This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first television advertisements on British television with the creation of the first Independent Television channel to take on the BBC which famously (and in my view, thanks heavens for that) doesn’t show any television advertising. Maybe it is because in the U.K. we all very easily able… Continue reading Best TV adverts and commercials
Tag: Funny
The Queen – Her powers, perks and privileges.
It seems likely that September 9th will see Queen Elizabeth II surpass the achievement of her Great Grandmother, Queen Victoria, and become the longest ever serving monarch in British history. Whilst the role of the monarch has long since been transformed from the potentially tyrannical approach taken by some of her forebears, it is… Continue reading The Queen – Her powers, perks and privileges.
You are what you live
Have you ever given pause to thought about national stereotypes and the perceptions that strangers may have of you because of where you live? It’s hard to talk about such things without over generalising but often like many other things they can be based on fact. Germans can come over as hard working and… Continue reading You are what you live
Prince Philip – Consort, sailor, charity patron, buffoon and god! 100 Prince Philip gaffes.
Everyone knows that HRH Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Less well known is her husband HRH the Duke of Edinburgh or simply Prince Philip as he is known to most people. Having recently celebrated his 94th birthday, he is the oldest ever… Continue reading Prince Philip – Consort, sailor, charity patron, buffoon and god! 100 Prince Philip gaffes.
Top 10 requirements of a happy office versus working from home!
Apparently many offices in Britain are not as nice a working environment as they could be and a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveals the top 10 desirable traits a workplace should have, according to UK workers. I thought it would be fun to compare my experiences of working from home as… Continue reading Top 10 requirements of a happy office versus working from home!
#Mugabe Falls
It’s always nice to see politicians make an idiot of themselves. Whether it former President George W. Bush or current London Mayor Boris Johnson, if we have to put up with characters then at least we can laugh at them. Of course that is because in democracies we pretty much get to see everything, warts… Continue reading #Mugabe Falls
The Fox News Guide To Britain
Following the sad events in Paris last week, an alleged terrorist expert by the name of Steven Emerson appeared on Fox News over the weekend and proclaimed that there were areas of London that had Muslim gangs patrolling the streets to enforce an Islamic dress-code as well as incredibly writing off entire cities such as Birmingham as… Continue reading The Fox News Guide To Britain
My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections
Do any of you remember the old fashioned telephones. I don’t mean just the ones that have a cable that connects into the wall but those with a dial on the front rather than push-buttons. I always liked those phones for some reason. Maybe it was the noises the analogue lines would make when it… Continue reading My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections
Stupid corporate customer surveys
We all have them don’t we. Every time we go somewhere, every time we do something, every time we visit a website we are urged to share our opinion. Tight companies offer us nothing in return, others offer us a 1 in a million chance to win £10 or something similar. Those lucky enough to… Continue reading Stupid corporate customer surveys
The Spirit of D-Day Lives On!
A small story which I thought some people like to read involves D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan aged 89. He was reported missing from his Pines Care home in Hove. Bernard apparently was told by his care home that he wasn’t able to attend the events in Normandy these last few days whether due to the… Continue reading The Spirit of D-Day Lives On!
Stephen Liddell 