The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 17th June, 2015: Mum’s Gone To Iceland.

I have to confess, I HATE getting cabin fever.

No, really … !

Unfortunately?

Unfortunately, I’m stuck indoors on a lovely summery day.

Get this … Waiting For Amazon to deliver!

You know, I REALLY think I should alter the safe place setting on my account.   I can’t stand be indoors: potentially all day, given the length of time I waited around for the last delivery.

It’s … 

Well, I think the most appropriate word is ARRRGGGHHHHH … !

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The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 10-6-2015: Nice Legs, Shame About the Boat Race

You know, in BETWEEN everything else … ?   In between getting bilked by Amazon, the loss of quite a LOT of data on a now junked external drive, and the intermittent mail theft in my area … ?

In BETWEEN all of that, I get spam … !

Like the one that caught my eye, while I was cleaning out my emails, earlier.   It claimed to be from the Royal Mail, and told me I needed to pick up a parcel.   From a given link.

The fact it was in my junk mail box, AND the postman usually sticks a card into my letterbox, anyway, told me everything I needed to know.

So I clicked the link, JUST out of curiosity.   Being VERY aware that I should be careful.

I got redirected to a page — the link in the URL bar was ‘things travel dot com/mobile’ — that said I should use a PC browser to access the page: rather than a Mac or mobile device.

Hmmm … 

Can you do me a favour, if you’re reading this on a PC?

Make sure your email client’s junk mail filters are up to date!!

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The Daily Teaser — 10-6-2014: Nice Legs, Shame About The Boat Race

Blimey … !

You probably worked out that yesterday saw me start at a work placement, at a local charity shop.

Tiring stuff, frankly.

But at least I can say I’m doing something positive with my time.

At ANY rate?

At any rate, I came home to rather shocking news: at least, for any one my age.

Comedian, Rik Mayall, died, yesterday.

Now, I don’t know if I was ever a fan, per se: both Filthy, Rich and Catflap and Bottom seemed to be repeating some of his and Ade Edmonson’s earlier work*.

But The Young Ones … ?

I think the sheer slapstick lunacy of The Young Ones — which Mayall appeared in, and co-wrote — managed to burn itself into the minds of a generation: and ended up as reciteable as any of Monty Python sketch, or quote from Blackadder.

Comedy genius?

I couldn’t tell you if Rik Mayall was or wasn’t a comedy genius.

But he made me — and many others — laugh.

Can a comic ask anymore?

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