Brilliant Heading in today’s Daily telegraph:

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Headline of the week!!

“My Affairs with two judges didn’t affect our briefs”
Well – I don’t know whether to be sad for them  or pleased!!!

The restaurant – latest series – Le pauvre Raymond

Is it me?
My ‘eart bleeds for le pauvre Raymond !
If those  9 couples were the best from thousands of applicants – Wot in ‘eavens name were the rest like!
Even Inspector Barnaby would have been terrified by the knife wielding pair trying to wrestle that coconut to death!
Not to mention their tin opening skills.  Never had [...]

Now it’s Teapots they’re researching!!

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So  Scientists have found that a little butter applied to the spout of a teapot can stop it dribbling!!!
Please could they extend their efforts to find a way to stop me having the same problem!
I  have tried  applying a little butter to the corners of my mouth – but I keep licking it off.
The Result [...]

good old Midsomer Massacres

Phew!  What a night!
Another good crop of bodies – which I find SO re-assuring!  It would be such a let down if there hadn’t been.
Mark you I do find it odd that so many mass murderers live in Midsomer!
Personally I also think they missed a trick.  If Cully had found the second  body  rather than [...]

Ray Mears – the Country Needs You

So where’s Ray Mears when we need him?
Here we are being bombarded by squadrons of Ladybirds and not a single recipe from dear Ray on how to cook them!
Where is the advice on how long to fry them ?
Should they be lightly tossed in a little butter or deep fried?
(A little butter with a dusting [...]

Ladybirds – a solution

What is your view on substituting Ladybirds for Crushed Nuts.
The thing is I can’t –just now – lay my hands on any nuts – crushed or otherwise but I have just been invaded by several squadrons of Ladybirds and it seems a shame to waste them!
What do you think?
Would it work.  Would I get the [...]

Today Tansy’s Dad has made it to 100 !!

Today is the 100th birthday of Tansy’s  Dad – Dudley Steynor (or –as  he’s  affectionally  known:
Lord Moor Common of Lane End !!)

Lots  of surprises have been lined up  for him around lunch time today – so Lane End – Look Out!
The Steam Roller he owned in the ‘60s will be on show -   and – [...]

Master Shout Ice cream – or not

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Is it me?
But  why do Those Chefs  all leave making the ice cream to the last minute??
With the result that most of what they dish up is cold cream rather than ICE CREAM
Why not make it first and stick it in the freezer like the rest of us mortals do!

Give the Maths a rest on Radio 4 !!

There really is too much Maths on Radio 4!
Especially at 6.15 in the morning.
This morning dear old John Humphries and his sidekick were bombarding my senses with inflation figures, the rise and fall of employment numbers and the activities of Hedge Funds before I’d even had a chance for my first cup of tea.
Thank you [...]

Master Shout – the semis….

So what was wrong with Gregg last night.  He seems to have upped the anti even more.  Whereas Michel became quite calm and reasonable about the wannabe’s in the Semi Final, Gregg seemed to be enraged that they had got this far!
Actually maybe he has a point!
I am glad however that they chose the contestant [...]