rather unwelcome mail from the site as a consequence of some saddo posting an innapropriate comment which was then sent out to anyone registered.

I've now removed it and I do normally check for comments ...   more »

It does seem a little unkind, since we had such a fabulous weekend in France, that I should post such a blog. Truth is I was looking through my sad collection of internet sourced humour and there is a lot of French stuff. Some of it good too.

There was ...   more »

Scanning the Telegraph motoring section the other day I can across this letter with the reply from Honest John. Admittedly this is a bit of a soap box of mine, but the writer makes a good point.

Speed camera partnerships are not legal entities (and therefore cannot be sued), nor ...   more »