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English is so weirdLimericks by sound, and by spelling - There once was an old man from York who took a fat pig for a walk, when asked "why this was, he said... | 995 | 15 | 0 | Feb 2019 | May 2020 | Mar 16 |
Changing my description, sighI've described myself as "a few extra pounds" from the start but I could always have stood to lose a stone (that's 14 pounds, or 6 kgs, for the rest o... | 1,669 | 65 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Aug 2019 | 11 hrs ago |
Don't let the old man in. Not today.And if he pushes in anyway, don't let him make himself at home! How old would you be, if you didn't know the day you were born? Some people... | 2,443 | 75 | 0 | Jun 2019 | Jul 2019 | 16 hrs ago |
Taken for grantedA friend of mine has been having a right whinge about her daughter-in-law using her as an on-tap babysitter without so much as a by-your-leave. Her DI... | 1,132 | 29 | 1 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 | 20 hrs ago |
Beauty - or, those who cannot do, teach.So this morning I tried a little, a very little, shea butter on my hair. It no longer looks like an exploded haystack but is a sleek and shining curta... | 1,598 | 52 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Jun 2019 | Mar 15 |
if you were born a boy or a girl, what are you now ...There's some weird stuff happening in UK schools and the Daily Mail has got very overexcited about it. I know it's a long blog. You can skip to the la... | 1,568 | 34 | 0 | May 2019 | Jun 2019 | Mar 17 |
Thanks ...I saw this today and blinked and read it again and hello? Although this isn't a blog likely to generate the kind of chat I like, I thought maybe you t... | 933 | 12 | 0 | May 2019 | Jun 2019 | Mar 18 |
Talking to ourselvesMe: I can’t have told you, I had some really good news about (insert topic here) DD: yes you did Me: Oh. You didn’t say anything. DD: I didn’t re... | 663 | 17 | 0 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 | Mar 12 |
Reviews ... and why we read them ...There's the puff review - this is the best product / hotel / restaurant / book I ever came across while using this fake email address, FIVE STARS... | 783 | - | 0 | May 2019 | May 2019 | Mar 12 |
Another brick in the wallImagine .... going to school in a class with a maximum of 20 pupils, no streaming, and the same teacher for 5 years. There are teacher a... | 786 | 24 | 1 | May 2019 | May 2019 | Mar 18 |
old dog vestibular diseaseWednesday she was fine - she's old, a little wobblier in the mornings than in years of yore, but lively, greedy, healthy. Yesterday morning very w... | 1,198 | 22 | 0 | May 2019 | May 2019 | Mar 16 |
There goes the neighbourhoodso how many of yeah wanna be all right abought everything with your opinion *** Video evidence at hand and you are just too blind or ignorant to see... | 1,002 | 31 | 0 | May 2019 | May 2019 | Mar 9 |
Wot's thet?Big 7 Travel has ranked the 50 sexiest accents in the world - I feel I could make some safe money taking bets if you lot weren't able to look up the a... | 2,291 | 79 | 0 | May 2019 | May 2019 | Mar 15 |
a kind of magicBig brand new rented car parked in narrow road. Add Spanish drivers, who are not always wonderful. Mix and stir, and you get a scrape across 2 door pa... | 881 | 23 | 1 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | Mar 17 |
When world leaders, past, present, or wannabe, take on a challengeThe challenge is to turn the colour yellow to red. Wonder if anyone will recognize any of my attempts at caricature (I shall be adding one per com... | 780 | 15 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | Mar 9 |
When Solitaire's the only game in townMore and more people in their 30s and 40s are choosing to be alone, to have a social network but no partner and no lasting ties. Most people on their... | 1,134 | 22 | 1 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | Mar 15 |
Why hug?That's fairly recent, the whole hugging thing, when I was younger (and mammoths roamed the earth, I know, I know) you offered your hand and the strang... | 1,848 | 85 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Apr 2019 | Mar 17 |
April Fool!April Fools day has become extraordinary for one unexpected reason - it is now the only day of the year that people query news items on the interne... | 882 | 18 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | Mar 14 |
How many dogs does it take to change a lightbulb?Border Collie – just one, and then I’ll replace any wiring that isn’t up to code German Shepherd – I’ll change it as soon as I’ve escorted everyone... | 494 | 2 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Apr 2019 | 22 hrs ago |
Some guy called ObamaI looked wistfully back at March 2016 and guess what, there were 3 - only THREE - political blogs on this international singles website. One abo... | 2,603 | 99 | 2 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | Mar 16 |
Perfect gifts – edited from week-to-go to Got one! last commentsThere was a joke suggestion on FB re the perfect Christmas gift for writers so naturally I re-posted it on the spot but it got me thinking. Perfect g... | 2,348 | 92 | 1 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 16 |
Avoiding the troll blogbut for those who took my comments personally, Art, Bekard - to be 60 or 70 or 80 does not make one automatically senile and I apologise, it never occ... | 947 | 20 | 1 | Feb 2019 | Mar 2019 | Mar 14 |
Perceptions, people.Don’t even think of responding until you have read the bottom line. It was created by someone with Asperger Syndrome and is, in its own way,... | 810 | 27 | 1 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 5 |
Become famous - upset people. It's so today.There’s a post on FB doing the rounds – the average Brit pensioner gets £79 a week, the average asylum seeker gets £350 a week, a free car,... | 838 | 29 | 1 | Jan 2019 | Mar 2019 | Mar 9 |
Young kids nowadayscan identify any number of corporate logos cannot identify leaves from trees in their own garden Of course their future progress will depend m... | 1,788 | 73 | 1 | Jan 2019 | Mar 2019 | 23 hrs ago |
You've slept with HOW many people?Hundreds. HUNDREDS. Oh, I know you wouldn’t dream of having sex with a stranger without a condom. But what happens when they aren’t a stranger, an... | 1,987 | 34 | 0 | Nov 2015 | Mar 2019 | Mar 7 |
Graduating from CS schoolCS really is like a school - all the way from kindergarten to graduation. Okay, an odd one. We have no idea how long we will be here, that first day -... | 3,285 | 107 | 0 | Feb 2016 | Mar 2019 | 16 hrs ago |
Haggle for love?So - I finally got my salary offer for relocating - let's call it 15% on existing salary. Thanks, I said, but no thanks. Manager instantly said okay,... | 2,312 | 91 | 0 | Oct 2016 | Mar 2019 | Mar 17 |
CS soap operaCatching up on CS after a couple of days is like a soap opera - what have I missed? Marriages births deaths boasts cries for exciting advice? You'... | 2,081 | 30 | 0 | Oct 2015 | Mar 2019 | Mar 17 |
How long is too long?When we get involved with someone we graft them onto ourselves. Ripping that graft away is not only painful, it leaves scars. I hate pain!and I don’t... | 1,881 | 38 | 0 | Jul 2015 | Mar 2019 | 24 hrs ago |
You've changedEvery serious relationship you were ever in, changed you. Men change for women and yes, women really do change for men. Did you keep the changes o... | 1,409 | 58 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 17 |
Reasons not to get marriedHere's a couple, not young (knocking 60) in a really good relationship. One was very happily married, then widowed, and believes marriage is important... | 1,767 | 54 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Mar 2019 | 45 mins ago |
Normal peopleDo normal people exist? First you have to define normal. Take yourself. Are you normal? YAY! Find someone like yourself. YAY! If they re... | 1,654 | 16 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Mar 2019 | Mar 17 |
In the future ..In the future children will be raised believing it is their duty to seek a happy life, with just one proviso*. They will be taught from the beginning... | 1,610 | 57 | 1 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | Mar 10 |
Voy a mi bolaMove along please folks unless you can help me with some Spanish colloquialisms because I suspect my leg is being gently pulled ... not going to say w... | 895 | 25 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | 23 hrs ago |
Perfect match - but which one?Let's call him A (for Adventure ) he's around 50, a good technician, will never have a problem finding a job, right now he's up for technical m... | 1,883 | 101 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | 18 hrs ago |
Quantum weird other-worldly music - the thereminI'd never heard of these before, not by name, and was bug-eyed watching one played in a classical concert. It isn't touched but played by the energy o... | 548 | 10 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | Mar 18 |
The rock and the hard place - a modern microstory about businessThe company I worked for, after beating off many attempts at hostile takeovers in the past, was shocked when several of our opposition, including our... | 547 | 14 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | Mar 15 |
Really REALLY honest profile commentsYou want honest profiles? I found some spotted on websites, pruned out the crudest, sharing twenty of those that made me blink. These were all from p... | 694 | 17 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Feb 2019 | Mar 12 |
Replacing priests with OMGCatholic priests have been taking a lot of flak in our lifetimes. Never married, no children, how DARE they tell us what to think or how to react, eh?... | 1,250 | 33 | 1 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | 2 hrs ago |
All the things NOT in your profileYou are not your age, nor the size of clothes you wear, You are not a weight, or the color of your hair. You are not your name, or the dimples in yo... | 1,781 | 81 | 0 | Jan 2019 | Feb 2019 | Mar 17 |
Anyone having good weather?My daughter is walking her dog in 6 inches of snow. My friend there in Natal is resisting being washed out of her house by torrential rain. I know the... | 1,821 | 99 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | Mar 18 |
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