Right. I’m officially sick to the back teeth of snow. I mean, building snowmen, snowball fights and sledging are indeed endearing side effects of the current cold snap but quite frankly it’s gone on too long. I want a fucking inquiry into this. Temperatures are so low that our central heating is overwhelmed and just [...]
Posts under ‘Daft stuff’
Rarer than a juggling monkey on a scooter
Yes indeed. That’s how rare posts on this here blog have become. I can’t believe I’ve not update since August. A lothas happened since then. Not much of it exciting. Mostly working, eating and in the case of the kids, growing. I’m finding that Twitter is stealing most of my good material from the blog [...]
Always loved Elvis but never sang the blues
Cheeky wee turned on it’s head Wonderstuff reference there for anyone old enough to remember or care. Never was a man more appropriately named than Miles Hunt but that’s another story for another day (specifically a day when we are discussing the Livingston Forum gig circa 1992). Anyway, lets get this post back on track. [...]
The Bomb That Will Bring Us Together
If you want to wipe out Ned-dom in one fell swoop, there is an easy solution. Bomb every fairground and amusement arcade in the country. That’s the conclusion I’ve drawn from last nights trip to the fairground at Leith Links. Arriving prior to the 6 o’clock opening time, we decided to kill some time in [...]
On a wide variety of topics
Again, Twitter has inhibited my desire to write more frequently and freely on this blog. A lot of the more spontaneous situations I encounter tend to end up on there now instead of being stored up in my head and regurgitated on here later in the week. Hopefully, I’ll still manage to find the odd [...]
Cosmic snorkelling in a snowstorm of chipmunks
I totally made this post title up in an effort to see what bizarre keyword searches I get on the back of it. In the last month, the most common search term for finding my site is “Bumfluff Moustache”, with “Be alert, Britain needs lerts” a close second. I have a particular fondness for the [...]
Easter, here again.
It’s been a while since I updated. I’ve not been inspired to write. Also, a lot of the stupid little comedy observations I make on a daily basis have been consigned to my twitter updates instead. Please feel free to follow me at @caledoniaman – (http://twitter.com/caledoniaman) I’ve been busy painting and decorating this week. Lesson [...]
Rumbled by the nation – one man’s embarrasment
I’ve done some tough gigs in my time. Speaking in front of a crowd is never easy. Spare a though then for the husband of home secretary Jacqui Smith, who had to face the nation’s press at the weekend and apologise for purchasing “jazz” movies on his wifes expense account, presumably for the purpose of [...]
Wednesday morning doon the Volley
I attract bizarre situations. Always have done. Last night, after the Metallica gig, I couldn’t find the guys I was there with so started walking back from the SECC, through the Anderston area of Glasgow to get to Queen Street train station. About 10 minutes into my walk, I spot a marginally inebriated guy contemplating [...]
Conversation Overheard in a Leith Newsagent
I had no change for the bus this morning and had to pop into the newsagent next to the bus stop for an obligatory “change purchase”. Whilst standing in the queue, I witnessed the following conversation at the counter. The cast list Assistant 1: Middle aged lady, serving the customers. Assistant 2: Another member of [...]
