To me, what is interesting about BT’s argument that they should be able to limit their liability to their final salary pensioners – is that the scheme is more generous than that available to...
These two recent stories interested me, one in which a security guard stole £1.2m from his employer in 1993 and was jailed for 5 years. In the second, a footballer was jailed for 8 months for a...
Two guys were drinking in their local, when one of them spots a man sitting alone in a corner who looks just like the Pope. He says to his mate ‘Look over there, that guy looks like the Pope’. The...
Do others suffer the same poor service with repeat prescriptions, or am I just unlucky in my dealings with my pharmacy? This year alone, when attempting to collect my repeat prescription, on 4...
If you are interested, have a listen to the latest edition of ‘The Now Show’ The complete programme is worth a listen – but if you are only interested in this, Rich Pappiatt starts at about 8 ½...
The good news; we are all going to get a blue passport. The bad news; we are going to war over Gibraltar. This is what happens when countries fall out with each other – they squabble like children....
A husband and wife presented themselves at the Ryanair check-in desk. ‘Do you have reservations?’ asks the check-in clerk. The husband replies ‘Of course we do, but we’re flying with you...
A friend of mine was having difficulty finishing off a crossword; he had been pondering the clue to a nine-letter word for two weeks.
I immediately identified the solution – Fortnight...
After 25 years of marriage, a husband looked at his wife and said ‘Twenty five years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car and slept on a sofa bed – but I didn’t care because every night I...
A young woman returned home after going out on a date with her boyfriend, looking sad. Her mother asked her what was wrong? She told her mother that her boyfriend had proposed to her, but she could...
This news story appears worrying to me, not only because Randox Testing Services drug results appear to have been compromised, but the following two statements from Randox (contained in the BBC news...
Two assassins had been hired to kill a prominent politician as he arrived for work. The two monitored the politician’s daily movements for three months and observed that he was extremely punctual,...
A bank robber walked over to one of his hostages and asked, ‘Did you see my face?’ ‘Yes, I did.’ said the hostage boldly – and the robber shot him dead. Then he turned to the next hostage...
A young woman was appearing in court as a character witness at a trial of a friend. Attempting to discredit her testimony, the prosecution barrister asked her, ‘Is it true that on 5 August last year...
Two carrots were walking together along the road when all of a sudden a car swerved out of control and ran over one of the carrots. His friend immediately called an ambulance and the injured carrot...
Further to the thread started by TWR on Learner Drivers being allowed to drive on the motorway; apparently The Times reported today that the government was considering plans to introduce a mandatory...
£100m – Shortfall in Philip Green’s offer to Pensions Regulator to plug hole in BHS pension fund £100m – Amount Philip Green spent on a new yacht this year Source: Private Eye number crunching...