Month: September 2006

Last night I started writing about how some folk grabbed life between the legs, stomped on it, threw some spices at it, bit it, spat it out and started again – all before not going gently into that good night. And they don’t care if they look like complete idiots while they’re doing it. Yet … Read more

In every bank manager’s office is a piece of furniture that bears a startling resemblance to a chair. When you visit your bank manager wanting to borrow money, your bank manager points to this piece of furniture and says “Won’t you bend over my barrel?” You see, he knows that 9 out of 10 small-business … Read more

At the risk of being seen to insult the education system — which is absolutely not my intention — most of the stuff I learnt at school has hurt me more than helped me.  And the stuff I really needed to know wasn’t even mentioned at school. I mean, why teach a young boy all … Read more