I remember some years ago a colleague told me of a well known brand of electric drill that he saw on offer. He went into the next tool store and asked why they were offering that exact same drill model but at a higher price? The manager said “how much did you see it for”? “It [read more]

I know that I am a cynic. I wonder why that is?
Now then – About Britain’s plans to become a world leading low carbon economy – Now that is a brilliant idea, right?
That means we can just dispose of our failing manufacturing industries (carbon producing) as a part of our carbon reduction plans and we [read more]

The economy is recovering, then not, then it is, then its not. The last thing I heard yesterday was that the British Parliament Expense Scandal was engineered by the government to take to heat out of the banking fiasco and the economy being on the rocks. The politicians who have and who will [read more]

What a company!
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 600 employees and has the following reported employee statistics:
29 have been accused of spouse abuse.
7 have been arrested for fraud.
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques.
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses.
3 have done time for [read more]

I agree whole heartedly with the Marcel Berlins and his piece in the Guardian and I for one am appalled at the current “I just wanna be famous or I’ll cry” antics that seem to abound in the UK right now. Of our current members of Parliament however, I would like to see the honest [read more]

Now are we supposed to feel sorry for these crooks?

Can Britain’s Parliament Redeem Itself?

Expenses row might provoke suicide, British MP warns.
They have let the country down, they have p****d on the people from a great height and now we are supposed to be in fear that they might self harm! Oh, shock horror!
Were [read more]

What with the greedy parliamentarians stealing peoples money and the banks losing peoples money whilst still claiming their “sky high” bonuses, it’s no wonder the general masses are completely peeved off!
I was advised to tone down my thoughts and comments on the lawmakers of our wondrous UK parliament. These lawmakers with their own noses [read more]

AIN’T IT THE TRUTH!!?
Chris! started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6am. While his coffee pot (MADE IN CHINA) was brewing, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis [read more]

A 98 year old woman wrote this to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in The Times.
Dear Sir,
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, 3 ‘nanoseconds’ must have elapsed between his presenting [read more]