Tinder

We all come back to dating, because we just love it so much. When we do, we use Tinder, because we just love that so much too. Wait, hang on... Let me set the scene. I've not been dating in about two and a half years, and so I'm not happy that I'm facing either …

Telemarketing

I really could've written this at any other time, but I just had to share this one with you. I received a call not one minute ago from a strangely aggressive telemarketer offering me, of all things, a service to block unwanted telemarketing. I'll let the steam rise off that plate of irony and leave …

The Boris Bridge

What do you do when your bridge-building project falls through? If you are character actor and some-time politician Boris Johnson, the answer would seem to be "plan an even longer one". Now, I'm careful to say plan there because I know we won't be building a bridge to the continent that just over half of …

Tax Returns

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