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Author Archives: john graham
Oranges might slow down Dementia.
I wrote a lot about dementia the early days of this blog. ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on Dementia in the Topics List). I rather gave up after writing about … Continue reading
Dementia won’t go away !
Dementia is definitely one of the diseases of the day. If not the disease of the day. This is not so much dementia week, as the dementia era. It is an illness which nobody really understands and for which there … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Cabinet Minister Appointed
Now that the LLLP has officially joined the Cabinet, we have to go through an induction to the newspeak world of Cabinet responsibility. This means we have to use one, or preferably more, of the following phrases in every … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Party – Cabinet Minister
The Last Laugh Looney Party has had great success in negotiating the acquisition of all the Islands, who have now joined the Island Repubiic. This has been helped by all the ageing multi-millionaires who have moved their bank accounts to the … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Party Overseas Territories
Following the demise of the British Empire, the Last Laugh Looney Party, is not quite sure what British Overseas Territories it still owns. But whatever, it has decided to claim them for the Last Laugh Looney Party Island Republic. … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Party Greek Islands
As the Brexit negotiations became more difficult, the European Union has demanded that Britain take responsibility for all the bankrupt Greek islands, including Corfu, Crete and half of Cyprus; plus a few other islands with unpronouncable names and occasional volcanic … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Party – Brexit Update
To say that June has been a bad month for politics would be an understatement. The 2017 General Election threw everything up in the air. Does Brexit really mean Brexit? Who knows? The politicians are all trying to look … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Party Monaco Negotiations
As the Brexit negotiations proceeded, the Last Laugh Looney Party Island Republic began to be noticed by other smaller countries. Monaco had always had difficulties establishing itself as an independent country within the EU and therefore voluntarily offered to join … Continue reading
Last Laugh Looney Party Coalition with Falkland Islands
As part of a tidying up exercise, the British Government decided to transfer responsibility of the Falkland Islands to the Last Laugh Looney Party Island Republic. Prime Minister Theresa May, saw this as an chance to relocate all the older politicians … Continue reading
TILLY – Sparks of JOY
This is a tribute to Tilly, a Cockerpoo who stole my heart. Her owner was Gill who is a neighbour of ours and a very close friend. From day one, Tilly became part of our family and a … Continue reading