What's this about eating the odd worm? I have a long standing attachment
to worms. According to my mother, she had to check my pyama pockets
every night before going to bed, because quite often I would have the
odd worm in there (sometimes other creatures too, we used to play in an
abandoned
SACRED OR PROFANE?
The Ballarat Star reported the following incident in September 1867, showing
something of the way theatrical ventures were regarded by many of the more
'respectable' citizens of the day.
The members of the choir of the Church of England at Sale struck on Sunday
last. On enquiry
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as
sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defence attorney
during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's
credibility...
Q: Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the
This came to me from my sister, so don't blame me!
*Why don’t you go fishing?*
A young man moves from the country to London.
He decides to look for a job in a large department store.
“Do you have any experience in sales?” asks the manager.
“Certainly”, says the young man, “in my village I
Co-incidentally, following Malvary's emails on children born in the 1940s,
50s and 60s, there was a programme on BBC2 TV this evening basically saying
that we were much happier in the 1940s and 50s than we are now. We had
little money, but there was less neurosis and fewer suicides. Hitler
I can remember the rationing in England, too. (That dates me, doesn't
it?!!!)
I remember that Auntie had a big biscuit tin, and each time we got our
sweets ration we each had to put one sweet in the tin, then at Xmas we had a
feast. I can remember the excitement when she opened the tin on
When the rationing in the States ended after WWII my mother's Ladies'
Aide Society at the local Presbyterian church decided to reinstitute
their once a month potluck luncheons. A date was decided on and
invitations went out. Tablecloths and napkins lovingly freshened
after laying for
