I've previously suggested that the Met Office website could be turned into a betting exchange with just a little tweaking. Tomorrow's offer in Warwickshire is 52mph. If I buy at that price … (View Post)

In this context, at least, @Leon is our shoeshine boy: https://www.pitzlfinancial.com/blog/ode-shoeshine-boy (View Post)

I want to go like Tommy Cooper: hit the deck while everyone's laughing. Just like that. (View Post)

A newly-appointed minister arrives in a department responsible for a subject to which they've never given a moment's thought. "I have to be seen to be doing something," they cry. … (View Post)

Civil twilight until 4.55, marine twilight until 5.25 and astronomical twilight until 5.55. - Your crepuscular correspondent. (edited to correct simple arithmetic!) (View Post)