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A Funny Story

May 23, 2022 Longrider 21

I was chatting today with one of my colleagues. Last weekend a young lad turns up for CBT (compulsory basic training) to learn to ride […]

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I Despair…

May 13, 2021 Longrider 14

LNER apologises after staff said ‘good afternoon ladies and gentlemen’ https://mol.im/a/9574901 via http://dailym.ai/android Apparently this non binary person felt excluded by the greeting because he […]

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You Have to Ask?

March 7, 2021 Longrider 4

Sometimes when I read the media I am staggered at the level of inanity. For example, this question by the BBC. Is axing fixed-term parliaments […]

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Whut?

February 16, 2021 Longrider 8

Okay, so it was maybe a bit callous, but… The postman filmed refusing to help a pensioner after she slipped in the snow has been […]

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Hang on a Minute

June 19, 2019 Longrider 3

Writers don’t get paid much. Well, duh! We then get two tales of sorrow about how tough it is being a mid-list writer and there […]

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Right… Okay…

June 17, 2019 Longrider 7

More BAME train drivers. A campaign to increase the number of female, BAME and younger train drivers is being launched after a study revealed the […]

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Come Back Jim Hacker

August 24, 2018 Longrider 23

And the British banger… Or pasty in this case. A Cornish woman who fulfilled her dream of opening her own bakery has sparked outraged with […]

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Public Health?

July 27, 2018 Longrider 7

Via Timmy, this little gem. We’ve got Dry January for anyone tempted to try alcohol abstinence and Stoptober for smokers who want to quit. Now, Scroll […]

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Oh, Good Grief!

March 10, 2017 Longrider 8

I just don’t have the energy to even begin to dissect this utter cockwaffle. The council’s advisory committee monitoring the protection of national minorities has […]