Shame monorchism doesn’t rhyme with anything.

Singing songs about Hitler only having one ball puts you on the right side of history, I’d say…

I think you’re allowed to say twat here. Unless you mean tart.

The number of racists who are happy to admit to being racists would probably fit comfortably on the head of a pin. Which presumably means that they know racism is bad.

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When I got kicked out of university at the end of the first year, my dad said, that’s it then, you’ll have to go into the civil service. As if the civil service was somewhere the failures went. Fortunately I had […]

It was Spitfires I had in mind, which tells you where my head was at. I had a school friend who joined the RAF and became a Lightning pilot. Until he forgot to lower the undercarriage when landing and had to […]

Age 8: fighter pilot. The optician, having announced that I was short-sighted, all unknowing uttered the dread words, ‘I’m afraid you’ll never be a fighter pilot.’ Collapse of skinny young party. Later I wante […]

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As Head ducked casually under yet another futile bouncer I yelled (to myself) Enough with the bouncers already! But Mrs thep is thrilled not to be a cricket widow for the next three days, so there’s […]

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“It took Jofra Archer two balls to reduce Weatherald to a puddle of dissolved batsmanship…” – Simon Burnton, Guardian. 🙂

Also according to the Guardian.

Hell of a day!

It was all going so well…until it wasn’t. 🤨

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TBH I don’t really care who wins. I’m just hoping for some damfine games of cricket, willow on leather etc. If England do win it’ll be a nice surprise, as is the discovery that 7+ is showing all matches free. […]