Michael Palaeologus

Does the tiny Hobbit have hairy tiny feet and does she eat a second breakfast as is traditional amongst her folk?

It occurs me that the Anglo-phobes out there have missed a trick or two. America, as a former British Colony, is clearly the fault of the English, I mean they even speak English (nearly). So, the English are not only responsible for the all of the world's historic ills, but also for all of the current ones as well. It also occurs to me that the Anglo-phobia amongts the former Colonials is rather suspect. The distance between love and hate being small, clearly independance has actually made them feel rejected and so they kick out against those that they really love. There is still a hankering for a firm English hand upon their otherwise unsteady tillers. Think of the certainties that the Empire had, no need to be involved in complicated things like Government and Politics. Just get on with producing high value raw materials (gold, copper, aluminium, diamonds, potatoes) to be gifted to the Mother country; and then have the opportunity to buy those good back in the form of trains, Morris Minors and literacy.

Leaflets go in the recycling, collection bags get recycled as bin bags. Everybody wins.

Pizza - oh yes.

... but we can rely on some of our guests from overseas to act as surgical stockings.

I dont have kids and dont mind walking across the car park; but then if I did have kids I wouldnt mind walking across the car park and cant quite understand why Parents are now classed as Disabled and so are in need of extra-close parking.

He does travel to foreign parts alot; and is probably somewhat bemused by some of the more hysterical posts.

I was on Lesvos earlier this year and prices have indeed gone up quite a bit.

Anybody tried Hoopers?

I stayed in the village of Bali a few years ago. It was a nice place, a bit touristy but not spoiled.

SNUB shopping trolley surely? Made from bamboo.

The planes coming out of London City tend to be a bit noisier as they are gaining height after take-off and so have their engines going at near full-chat (a technical term you understand)

Good to get some positive feedback - I intend to try it myself one Sunday, and welcome to the world of posting Davey Jones.

"Shave My Puppy" - or something rather similar

"Perhaps you could try being witty or original. One will do." No, no, please, you first, I insist ...

I cant accept that the experience of a "friend in a pub" is an accurate reflection of the state of the English race. Funnily enough I DONT go to France and expect them to speak English. I speak French, badly. The French, hating to hear their lovely language being butchered respond in perfect English. There is a difference. I cannot accept that the behaviour and attitudes of a bunch of thuggish soccer so-called-supporters can be taken as indictive of that of the rest of us. The vast majority of English sports fans are entirely reasonable and a positive facet of our society, some of them are quite cuddly. Historically, the English have at times behaved atrociously, and at times the English have behaved laudibly. We have many things to be ashamed of and many things to be proud of. However the 21st Century English have nothing to be overwhelmingly arrogant about or overwhelmingly ashamed of. We just are what we are. The "Arrogant" thing is just a lazy pop - if you want to have a pop, be original or witty or preferably, both.

"The English are arrogant" - an easy and frankly lazy pop which is a great stand-by in the absence of any other angle; I believe the same thing is being trotted out by one Robert Mugabe. It does rather seem that making such comments about the English is allowed, reciprocation is racist. There is a long history of (relatively) friendly barracking between the English and the French. Having said that, this should at least attempt to be witty and the term "Tosser" is not witty and is just abusive ... Should Try Harder. The French get brickbats thrown at them BECAUSE (for the most part) they can take it and give it and have been for centuries. There isnt actually any history of systematic and current discrimination against them, unlike many of the other groups mentioned above.

No

I spotted a young lady with a SNUB bag on the tube last week, I was jealous :'(

Four Weddings = "Well, f@ck-a-doodle-do" Slidings Doors = "F@ck, f@ck, f@ckety, f@ck"

Huzzah!!

Madness indeed, but there is pictographic record in the hands of Hannah, who did indeed stand on a table. I wimped out after the CPT, which was late enough for me and having had enough Guinness. Lets not forget that on 17/8 we have Huguenot's Eliminator Pub Crawl - personally I may lunch at the Jerk Chuck Cook Off and then pub crawl. LETS SMARTIE PARTY!!

OK - lets go with 20/8 at the Coriander.

News this mornng that there has been another water problem in SW London - Merton I think. Burst water main. Hottest day of the year as well.

OK - I dont actually read The Guardian, more of a Telegraph Man.