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Category Archives: SMILES
Flower Power !
Long after Coronapop is over there will still be flowers. My garden provides free therapy every day rain or shine. Instead of fearfulness the daffodils are floweringall they are worth bring a smile to the world. They are called “ … Continue reading
Covid Lens.
After a year of lockdown we have become a nation driven by distant opinion. We are no longer able to observe things for ourselves. Our views are formed through the media. Sometimes it’s the headline grabbing … Continue reading
Sock it to me !
Socks have featured several times in my blogging years. (Six times in fact, you can see my earlier posts by clicking on “ Clutter” in the TagCloud) So I wonder why are socks so often on my … Continue reading
MP’s Gravy Train !
It only seems like yesterday that our Honourable Members of Parliament were under fire for fiddling their expenses. In fact it was several years ago and since then the rules have been tightened and an “Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority … Continue reading
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More Junk Mail Please.
I have written a lot of posts grumbling about junk mail since I started this blog. ( You can see my earlier posts by clicking on “GrumbleSmiles Post” in the TagCloud). Now in the drawn out days of … Continue reading
Pangolin WHO?
It is just a few days away from the 10th World Pangolin Day, but should we be celebrating ? Pangolins had a lot of bad press last year when it was rumoured that they might be the super-spreaders of Coronapop. … Continue reading
If The Cap Fits.
The sports pages lately have been full of stories about football players at risk of getting dementia from heading balls. Almost half of the 1966 World Cup team have suffered from this dreadful disease. At the same time the … Continue reading
Geronimo !
What’s the password ? That used to be a key question in my childhood days. It gained you special access to a secret den or a select group of friends. Not everyone new the password, that was the … Continue reading
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LOCK OUT !
Last weeks post saw the Last Laugh Looney Party proposing to lock every one in the UK in their houses, to combat the spread of Coronapop. Now because the R number is not coming down fast enough there is … Continue reading
RED, AMBER, GREEN 🌈
Bodj has taken a year to find his stride, but now he has got it all figured out. Brexit is sorted after a fashion. A non-detailed Bodj sort of way. For 2021 he has come up with a … Continue reading