Category Archives: Humour

Puberty

When I was in St. Kevins Roman Catholic High School back in the 60’s and 70’s, we had 2000 adolescent boys. Sex was the dominant chat. Puberty included the joke; ‘What did one leg say to the other?’ ‘I see shorty’s growing a beard!’ We longed for the site of that first pubic hair. OneContinue reading “Puberty”

Jimmy B.

Writing about R.A. Ladd took me back to some of the other daftness of growing up in Kirkby in the 1960’s. Some of the reflections still have me crying with laughter, especially things like my brother thinking Nightation meant a bad gas, as in a fart, until I clarified his error as Nitrogen. Then otherContinue reading “Jimmy B.”

R.A. Ladd – my father and farts

I am tempted to use this as a pen name for some of my writing in honour of my father. His name was not R.A. Ladd – it was one of his expressions, though I might have to put that into context in the Liverpool of the 1970’s. My father had the misfortune in thoseContinue reading “R.A. Ladd – my father and farts”

Fairy Hanny Rides Again!

So I was sitting here at my laptop, editing two of my current works of Art. However I just lost focus on both books. I finally found the antagonist behind Inspector Flaanges mystery in Death at the Dick factory, but the prose was just so turgid. Then I went on to edit St. Neds, theContinue reading “Fairy Hanny Rides Again!”

Wednesday 2nd   July.

Happy birthday to me! I’m not sure if this makes me a sad old man or an individual – I woke up alone in room 207 of the Sanur Augung hotel, Denpasar, Bali to celebrate completing my 68th orbit of the planet. Lots of happy birthdays popped up on Facebook and LinkedIn, though less thanContinue reading “Wednesday 2nd   July.”

6 Ways You Can Develop Your Creativity

I love the creative mind! I love to read books in most genres and by many authors. In the last couple of weeks I’ve read three Agatha Christie novels, featuring Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence, and one stand alone called ‘They came to Baghdad’ – nothing changes… I have three of my own self-published books featuringContinue reading “6 Ways You Can Develop Your Creativity”