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Author Archives: john graham
Ayatollah Tramp
President Tramp has been digging himself into a big pothole in the Middle East. It’s the pothole to beat all potholes. Probably the biggest pothole in the world. Now he has asked the Last Laugh Looney Party to come up … Continue reading
LLLP Rescues Tramp.
President Tramp has got himself and everyone else in a bit of hot water in the Straight’s of Horsemoose. Apparently the mullahs in Iran didn’t like him dropping bombs on them and sinking their navy. Oh and assassinating half of … Continue reading
Good intentions.
The March winds have blown away all my good intentions for today. I was going to dig over the garden, and mulch the boarders with compost. But it’s cold hard work, easy to shirk. The perennials will have to wait, … Continue reading
Spring Camelias.
Enough to cheer your heart. An immigrant from China In an English country garden, Must have come over on a boat. Something of a star among the daffodils and primroses.
Flower Power.
All the rage in my student day 60’s. No more war. Just peace and love. “Let’s all go to San Francisco. With flowers in your hair.” Wars are back again, And not much peace and love. I’ve still got lots … Continue reading
Beware the Ides of March.
It is a blustery, breezy day and if “The ides of March” means anything, it is a portent of doom and gloom to come. Certainly it was for Julius Caesar, when he was stabbed to death on the 15 th … Continue reading
Smile Garden.
The fist signs of spring in the garden can always lift the gloom of winter. Reminders of days long ago when my mum and dad stopped off in what seemed like a long trip to Gloucester to pick daffodils in … Continue reading
Looney Climate Change.
There’s no point in denying it climate change is on the way. The ever so right Ed Elasticband has told us so. Now that all the pensioners have been sent into retirement in Spain, they will no longer need the … Continue reading
Looney Health Care
Nobody has got on top of the NHS waiting list problem. It’s been growing ever longer, currently 7 million and counting. Filling the corridors of hospitals throughout the land. But here’s a Looney idea to solve the problem overnight. Not … Continue reading
Looney Ageing Britain.
The ageing of the population is a major cause of Little Britain’s problems. Elderly people are a massive drain on health services and hoarders of their accumulated unearned wealth. They benefitted from all the freebies in their younger years. Free … Continue reading