The Burning Blog

HE WEARS COR-BLIMEY TROUSERS

2009-10-31T14:23:28Z

IT’S AN MP’S CASE Regular readers may recall a recent blog when I complained about shaving in the mountains, apropos, the tiles had come off around the washbasin; hence I was able to admire the stunning chunks of brick while um, doing the said ...

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Funerals et al

2009-10-27T10:58:03Z

A Funeral Right [sic] The media recently covered a story about a CofE priest who was ranting on about the ghastliness of modern funerals. I did have some sympathy with his reverence, but lets up the ante a bit, my bet noir is the number of hum...

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Hey Fellow-Fablers: SCI-FI STORY...

2009-10-02T15:34:55Z

Hey Fellow-Fablers: SCI-FI STORY CONTEST The Universe’s Fabulousest Writing Group Strikes Again! ************* There’s half month left to spell check S.F. short stories/ cartoons/ poems for the Special Autumn Sci-Fi PRIZE COMPETITION* Issue...

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Lifestyle Choices.

2009-09-19T17:28:17Z

Well my little apartment in the fashionable suburbs of Hackney which is the new Inner City Green Belt (between Victoria Park and London Fields) has a microwave oven and a little fridge in the corner. Nothing wrong with that. And as it's only 5 mi...

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The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

2009-08-16T10:57:20Z

Le Mermaid Did you know that David Beckham is transgendered, no; well it’s true ‘cos I saw it in a newspaper that one of my colleagues at work was reading. I must add that it wasn’t MY newspaper; I’m much too toffee-nosed and stuck-up to read o...

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Organic rip off

2009-08-09T11:15:40Z

The Grotto {sic] Shop William Shakespeare in ‘As you Like It’ has a character who says “All the World’s a Stage”. Indeed it is and Reggie Perrin from that famous TV series quite clearly had taken this on board when he plays different roles fro...

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NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications): find out how they help!

2009-07-26T12:57:04Z

NVQ Land Yours truly is doing an NVQ in NVQing. I’m very sorry; I know I’m being silly. I’ve atoned for my sins now and it’s…err…thinking…still thinking but I’ve only attended three sessions, honest guv. Yes, I’ve got it; it is an NVQ in Assi...

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inviting you to.....

2009-07-21T23:21:44Z

Wreck n Roll Cirkus 200910 years of wreckin an rollin Host: coronet theatre, 28 new kent road Type: Music/arts - Concert Network: Global Start Time: Saturday, 26 September 2009 at 21:00 End Time: Sunday, 27 September 2009 at 07:00 Loc...

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Cambridge with chics

2009-07-20T13:04:19Z

London Bridge is falling… I was leafing through The Sunday Times recently when a rather sad item caught my attention, namely, a young Cambridge graduate who killed himself by jumping off an office block near London Bridge. He hailed from Nort...

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Chavs and Cream Teas

2009-06-01T11:36:12Z

The Atlantic Coast Express There used to be a train called The Atlantic Coast Express – ACE for short – that left Waterloo at 11am sharp for the West Country. It traversed the old London & South Western route via Basingstoke, Salisbury and Exe...

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