Flights of the butterfly

  • Miracle in the Carpark

    Our local supermarket carpark is a holy place where miracles happen on a regular basis. There is a row of parking spaces reserved for disabled parking. Yesterday, when I arrived and was walking across to the store entrance, at least three cars appeared and parked in the appropriate disabled bays. And behold, when the drivers…

  • Red, Amber and Crash

    Instead of wittering on about speed limits and a whole load of other things, it would be really helpful if TDATS would bring in some useful legislation. For a start, the 30mph speed limit was brought in in 1934. At that time, there were still people about who had hardly ever seen a motor car,…

  • ISRAEL, GAZA AND FREE SPEECH

    The law does not allow me to express my opinion on this or any other matter. Consider this: You are asked a panel of ten questions and you have promised to answer honestly. Questions 1 – 8 are  no problem. But, your honest answer to question 9 is proscribed by law. Therefore you do not…

  • Murder at Sycamore Gap

    I am horrified at the crime that was committed at Sycamore Gap. This is not vandalism, it is murder. Just because trees do not wonder around with a mobile phone glued to their faces does not mean they are not sentient beings. They just live to a different timescale from we rats scurrying about their…

  • Teenagers

    Yesterday was amazing. I woke up in the morning and thought “What’s the point? Why bother?” I pulled the duvet over my head and lay there. I suddenly realised I had discovered the Secret of Eternal Life. I was a Teenager again!

  • HS2, The Wonderful Railway to Nowhere

    There is a lot of kerfuffle going on as TDATS finally realise what a mess this is. To fully understand what is happening, I am afraid we need to be serious and even do a little history. So, if you want fluffy kittens, look elsewhere. Steam engines started being used in 1712. They were static…

  • I don’t understand Women

    I have said before that men cannot understand women. And I got some pretty rude remarks about that. So, in order that I may understand women, please explain to me what it is like to build an entire brand-new human being inside your body. To nourish, protect, nurture, and support that person for nine months,…

  • My Ship

    I was given a wooden model ship construction kit for Christmas, it was very nice: But I never saw a sailing ship that looked like this: So I made this instead: I  think it looks better like this. I could go on about how I did it, but I doubt anyone is really interested.

  • A PRAYER

    Lord, preserve me from The Righteous. Let’s have some decadence and depravity round here. The world was never saved by po faced saints, it’s the sinners who do the good shit. They are the ones who live in the stuff, and when the time comes, and it’s the right time, it’s they who know how…

  • Misogynists

    I’m sick of hearing the word “misogynist”. Currently, it is being widely misused. The word derives from the Greek “misos”, meaning hatred and “gune”, meaning woman. The current crop of “Misogynists” don’t hate women. They’re terrified of them. These are undeveloped little boys who cannot deal with the opposite sex and resort to a prolonged…