First heard this gag around 1967, attributed to an entertainer called Blaster Bates who did a comic turn based on the use and misuse of explosives. Clearing sceptic tanks being a case in point. (View Post)

Julia Neuberger on this morning's Prayer for Today had it right. Wealth brings happiness up to a sufficient level of comfort. Above that you need family, friends and community for happiness, not more… (View Post)

The prospect of struggling through Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays bereft of information about pizza delivery services is almost more than I can bear. (View Post)

Wasn't the storming of the Bastille a terrorist act? I was somewhat disappointed when Thatcher accepted Mitterand's invitation to celebrate it in Paris in 1989 but I reasoned that, having read Chemis… (View Post)

Maybe they all agreed with each other to vote for Trump but each of them in the privacy of the booth decided to vote for Haley? (View Post)