Random thoughts of a Random man

I suppose I should say something about the current contest for the leadership of the Conservative party.  Except that I can't find anyth...

There are those who don't want Donald Trump here.  The counter-argument is that he is here, not as Donald Trump, but as President of the...

Liked this one from my pensioner's magazine - When a husband and wife who worked for a circus went to an adoption agency, the social w...

Did you know that "rooster" as a name for an adult male chicken was invented by 18th century puritans in America, so they didn...

You may remember that, some ten years ago, I posted about a street preacher - I think it was in Wolverhampton - who was arrested for telling...

I don't really follow golf, and can't get excited about the way American sportsmen dominate this and other sports, but remembering t...

I always thought "feral" meant "wild" but apparently not so.  A wild animal is wild, is wild, and evermore shall be so. ...

So Tiger Roll did the bizzie and came home at 4/1.  Looking back, this is the 9th year I've given you my silly system pick for the Natio...

Afraid my silly system has rather disappointed this year.  It's come up with Tiger Roll, who was last year's winner and looks like s...

I've posted before about the very real difference between the city of London and the City of London (see 18/5/16).  One fascinating fact...