A new game: placenames which are also verbs. The verbs have to be infinitive, so “Leeds” doesn’t count. Phrases which form a verb (such as “carry on”) are permitted.
Andover
Brighton
Bury
Carillon
Crewe
Harrow
Hull
Keele
Ryde
Settle
Slough
Stoke
We are most proud of “Brighton”, which was Debbie’s. Any more?
For me, the most worrying thing about today’s revelations about events surrounding the shooting of Jean Charles Menezes in Stockwell tube station is not the news that the police made a cock-up that day.
Although the incompetence isn’t good (and let’s not forget, an innocent man died), what worries me more is that the [...]
To celebrate the very special occasion of Faye letting Nigel off the leash, I joined Tom, Nigel, their partner-in-crime from Whitley Bay days Neil, Tom A and Ian for a boys only Saturday night out in Leamington.
From Tom’s house, we walked to the Star and Garter, balked at the queue for Voodoo, then Satchwell’s, [...]
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Hot Beef Sandwich - (Flickr user ukslim).
When Nice Neighbour Steve found out that the Old Butcher’s in Leamington had stopped doing its famous-in-five-continents hot beef sandwich, he was, he wrote, “nearly close to tears”.
That’s not quite as bad as being close to tears, or nearly in tears — but it nearly is.
We too were [...]
I’m very fond of some of Richard Cheese’s work — his versions of “Only Happy When it Rains” and “Stairway to Heaven” verge on genius, and the better tracks contain jokes over and above the top layer joke that is performing rock and punk hits in a lounge jazz style.
Lounge Against the Machine is [...]
This short editorial piece from the BBC hits the nail on the head about why our town centres sometimes seem to descend into chaos at closing time.
Transport systems virtually shut down, forcing thousands to queue for a handful of late-night buses and minicabs with inevitable disputes and fights; while young people bursting with beer [...]
We’re home. Debbie has managed her sleep wonderfully and is being very productive with unpacking, shopping, laundry etc. I, on the other hand, have completely wrecked my body clock. I woke up at 5am, decided I wasn’t going to get to sleep again, got up, and planned to potter about until 8:30 then [...]