He even made his problems with HMRC into a joke. A member of the studio audience was an accountant. "Oh yeah? Where were you when I needed you?" Great line, self-deprecating and well delive… (View Post)

Americans don't understand foreign countries or foreigners. They have no interest in abroad and, when they are forced to think about it, assume that the people who live there want the same thing… (View Post)

People were mentioning Bob Monkhouse yesterday on here. Here are three classic Monkhouseisms - I think I heard him give the middle one live - - "I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, bu… (View Post)

There's an irrefutable case for welfare for people who can't physcially or maybe mentally work. But that applies whatever their age is. There's no case at all for welfare for people wh… (View Post)

I saw Monkhouse live a couple of times. I used to see a lot of comedy shows but his really stood out. Virtually the whole audience was in hysterics both times. He had about 50x the talent of today�… (View Post)