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I’ve just offered my elderly neighbour £10 to have a go on her stairlift.

I think she is going to take me up on it.

Met up with a good friend over the weekend, and we were reminiscing about family and good times in the past. "I'll never forget" I said, "when you came rushing out into the hallway that night 12 years ago. 'It's a boy, it's a boy' you were shouting. What a night!". "Yes" he replied, "I've not been b...

I just met the manager of the Chinese restaurant where Toyah Willcox eats.

It's a Mr Wei.

Makes you think of what people like David Icke have always been saying that its all true. Genuinely, nothing at all that I've heard in the news recently makes me think that, and I can't imagine anything will. Doesn't he say the royal family are shape-shifting lizards, or some such nonsense? And one...

I spent the afternoon at my wife's grave.

She still thinks it's going to be a fishpond.

The Liverpool manager has resigned and is taking his family back to Germany.

Yes, the Klopps go back this weekend.

Two astronauts are on the International Space Station.

Astronaut 1: Hey, I can't find any milk for my coffee.

Astronaut 2: In space, no-one can. Here, use cream.

I'm not that familiar with much of his stuff - like probably more than one person on this forum, I only knew "White Room" because Hugh did it - but I can see the technical ability of what he was doing. In some ways, though, that can be a bit too much sometimes. When I saw Wilko at a local music fest...

BBC4 showed the edition of Imagine entitled "Beware of Mr Baker" again last week, it was quite interesting. He does seem to be very good if you like that kind of drumming, but it's not for me - I don't mind complicated stuff, but sometimes it just goes on too long. Maybe it's better if you're in the...

Doctor: What seems to be the problem?
Patient: I keep thinking I'm a dog.
Doctor: Interesting. Please, take a seat.
Patient: I can't. I'm not allowed on the furniture.

What have Thomas Cook and Gerry McCann got in common?

They'll take you on holiday, but won't bring you home.

Went out for a Chinese last night. When I asked the waiter for the Specials, he brought me too much foo yung.