It would certainly add to the gaiety of the nation. But it's worth pointing out that flooding can occur anywhere, any day of the year. It's slightly less likely in the summer because the gr… (View Post)

I think you'll find Jo Cox was not a "remainer MP trying to overturn the vote". (View Post)

On topic, and by way of light relief from politics, the date of the latest sunrise is not the solstice (21st) December but the 30th. This is because there's a discrepancy between clock time (whe… (View Post)

It's a variation on a much-loved, much-repeated, Kenneth Horne joke. "As I was perusing PVC and Rubber Monthly, which I mostly read for the knitting pattern..." (View Post)

I was a professional apple-picker in Suffolk for three weeks in the 1970s having answered a small ad in The Times. It is regrettable to note that they are no longer recruited in such a civilised way. (View Post)