The Grumpy Old Blog

I have actually discovered a rapper who I have respect for! Yep, you read that right! A chap called "Booba", who is not at all keen on conspiracy theorists and supporters of Russia, wants the world to follow France* regarding "soshul influenzas" and the ridiculous claims they make based solely on who will pay them the most money. He says: "𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙠." I love the latest conspiracy theory doing the rounds - someone I know is convinced (mind you, surprisingly she won't disclose where she got the info from) that all councils in England are going to bring in legislation that requires citizens not to travel mo...

They say you only get one chance to make a first impression. It is therefore very hard to keep a straight face when the first impression one gets of the "Friends of Jesus" who trumped-up at my door this morning were like the three wise men portrayed in Monty Python's "Life of Brian", only dressed in Primark's best. There was the immediate temptation to inquire if they were "friends" of Jesus in the biblical sense, that is, they went to the Nazareth High School for Boys with him and shared a deep hatred of the Romans, or whether it was just friends in a Facebooky sort of way. However, that one would have overshot the heads of the front two height-challenged people and hit the tall John Cleese lookalike firmly in the chest. I was also tempted to point out that the John Cleese lookalike should really obtain trackie bottoms that are a good two to three inches longer, thus lending a little extra gravitas to their appearance, seeing as he was wearing bla...