humour | Joe's Jottings https://joepritchard.me.uk Being the homepage and blog of Joe... Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:13:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Gutterdamerung…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/12/gutterdamerung/ Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:30:03 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7865 This morning at Pritchard Towers, I’d just sat down to breakfast in the smaller dining-room, and Jeeves was just bringing the starter course of three scrambled Ostrich eggs when there was a thunderous knock at the tradesman’s entrance, to which Jeeves noticeably grimaced… OK – I was half way through a chicken mayonnaise sandwich (Mayo expires […]

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]]> It’s a dangerous world…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/its-a-dangerous-world/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:14:05 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7840 The Advertising Standards Authority managed to drag a wry smile out of me this morning as I read the news that they’d banned an advert for Heinz Baked Beans because it might encourage children to hurt themselves. The story is here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38073866 and the advert is based around playing the rhythm of a song on full […]

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]]> The knees…a Friday afternoon design…. https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/the-knees-a-friday-afternoon-design/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:01:32 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7835 When I started coding, over 30 years ago, the backup and restore code in one version of Microsoft DOS was quite grim.  In particular, it would allow you to backup your massive 10Mb hard disc (yes, 10 MEGAbyte) onto multiple floppies….and then fail when you tried to restore somewhere around disc 12 or 13.  After […]

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]]> I think I’m officially decrepit… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2015/10/i-think-im-officially-decrepit/ Sat, 24 Oct 2015 22:02:12 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7791 The other evening I dropped in to the local Asda on the way home from the office in order to purchase the stuff that I was advised at my ‘Well Man’ appointment this morning to avoid; bread, danish pastries, sausage rolls…the stuff that makes life life and not existence… Anyway, there is a problem with […]

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]]> 4 Lions – when does bad taste become dark humour? https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/05/4-lions-when-does-bad-taste-become-dark-humour/ Mon, 17 May 2010 23:42:33 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=1120 Back in January 2009, there was a little article in The Guardian referring to thefunding of a film by Chris Morris by FilmFour, the film production arm of Channel 4.   The film, “4 Lions”, has now been produced and released to mixed reviews, some of which will have undeniably been influenced by the subject matter […]

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]]> Incompetent or Dishonest – the new TV Game Show for 2010 https://joepritchard.me.uk/2010/01/incompetent-or-dishonest-the-new-tv-game-show-for-2010/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:24:26 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=531 Good Evening, and welcome to this week’s edition of ‘Incompetent or Dishonest’, the new game show where YOU get the chance to decide whether our elected representatives and civil servants are just a bunch of incompetent dorks or whether they’re actually criminally inclined thieving bastards!  We have our usual prizes – a box of pre-completed […]

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]]> Are you a ‘but’ man? https://joepritchard.me.uk/2009/11/are-you-a-but-man/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:57:13 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=310 I was reminded earlier today, whilst reading a book called ‘Life 101’,  of a useful piece of advice from one of the more under-rated personal development gurus of the mid 20th Century – Sergeant Ernest Bilko of the United States Army.  Let’s listen to what he has to say on the topic of a three […]

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]]> All hail the scapegoats! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2009/11/all-hail-the-scapegoats/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:58:40 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=299 In ancient Jewish society, the scapegoat was a normal goat that was ceremonially loaded with all the sins of the community, and then driven from town in to the wilderness, as part of the ceremonies around the Day or Atonement.  The goat would almost certainly die in the desert, and with it would die the […]

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]]> Get a life! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2009/10/get-a-life/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:16:56 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=258 Being a discussion on the Etiquette of the Insult for the 21st century…  I was recently fortunate enough to have this old chestnut of an insult thrown at me online in a discussion about some news item.  It’s a strange thing to say to anyone; the fact that I’m typing indicates I do indeed have […]

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]]> Screwtape casts the Net https://joepritchard.me.uk/2009/10/screwtape-casts-the-net/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:25:37 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=243 The following email arrived in my Inbox this morning.  I’m not sure what to make of it, but I thought I’d share it hear as it has some rather intriguing ideas in it. Dear Wormwood, You must think we senior tempters spend our heads in the burning sand.  Of course we’re aware of the Internet […]

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