Colonel Irrelevant

Over the past couple of days I’ve been having an exchange of views on Twitter with an MP. He supports the eviction of Dale Farm because ‘they broke the planning regulations’. Eviction will see a community damaged, families removed from their homes and forced to leave the area they live in because the Council haven’t [...]

I’m not a Catholic so a visit by the Pope to the UK was a source of interest and amusement. Watching the coverage made me smile and wince in almost equal measure. The Pope in this version is not someone I admire. I find some of his previous actions nasty and inexcusable. I also find [...]

I was driving in today and followed a car with at least 7 hats on the parcel shelf. As the car could only carry a maximum of 5 people that seemed over the top. And as several were the same style and all looked to be similar in size I could only conclude that they [...]

The science is getting close to certain that human development is adversly affecting the climate. People are pretty certain that development is A Good Thing. Development takes energy which releases carbon dioxide. Buildings generate carbon dioxide. Cows do as well. I don’t have an answer to the problem of development and climate but I know [...]

Public transport is a source of great amusement. From beggers to professionals and students to pensioners all life is here in a fuymixed democracy of the un-vehicles. Wether by choice or circumstance we mix and switch and move for a little space or a seat or a conversation or to avoid a smell or a [...]

One of the best things about Germany is their Christmas Markets. Little souvenirs coupled with Gluhwein, Wurst and other comestibles make for a jolly time in the cold of December. Until 9pm arrives then all of the stalls shut. They stop serving, leaving a jolly area closed, dark and bereft of food and drink. Miserable [...]

I saw a Lady from somewhere in East Europe today. Hair too orange, skin pulled back and a handbag with a couple of small plush animal charms hanging from it. She looked like some kind of warrior bearing the heads of her victims …

Germans seem to like a beer. Or more. Even on Monday night there are lots of plastered people about. Why they chose to bother Olga is another mystery. As was the German Techno song that had the lyrics ‘We Will Rave You’. More disturbing was a mispronounced V that sounded much like a P …

It appears that Gimphood can be conferred on people from different lands. Whilst Gimp is still well in the UK (and possibly may vacate his position as Gimp as he becomes Daddy) a second Gimp, B, has been sighted in Germany. Quite why Gimp B decided to divulge details of his intimate secrets with VP [...]

Although Ross and Brand may have been ill-advised to make the phone calls to Andrew Sachs surely this has gone far enough? The initial show raised TWO complaints. That is TWO. Count them – 1 2 Stop. That’s it. And then the Daily/ Sunday Mail get the story and off they go and the next [...]