This is for Lizza from the TG and DaddyP to cheer her up

Frog dog is now peeing outside – don’t ask about anything else!


Avid readers - a seminar,

Word games and the development of communication techniques are fascinating, although considering the IQ of most people that I meet, sometimes the latter seems a waste of time. [ Papersurfer readers, you are exempt from this generalisation however academically challenged you are].



YYsURYYsUBICURYYs4ME.

A very old chestnut but with connections to the modern day text messaging - c u l8r for example. You have no chance if you ask a child of our times to learn Pitmans shorthand but the language of text messaging is absorbed eagerly and has advantages in that it appears to be impossible to talk whilst sending or reading a text. This information should be put to use by all school authorities and lessons taught via mobiles connected to large screens where the blackboard once stood.

I prefer predictive text, although the results are sometimes unpredictable if you don’t concentrate. The best joke I’ve seen recently concerning messaging was on a TV show: the lady of the house is having a furious row with a work colleague via text. She storms into the kitchen shouting “How do you get out of predictive texting? I don’t want to call him a stupid AUNT!!”

Of course, the Two Ronnies relied on word and letter play for a lot of their sketches:



“F U N E X?”
“S, I F X”
“F U N E M N X?”

And so on [if you have difficulty with this, probably a 5 year old might be able to help and certainly anyone over 50] and their classic “Have you any O’S? or is it “hose”? or ‘hoes?’……..

I leave you with a poser. The answer will be left on the comment page but, PLEASE, no cheating before having a go!

What does this say in English?
Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous.

I must go now as the terrible Goddess is telling me to get a life… any ideas?


At some time in the future – ‘Fascinating tales from the M25 - a road for all seasons’