Random example of confusion over gender- my wife’s names is also a common boys name, although usually spelt with a y rather than an i. Many years ago when booking a b and b the owner was rather frost… (View Post)

Back in 2012 I was diagnosed with leukemia and forced to have nearly 5 weeks in an isolation room in hospital (visitors allowed, but off the main ward for protection). Once the diagnosis was confirme… (View Post)

Stephen Fry tells a story about raffle tickets at events. He keeps a bunch of different coloured strips and when he is asked at an event if he wants to buy some he pats the pocket with them in (prefe… (View Post)

Controversial viewpoint coming. When I was a young lad, obsessed with Dr Who in the early 1980's all I could get of old Who was the target novelisations. Incredibly they were all the same length irre… (View Post)

I don't give a stuff whether he wore one or not. We should all grow up on this bullshit. In Warminster, admittedly a garrison town, the poppies have been up for weeks. I'd rather we did Halloween fir… (View Post)