Typically bloody English
I was walking towards the rugby clubhouse along a narrow paved path which ran through a perpetually…
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You’ll probably not guess
You’ll never guess who I bumped into. Well, you might as you could well have bumped into…
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Don’t PC me
I was trained as a police instructor to teach police recruits. The course was only of ten…
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Microwaving mice
Health and bloody safety: what is the point? It permeates all sections of life. You can’t even…
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Toilet protocol
When I was in my late teens, early 20s, I used to ‘knock around with’, as we…
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Latte and breasts
Does anyone else remember those heady days, so long ago, when young women would look askance if…
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Participant to Spectator
All of a sudden, I got old. It wasn’t just that I no longer had a job…
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I’ve been eaten by a snake
I have few claims to fame. If I mention that I’ve done something remarkable, someone else will always…
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Of women and men
They are different to one another. Despite the problems the International Olympic Committee experiences, my father had…
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It’s all my fault
I’m 71. I used to be younger. I have been younger for longer than I have been…