Monthly Archives: December, 2007
A Xmas story to remember
I never wrote this, but maybe you can take the time to read it at this time of year. It never loses it’s power, or appeal.
In 1897, a certain Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, a coroner’s assistant, was faced with a minor family crisis. His eight year old daughter, Virginia had begun to doubt in the existence [...]
Xmas 2007!
We are off to the south of Spain for our Xmas break this year. And I am getting into the mode of thinking about my Xmas’s past. The Xmas Days I spent in Australia. Here are a few thoughts:
Xmas Day at one of my Auntie’s house. All the family there; the kids all running around, [...]
Manchester united…in shame only
Footballers generally have a reputation for loutish behaviour not only on the field but off it as well. We have all read the stories of what goes on at those end-of-season parties and trips away; drunkeness and the inability to contain not only their toilet etiquette and their hands but their behaviour in general.
These ‘parties’ always involve generous [...]
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