2 February 2025 – Amusements

A young man was visiting his brother and sister-in-law for Christmas dinner. As he arrived at their house he found his young nephew, Mikey, helping them bake some cupcakes. After they were done, his sister-in-law allowed Mikey to put the icing on. When the boy had finished, he brought them to the table.

“The cupcakes look delicious, Mike.” his uncle said. He took a bite and said, “Mikey these are so good.” As he finished the cupcake and took another, he again complimented his little nephew. “The cupcakes look beautiful, Mikey,” his uncle said. “How did you get the icing so neat?”

His nephew replied, “It was easy. I just licked them.”

The uncle turned pale. He pointed to the plate of cupcakes. “You licked all of these?”

Mikey replied, “Well no. After a while my tongue got tired, so I got the dog to help.”

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26 January 2024

It’s been a pretty decent week, all things considered. The weather has been the usual disappointing mixture of wet and muddy, made considerably more exciting by the arrival on Friday of Storm Éowyn which has been blowing the bejeesus out of the UK and Ireland. But, other than that, we’ve had a couple of outings as well as enjoying the Great Escape by our canine companion.

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26 January 2025 – Amusements

We’ve had these before . . .

A Red Sox fan goes into a Boston pub and spots a guy wearing a New York Yankees cap. “Drinks for everyone here, bartender!” shouts the Red Sox fan, “Except for Mr. Yankee.”

The Yankee fan smiles and says, “Thank you.”

Infuriated, the Red Sox fan orders another round of drinks for everyone except Mr. Yankee. This goes on for a while until Mr. Red Sox asks the bartender, “What’s the matter with that guy? I’ve ordered rounds of drinks for everyone but him and all he does is thank me. Is he nuts?”

“No, he’s not nuts,” says the bartender, “He owns the place.”

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19 January 2025

Good morning to you all on another cold but otherwise OK sort of day. It’s dry, at least, which is always a bonus. Still, Miss Daisy returns from her morning and afternoon walks covered in mud requiring a ten-minute shower and hose off. I suspect she is very grateful that we installed that outside mixer tap for her so that her showers are at least lukewarm.

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12 January 2025 – Amusements

Mary tried her hand at baking cinnamon rolls for the first time. She put them on the breakfast table, and Jack picked one up and took a bite. Mary waited for several minutes for the compliment that never came. Finally, she asked, “How much do you think I would get if I sold those cinnamon rolls commercially?”

“Oh, no more than ten years,” Jack replied, never putting down the morning paper.

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5 January 2025

Happy New Year to you all – I hope your New Year’s Eve celebrations passed peacefully and without incident and that the new year will bring you whatever you need. We spent New Year’s Eve listening to howling gales and sheeting rain which heralded the end of 2024 and the arrival of 2025. Hmm, this year looks a lot like the last year – certainly the weather’s no f*****g better. We were asleep by the time the new year reached Istanbul.

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5 January 2025 – Amusements

Sitting in the first row of coach class during a lengthy flight, my wife and I were able to hear a flight attendant as he pushed a wine cart down the aisle in the first-class section. “Would you care for chardonnay or burgundy?” he asked the high-paying passengers.

A few minutes later the attendant opened the curtain between the two sections, offered wine to one final first-class patron, then wheeled the same cart forward to our aisle. “Excuse me,” he said, looking down at us, “would you care for a glass of wine? We have white and red.”

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