When I needed my university exam certificates for a job interview, my brother volunteered to go up to the attic to find them and ...read more
I recently visited a local restaurant for a spot of lunch. I ordered a ham salad, and the waiter soon arrived with my meal.
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At a conference I attended recently, a doctor was addressing a large audience. “The material we put into our stomachs should h ...read more
I was really pleased with my purchase of a new pair of shoes from a major retailer. About a week later, on a rainy day, I was in ...read more
We recently ate a restaurant and as we paid our bill the waitress asked our small son what we were going to do next. Excitedly, ...read more
When I worked in the post office, a lady barged in and started complaining that she’d got home to find a note from the postman ...read more
A source of surprise, pain, comedy, wisdom and everything in between, this month we celebrate the joy (mostly) of children.
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Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube … for every new way we have to connect these days, there’s a joke to be made on the m ...read more
At the funeral of a family friend, I was chatting to June, an elderly lady I hadn’t seen since I was a teenager. I was thrille ...read more
I was trying to teach my mother how to use the internet, but at 86 she felt she could carry on perfectly well without it. Dete ...read more
I was showing off my drawing skills to my four-year-old one day. I would sketch different things and then ask him to recognise t ...read more
I recently took my wife on holidays to the north of England, and since our son was to join us for a few days, I texted him to br ...read more
An old, tired-looking dog wandered into my garden one afternoon. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he was wel ...read more
Time to check in with teenage wunder-tweeter @SixthFormPoet. His musing have been enjoyed by millions since he joined Twitter in ...read more
My husband and I couldn’t decide which jacket to buy our granddaughter, so we asked the young salesman.
“If you ...read more
