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Why some spammers should be sterilised at birth
October 27, 2020 By Leave a Comment
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OK, I get lots of spammers trying to sell me web development, design, articles about silent toilet flushers that they just know all my readers will find fascinating, etc.
But for some reason this one got right up both my nostrils and thought I would share it with you, to show just how ****ing rude some spammers can be – as if that were going to persuade me to buy from them?
Even threatened me with being put on the naughty step by Google, Yahoo and Bing, because the site is so bad? BTW this site is on page 1 of Google right now, under ‘How To Write Better.’ That’s out of just over 2 billion results.
Not quite what they seemed
Brighten up your writing with the right kind of humour
October 13, 2020 By Leave a Comment
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For generations people have been saying that laughter is good medicine. And now the scientists have taken an interest it turns out great-grandma was right. The boffins have discovered that laughter releases helpful goodies in the body which boost your immune system.
As long as the butt of the joke is a set of circumstances, not the people, you’re far less likely to upset anyone.
In fact the therapeutic benefits of laughter are harnessed by academia and the business community into laughter workshops and other formalised chuckle sessions. Get the workers laughing and you raise productivity, so it seems.
However it is extremely easy to get humour wrong. [Read more…]
Why ‘doing it’ can still be fun
September 27, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Another hilarious poem written by retired GP / family doctor Andrea Kingston, who is fast becoming our resident HTWB poet … this time on how you can still have fun way into your nineties. Rock on!
Why ‘doing it’ can still be fun
Jumping off the wardrobe isn’t wise. Yet, with a decent parachute …
The sixties and the seventies
When having sex was such a whizz
Were times we felt alive and filled our senses.
We had the pill but not yet AIDS,
Our one concern was getting laid,
Clothes off, to bed and blow the consequences [Read more…]
Bubbles for the weekend…
September 18, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Your weekend smile … another delightful poem by retired GP (Family Doctor) Andrea Kingston. Enjoy!
So I gave up and found a new glass, With enough champagne in it to last…
Bubbles
It seems I’ve mislaid my champagne
(Yes I’ve been down the garden again)
The last time ‘twas seen
Was a space wide and green
But both lawns seem quite clear, in the main [Read more…]
Writing humour: fishy stories for pescatarians
August 30, 2020 By Leave a Comment
I know it’s not as fashionable as being vegan, but for pescatarians like me there is nothing more heavenly than a luxurious Dover Sole Meunière or even the humble ‘fish and chips’ with steaming fresh cod encased in crunchy beer batter. If you feel the same way (or just like a good laugh) … read on…
Humble but glorious fish-and-chips…
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