Category: Humour
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For the second ‘Throwback Thursday’ in a row I appear to have rediscovered another ‘James Complains’ post to give an airing to, which makes me…
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One of the great things about my kids is that they will talk to me about anything. Literally anything. And as an educational professional I…
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I need a break from myselfI find myself quite tiringI don’t know what my problem isPerhaps it’s faulty wiringIf I try to get stuff doneI’m…
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Another stroll through the archive of James Proclaims and I happened upon this. Which is not a post I had any difficulty remembering. Indeed, I…
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Another throwback post, and I’m still working my way through the 2015 archive. It’s much better in there than I recall it being, and there…
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Recently there was a partial eclipse of the sun in the UK. Which is a little different to a total eclipse of the heart. That…
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Another dive into the archives and I discovered this little piece. I haven’t done much of this kind of thing over the years, but I…
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My kids have become zombiesStaring blankly at a screenWatching mindless rubbishThat they’ve already seenI’ve become the fatherI claimed I’d never beTrading their soulsFor some brief…
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Welcome back to another Throwback Thursday. I’m currently still throwing back to 2015, because it turns out I’m quite enjoying visiting my early blogging efforts.…
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Hello and welcome to the first episode of what I hope will be… …erm… …some… …of my new podcast. For the purposes of this blog,…
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We’re into the third week proper of the summer holidays, and I have been off work for that entire time. “You could have fooled me!”…
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I’m feeling pretty blueThough I’m looking fairly redI’m not sleeping wellBut I want to stay in bedI think I’ve caught a coldThough trying I was…
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Throwback Thursday was my cunning plan to ensure that, even when I was too busy to post on this blog, I would always post on…
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The whine at breakfastOften makes me desireSome wine for breakfast
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Today is Little Proclaims’ birthday. This is quite a big deal in the Proclaims household, largely because Little Proclaims wouldn’t have it any other way.…
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This laundry pile, it never endsThe dirty clothes invite their friendsAlthough some unmatched socks get washedThe pile’s resistance remains unquashedFor every load the machine cleansThere…
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I seem to have slightly fallen off the wagon with regards my recent and, dare I say, triumphant , return to blogging regularly. I think…
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A few times on this blog I have mentioned the fact that I do martial arts. I have mentioned it because it is true. Hence…
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We’re now three weeks into my blogging renaissance, which I think is far enough in that I really should stop drawing attention to how many…
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These shoes were made for walkingWhich for most shoes is largely trueThough some were made for runningBut you can walk in those ones tooSome shoes…
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Another Thursday, another deep dive into the archives. This is the 5th ever post on James Proclaims and clearly I was on something of a…
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Mini Proclaims is sitting next to her sister, consuming frozen empty calories on a lolly stick and watching the same empty content her sister so…
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My blog resurgence appears to be going well. I’m back with my second Sunday Summary, which suggests I have something to summarise. Which is excellent…
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Friday is here once again Which is the day I ordain To write a poem or rhyme For tis a fine paradigm Of course any…
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It wasn’t my intention, when I started doing this Throwback Thursday malarkey, to just sequentially repost all of my old posts in order, but it…
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Barber waiting roomSelf esteem is advertisedBut not guaranteed.
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I appear to have started blogging regularly again. Which is possibly good news if you like the kind of things I write. It possibly isn’t…
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I used to write poems a lotThen for a while I did notBut I thought I might try againAnd I have decided when Each Friday…
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The reproachful look on the face of the Tesco delivery driver made me die a little inside. There he was, punctual, friendly and efficiently providing…
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Mini Proclaims’ singing might be better described as ‘enthusiastic’ rather than tuneful, but one can surely not fault her effort. Indeed, so compelling is her…
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Oh, here he comes, the ‘podcaster’. Too high and mighty for the blogging community now, is he? You’d be forgiven for making that assumption. I…
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