by David Wilson | Sep 20, 2025 | All, Humour, Technology, Whimsy |
During a recent visit to Bristol’s Cribbs Causeway shopping centre, I found myself outside the Lego shop. It was the first time I’d noticed it, to be honest. “You go on.” I said to Mrs Wormwood. “I’ll catch you up in Waterstones.” On stepping inside, I was greeted by...
by David Wilson | Nov 24, 2024 | All, Humour |
I’m thinking about those Tony’s Chocolonely bars—you know, the ones that have totally rewritten the rules of the high-quality chocolate game. We all love them, don’t we? My personal favourite – if you’re curious – is the milk, caramel and sea-salt. But...
by David Wilson | May 1, 2024 | All, Humour, Musings, Walking, Whimsy |
It is only in the last year or two that the thought of falling down stairs has begun to bother me. As a child I recall my mother’s hushed tones as she shared the news with one of her chapel-going friends that ‘Elsie has had a little fall’. In view of the fact that...
by David Wilson | Aug 19, 2021 | All, Humour, Technology, Whimsy |
So we have two of our grandchildren with us for a sleepover. They are settling down for the night when Jossie (just three years old) asks: “Have you got OK Google?” To which Granny replies: “What? We have something like ‘Hey Google’ or at least we used to but I don’t...
by David Wilson | Jan 26, 2021 | All, Humour, Satire |
I have recently taken to leafing through the documentation accompanying the recent UK/EU trade deal. An odd choice of bedtime reading you might think, and to be honest, I felt the same way at first but that was before I came across the Harmonised Commodity Description...
by David Wilson | Jun 30, 2020 | All, Humour, Technology |
As every fool knows, if you want to write a letter to the Queen, you start it with May it please Your Majesty And on the envelope, the first line of the address should read Her Majesty The Queen If, on the other hand, it is the Prince of Wales who is to be the...
