Tag Archive: Humour

2013
05/09

On a lighter note………..

a warning to the fair sex:

And on an even lighter note, if you want proof that muslims do not believe in sexual equality, then answer me – how many male virgins are there? Just asking…….

H/T Ian Parker-Joseph

2013
03/23

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Democracy
Humour
Max Boyce
Poignancy

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What with England letting Wales beat them at rugby and the closing down of coal-fired power stations, it is somewhat surprising that comment on those two events from Max Boyce has not, to my knowledge, appeared.

So, first rugby then coal mines. No doubt nowadays he would not get away with the lyrics of the first although the second would have probably have survived due to its poignancy

2013
01/17

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Cartoon
Democracy
Euroopean Union
Humour

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The problem with the European Union

On the basis that “the old ones are the best ones” where humour is concerned, a step back in time:

May 29, 2005: when French voters rejected a referendum to decide whether France should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union. “Europe would work better without all these Europeans”.

A statement to which they are now adding: “and the bloody Brits!”.

For years, Patrick Chappatte has commented on events inside and outside Switzerland. His work is published in Swiss and international media including the International Herald Tribune, Le Temps and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag.

Ack: Swissinfo.

2012
09/11

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
HMRC
Humour

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Dear Alan of Evesham

While I believe the task is nigh on impossible, your quandry proving beyond all doubt that HMRC is indeed ‘wit less’, I am certain that readers of this blog will attempt to assist.

Ack: @ninja_is_ginger on Twitter.

2012
08/01

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Cartoon
Humour
Merkel
Olympics
Volleyball

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‘Olympic themed’ Euro cartoon

Peter Brookes (b. 1943) is an English cartoonist who has produced work for numerous publications, including the New Statesman, The Spectator and most notably The Times, for which he is the leader-page cartoonist.

2012
07/09

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Cartoon
European Union
Humour
Paresh Nath

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The captives of growth

The European Council of June 28 and 29 decided in favour of a banking union in order to stablise the single currency. But its outline remains unclear and the question of supervision will be the subject of lengthy negotiations.

Paresh Nath (b.1970) is a senior cartoonist for the Indian National Herald and the United Arab Emirates’ Khaleej Times. He received the Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award in the year 2000 and 2001.

Ack: Presseurop.

2012
07/03

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Humour
Oversite

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‘Oversite’

A variation on the eternal question of how many people does it take to change a light bulb:

Or perhaps the Pole drives a Golf and this is his version of a hole in one………

2012
07/02

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Cartoon
Euro2012
Humour
Spain
Vincente Del Bosque

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Bursting Spanish Bubbles

Vicente Del Bosque, the coach of the Spanish football team which won the Euro 2012 championship:

”The bursting of the housing bubble was a disaster.

That’s why we can’t let the football bubble burst too!”

Jaume Capdevilla (b. 1974) – better known as “Kap” – is a Spanish cartoonist. He is published in several Barcelona papers, notably La Vanguardia and El Mundo Deportivo.

2012
07/02

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Democracy
Humour
Parallel

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A parable?

“Take away the right to say “F**k and you take away the right to say “F**k the government” – Lenny Bruce

Recently a devout Muslim hailed a black cab and on entering curtly told the cabbie to turn off the radio because due to his religious teaching he must not listen to music as in the time of the Prophet there was no music, especially Western music which is the music of the infidel.

The cabbie politely switched off the radio, stopped his cab and getting out opened the passenger door. In response to the passenger’s query as to why he had stopped and opened the door the cabbie replied that in the time of the Prophet there were no taxis, so would he, the passenger, mind f**king off and waiting for a camel.

Perhaps it is time we stopped our political bandwagon, opened the gates of the Palace of Westminster and told all those within to f**k off.

Just a thought………

2012
06/29

Category:
David's Musings

TAG:
Arend van Dam
Cartoon
Euro
Euro2012
Humour
Italy Spain

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Long live sport

Italy and Spain are preparing to battle it out in the Euro 2012 final in Kiev on July 1, while the euro is navigating a deep crisis.

Born in 1945, Arend van Dam is a well known Dutch cartoonist. Having studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam, he took up a post as a teacher of industrial psychology, before becoming a professional illustrator and cartoonist for newspapers and trade publications. His work, which has been rewarded with several international prizes, can also be seen in a number of children’s books written by his remote cousin, Arend van Dam. On a number of occasions, he has published under the pseudonym Zetbé.

Ac: Presseurop.