Say Ahhh……

I had a wisdom tooth extracted earlier in the week. It wasn’t decaying, but I asked for it to be removed as it was catching the inside of my cheek, which was starting to cause me discomfort…… Although, it has to be said, not the discomfort I got from seeing the bill to remove it! As I…

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Good Evening All

There is a saying that you know you’re getting old when policemen start looking younger. Well, I’m firmly entrenched in middle age now and I can categorically say that the copper, in the video clip below, doesn’t strike me as being in the throes of youth…………….The only way I would class him as young is…

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Smarter Than The Average Berra

Precipitation engulfed east Leeds yesterday. A sign of the changeable climate in the UK was summed up perfectly by a glance outside at my barbeque. The previous day it was a cooking grill, yesterday was it was a soaking wet metal garden ornament standing forlornly in the corner of the patio. When I’m on hold awaiting the Samaritans answering my call, I occasionally read philosophical sayings online. I…

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Succumbing To Those Sad Eyes

We have a canine guest for a day or two. The dog in question is young Sophie the Cavalier King Charles spaniel, copper of hue and sad of eye. She is currently covering half of the sofa like Lady Avashight, sleeping off her recent walk around this suburb of Leeds. As I manfully attempt to focus while penning this narrative, my concentration…

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Scales of Injustice

In recent weeks I’ve been attempting to lose weight and up my fitness levels. The main driver behind this lifestyle choice being concerns over recent feelings of slovenliness and lethargy. I was also prompted into action after being labelled a ‘right lard arse’ by a rotund woman of our parish. As an actress/singer with a less than a svelte figure…

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Recognition for a Quarter of an Hour

During a conversation with my spouse yesterday, I opined that I felt pop artist Andy Warhol’s argument of “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.” was a flawed observation…….  Actually, I said  he was talking out of his posterior……. Ok then I said arse! I backed this opinion up with the argument I don’t know…

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Omnibus Journey To Arx Celebris Fontibus

Recently, my wife and I took the No.36 Ripon bus from Leeds, journeying to the charming North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate. For a public transport bus ride, it turned out to be a surprisingly pleasant experience. Amongst the accoutrements provided on this coach were WiFi and USB access; in addition to each stop being announced via auto message by BBC Look…

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like…..

Towards the start of the movie The Sound of Music, the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey sing of their exasperation at the behaviour of a flighty novice in the song How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Well, never mind trying to resolve the conundrum of young Maria’s frolicking, I want to know how do you…

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Combating The Silent Killer

Evidently, the 17th May is World Hypertension Day. Originating in 2005 and held annually, the aim of this 24 hours is to raise public awareness of ‘the silent killer’…….. To clarify, when I say ‘the silent killer’ I’m not referring to West Midlands hitman Frankie ‘Quiet Man’ Haithwaite**;  I allude to the condition of high blood pressure. The recommended blood pressures are less than…

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