grumpyf1

Welcome to 2015! Don’t worry – no-one can legally make you eat a sprout again for another 11 and a half months. I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year and that those you love managed to stay the right side of a lethal dose of chocolate. Ours was up and down; The microwave blew up (if ‘microwave years’ are like ‘dog years’ it was 168) and the curtains fell down, taking the pole out of the wall in the process; possibly due to the metric ton of cold-insulating lining. As you’ll have probably had enough of repeats on the TV, followed by repeats of the Christmas Specials before 2014 had staggered to it’s end, here’s the other part of the compilation of entirely new bits, left out of columns last year, to keep you entertained until something better comes along. No, thank me later – I accept all forms of credit card, but I prefer cash. July: I’ve seen photos used on new identity cards by vain colleagues that are clearly so old, I half expect to see a TV in the backgrou...