Category: Humour
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If like me, you have a track record of buying home fitness equipment and not really using it, then this 16kg kettlebell is just what…
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Hello dear readers! There has been talk of late about the tagline of this blog. Most of this talk has come from me. It’s of…
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I’m often hungryWhen I’m boredAnd I’m often boredIt’s said thatOnly boring peopleGet boredI find that expressionUnhelpful to my plightAnd quite boringI’m not boredBecause I lackSufficient…
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In a controversial move, I’ve decided to redo Blogging 101 – the online blogging course run by WordPress. If you’re a longstanding reader (if you…
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It’s a lovely Sunday afternoon as I write this. The sun is shining , the birds are quite possibly singing (I can’t hear any but…
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Pete looked incredulously at the winged serpenty-lions gushing water into the fountain. According to his online guide, they were supposed to be dragons. But the…
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If, like me, you realised about a year ago that this whole ‘iPad’ malarkey wasn’t just a fad and that maybe technology was starting to…
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It’s probably bestWhen reflecting on the pastNot to focus too muchOn what actually happenedWhen a bit of embellishmentAnd some outright liesCan ameliorate the narrativeAnd render…
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You’d never know it to look at me but I’m reasonably fit. Not athletic you understand. I have no actual ability when it comes to…
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“You’ve got to live life to the full,” Pete declared, through mouthfuls of chicken and leek pie, “you could get hit by a bus tomorrow…
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Do you get really stressed when you’re at the checkout, and always pay with a note, even when you’ve got the exact change in your…
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Oh empty deodorant canWhy do you sit thereOn my bathroom shelfMocking me with your emptiness?I should have thrown you outSeveral days agoWhen first you stopped…
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No-one loves an afternoon nap more than me. It’s a fundamental part of the working day as far as I am concerned… I jest, of…
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Bromfell saw the village in the distance. It was a welcome sight. He had ridden for many hours and both he and his beloved horse,…
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This dressing gown is a must have. When you’ve had a tough day fighting Sith lords and Stormtroopers, there’s nothing better than kicking back and…
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Early one morningOn a high street like any otherBefore the retail giants had even begun to yawnI saw a man asleep in a doorwayIn the…
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I think I’m often misrepresented as someone who doesn’t really like other people. I’m overly sarcastic and it’s been suggested more than once that I…
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“Ok Bazza, it’s your round!” Barry looked at the three-quarters-full pint of warmish lager in front of him. “I don’t really want another drink to…
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If you are a student of the Italian Language in the late nineties then this dictionary is a ‘must have’. If you’re an Italian speaker…
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Welcome back to my regular Monday feature where I publish something that looks like it might be a poem but on closer inspection may not be…
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Before I begin this particular diatribe, I need to point out that this is part of the, now regular, ‘James Complains’ feature of this blog,…
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Today is looking dangerously like the first day in a while when I won’t update this blog. I’ve been blogging consistently for days on end…
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The familiar melody was growing louder. Robbie was excited. So often he was forced to listen to those chimes come and go, leaving him with…
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Could this be another new feature on James Proclaims? A feature where I regularly review stuff that you may, but probably won’t, find useful? Only…
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“Baa Baa Black Sheep, there seems to be some kind of misunderstanding…” “Really sir, and why do you say that?” “Well, as you’ll recall, I…
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I didn’t know what to write todaySo I wrote this,And tried to make it look like a poemBut it obviously isn’t a poem.Although it may…
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Friday’s post signalled an end to my Blogging 101 days. Technically there were some follow-up tasks to do on the weekend, but I’d already decided…
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Today I bought a football. I know that there is something of an international readership of this blog, so I want to make sure everyone…
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Well it’s day 15 of blogging 101 and we’ve made it. Just one more task to complete and I can become an officially licensed blogger.…
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IIt’s been a refreshing two days of not gently mocking the rudimentary online learning programme that is ‘Blogging 101’, yet my last two posts were,…
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Brian drained the last of his tea and looked desirously at the chocolate hobnobs that were, infuriatingly, just out of reach. Geoff leaned over and…
