Posts filed under “humour”.
npower, julie and me
Hello, is that Mr Baker? Yes it is. Hello, Mr Baker, this is Julie from npower. How are you this morning? I’m fine, thank you for asking. What we’re doing this morning, Mr Baker, we’re ringing to see if we can make some savings on your bills. Oh, I don’t want that. No thank you. [...]
Isabel Allende
Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism, passion and Sophia Loren (she walks elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savannah) in this TED talk, which was recorded three years ago. Of Basque, Spanish, and Portuguese descent, Isabel Allende was born in Peru of Chilean parents. She now lives in the USA. According to [...]
I’m Sold on Manuka Honey
OK, it was an impulse buy. When the new supermarket opened the other day I slipped inside to escape the rain and, as they say, browsed the shelves. I was totally untempted. The devil must’ve been on holiday. It was half-term so I suppose he could’ve been on little-devil duty, but, anyway, causing mayhem at [...]
Tourists
Half-term here and York is oozing with tourists. I was leaning against a wall waiting for my lift. A friend had already passed and commented that it looked like I was waiting for trade. Next there’s two women and their kids and they’re standing ten fifteen meters away squabbling about direction. The elder one tells [...]
Pie in the Sky
The Comprehensive Spending Review is Coming Here:
