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Submissions to Private Eye - December
I missed the cut-off for November's submissions by 1 day so no cigar on that front. Still, had another go today with this lot. 1)...

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Dec 6, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Thirty Five - oh dear
This was originally intended to be a diet blog and over the last few months my attention has drifted a little. Today I mustered up the...

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Dec 3, 2024
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Day Three Twenty Eight - good luck
When you find yourself in the situation of meticulously studying the testicles of a pig in order to capture their heft and sway as the...

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Dec 1, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Thirty Four - tally hoo
As parents we invest a huge amount of time and money in giving what we think is the best available resources to our children, all with...

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Dec 1, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Twenty Four - nuclear attack
There's a lot more talk these days about the risk of third world war than there has been for decades. I recall vividly the Cold War years...

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Nov 30, 2024
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Submissions to Private Eye - November
I've had a go at doing the one panel cartoons that the satirical magazine Private Eye likes. So I sent these 5 in today to see the...

Trig50ish
Nov 29, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Thirty Three - stomach bug
Today I fulfilled a lifelong ambition I didn't know I had. By introducing Monty Python's infamous self-destructive diner Monsieur...

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Nov 28, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Ten - brain rot
I've been a refugee from social media since its inception. Never had a Facebook account that I shared with anyone and never used it....

Trig50ish
Nov 27, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Twenty Five - speeding
I got done for speeding for the first time in this country - having lived here for 26 years. I couldn't believe it - how had I not been...

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Nov 25, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Twenty One - school selection time
In our area there is one stand out private school which every aspirational Hampstead mum and dad wants their little darling to get into....

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Nov 24, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Five - parent's evening
Our Nursery invites us every term at least once to come and spend some time with the teachers to hear their perspectives on our sprog. I...

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Nov 24, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Twenty Seven - Robert Smith
I kind of understand why Robert Smith basically only wears black. It's slimming. And when you've got not a lot else going for you...

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Nov 22, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Thirty Eight - heart specialist
With just over 6 weeks to go until the end of the year and the final judgement on my diet, I thought I'd have a check-in with the various...

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Nov 19, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Twenty Three - the polite period
Somewhere between 3 1/2 and 5 I've noticed, based upon the rearing of my own kids, that London based privately educated sprogs become...

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Nov 13, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Twenty - Nursery Mums
Being twenty years older than practically every other parent at our nursery, I find their concerns a little predicable. Of course, their...

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Nov 10, 2024
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Knowing your ambition
One of the many executive coaching bloggers on LinkedIn posted recently a question that actually got me thinking about myself for a...

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Oct 25, 2024
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The reality of Alumni events
We had a big do recently in our swanky offices for the Alumni of our firm. It was quite instructive as to the effectiveness of our sales...

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Oct 24, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Nine - digital transformation
For quite a while in the consultancy world, the concept of digital transformation took hold and became popular as a phrase. Personally, I...

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Oct 20, 2024
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Day Three Hundred and Three - party season
It's that time of the year again when the Nursery crowd have a rush of birthday parties. For the parents it's a necessary ordeal - the...

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Oct 13, 2024
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