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It seems that Jimmy Carr’s appearance as a panellist on the game show Blankety Blank rubbed lots of people up the wrong way, but the only thing that grated on me was his claim that a man who lived alone and won a hot tub was ‘the saddest thing he’d ever heard’.
The BBC programme … Read the rest
It’s Black Friday, when lots of retailers are offering great deals and lots of people are doing their Christmas shopping, so it seems the ideal time for a post about Christmas gift ideas for dog owners and dog lovers.
Everything in this post has been personally tested out by myself and/or my cavapoo Ruby and … Read the rest
Today (October 11) is National Coming Out Day so I’m going to share with you how I told my mother I was bisexual, back in 2009 – or at least how I thought I did. It sounds made up but I promise you it’s a true story – ask Mum if you don’t believe me. … Read the rest
Today is the 25th of September; in three months’ time it will be Christmas Day. But the shops are already ramming Christmas down our throats and I know I’m not alone in thinking IT’S FAR TOO EARLY!
I spotted some Christmas goods on the shelves weeks ago, well over a quarter of a year… Read the rest
Earlier this week, a post on a local Spotted page on Facebook called out the spelling of a sign that stated: “This road will be closed on Wensday.” (But the complainant did not notice or take issue with the fact that the sign added that the closure would last until “15.00pm”.)
Perhaps the poster did … Read the rest