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Category Archives: SMILES
Pangolin Dangling
When they are not eating ants And there is not much to do, Pangolins are just like me and you. They have no thumbs to twiddle. They can’t think up a riddle like “Hey diddle diddle”. So Pangolins just … Continue reading
Clutter Creative Solutions.
Another rainy day. A day indoors with nothing to do. An opportunity for de-cluttering ? But you have to be in the right frame of mind. If the rain was torrential and flooded your home, you would move the … Continue reading
The Great Escape !
This is the tail and trial of my annual Christmas shopping adventure. Not my most popular thing to do, so I set out to get it over with as quickly as possible. I left home at 11 o’clock … Continue reading
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LLLP FAIRY LAND
Christmas is rapidly approaching and our politicians have sent out all their cards — although they call them manifestos. They are full of New Year resolutions which they will drop after a week or so. They have also … Continue reading
LLLP BUMPS
Sooner or later the the election party will be over. Being showered with pre-Christmas presents will end in tears, whoever gets into power. Because the reality is none of them have the big ideas, the power or the … Continue reading
A Year of Confusion ?
We have dug a big hole for ourselves. We might have been going in the wrong direction with Europe. But now we have swapped it for no direction at all. Our politicians have all been found out. Their answer … Continue reading
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LLLP Umun Rites.
The Last Laugh Looney Party 🥳 will defend everyone’s rites, especially the rite to be STUPID. They are pleased to see that all the other parties are learning from them and doing stupid things too. Here is a few fings … Continue reading
LLLP – Emperor Bodj
Not satisfied with just becoming King and Queen of America and All Europe, King Bodj now turned his attention eastwards. In Bodj’s muddled historical mind, he reveered the images of Hannibal challenging the Roman Empire, because he liked … Continue reading
It’s all clear to me now !
Litotes popped into my waking head today. I knew I knew the word, But, I had no idea what it means. A figure of speech long forgotten. So I Googled it as you do, for a clue. To a quiz … Continue reading
LLLP – King Bodj
We are now in the fantasy land that surrounded Bodj in the period between him triumphantly securing a deal with the European Union, and then coming back to Earth with a bump when he got back to the UK Parliament. … Continue reading