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The recent ‘heatwave’ in Britain has led to thousands of people taking to social media like it is the end of the world or something, and one of the most popular complaints is coming from ladies who seem to be struggling with ‘underboob’ clamminess and similar issues. Ladies. I understand completely …
Over the last few days, a number of Facebook pages and media outlets, including Cheshire Police and ITV, have published a letter from ‘Barclays Bank’ asking account holders to return their debit cards and PIN numbers to an address in India because there is a risk of the plastic cards …
My 15-month-old baby would like to apologise to the lady in ASDA who was clearly upset and angry after seeing him enjoy a packet of crisps before they were paid for. Dear judgemental old bat in ASDA, I’m so sorry if I upset you by flouting the law when I …
Everyone seems to think that the mother is the most important person in the delivery room during childbirth, and that got me thinking. Although the labour itself is pretty significant, I made a list of all my responsibilities – in many ways the Dad has the most important position out …
I had a terrible experience at Aldi this morning. The lady at the checkout was scanning my shopping too quickly for me to pack, and so I asked her to slow down. She ignored me and got faster, and all of a sudden the checkout started smoking. I asked her …
As a busy father of three and husband, the last thing that I need to worry about is a fine for speeding and the points on my driving licence, and I have managed to avoid any sort of motoring punishment in my ten years of driving by following one simple …
Thousands of parents have had the dreaded ‘lunchbox note’ home from school, so I imagined what it might look like in five or ten years’ time. To be fair, they could all be true, it’s just that schools might only have the balls to admit the first three. The punishment …
More and more people selling weight-loss supplements on Facebook seem to be resorting to friending and messaging completely random people to offer them their scientific products that are backed by even more scientific science, and it is wrong. Very wrong. I don’t even need to explain why it generally isn’t …
If you ask a thousand people to think of a terrifying, fictional East End gangster, nearly everyone will come up with two words – Brick Top. As an unlicensed boxing promoter who would love nothing more than ‘cutting your Jacobs off,’ Brick Top would even make the hardest of hard …
I’m absolutely furious! James wanted his bottle today while we were in a coffee shop, and as soon as I started feeding him a lady came over and told me that my exposed biceps were putting her off her food and that I should put a sweatshirt on. Because I …