Recent Comments

1. about 12 hours ago on Bliss

   Squirrels! Rats with fancy tails!

   I used to think they were sweet ("Oh! Look at their little hands . . . ") until one of our cats caught and killed one. Close up . . .

   a) They are MUCH BIGGER than you think. (It was bigger than the cat)

   b) Their teeth are a dull, dirty yellow, and are literally over an inch long

   c) Their claws are really the stuff of nightmares – long, black, curved like raptor talons, about 2 inches long and would draw an approving grin from Freddy Krueger.

   They’re HORRIBLE!

2. 1 day ago on Bliss

   It’s a lab. Their dander is notorious if you have allergies – but they’re worth not being able to breathe for (as is any dog, TBH – I spent 18 years with streaming eyes and a constant sniff because I was allergic to one of ours).

3. 1 day ago on Cul de Sac

   Why do so many Americans and Australians (and increasingly Britons, due to language drift) pose statements as questions?

   It’s highly irritating.

4. 1 day ago on Bad Machinery

   He’s a very experienced teacher and is disillusioned with “floating”. Being in love with the nape of a neck never got anyone through their “O” levels.

5. 1 day ago on Speed Bump

   Agree!

   I could scream when I’m CC’d in a long list, and then everybody (except me) seems to feel the need to say “OK thanks”, “Thanks” “Thanks for this” etc and I’m copied in to all of this dross.

   It is not bad mannered not to thank someone for a reminder that has gone to 300+ people. It really isn’t.

6. 1 day ago on Pickles

   I was going to say similar. Clutter allows filth to accumulate unobserved.

   And it clutters your psyche, too.

7. 1 day ago on Get Fuzzy

   I don’t know, but sometimes I worry about that dog . . .

8. 2 days ago on Bad Machinery

   Unfortunately men hear women for only a very short period of time . . . the clicks and whistles turn into vaguely comprehensible talk, then when women get to about 25/30 our voices start to become incomprehensibly high again. By the time we are 50 we can only be heard by dogs and bats.

9. 2 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   Amelia has learned the truth of the old axiom. “Never kid a kidder.”

10. 2 days ago on Speed Bump

    What I want to know is – how did Dave Coverley get into my kitchen?