Ben Elton

9th October 2019 Going Postal 0

I used to enjoy Ben Elton – for The Young Ones, and two of his jokes I still can remember. I even bought his first book, ‘Stark’. He’s making a comeback stand-up tour, I gather. [more…]

Give a man a fish

10th December 2016 0

A poster asked a question about what would the assembled despicables of GP recommend as a hobby now the nights are long and the weather foul. The most popular recommendation seemed to be railway modelling [more...]
How I stopped being a Lefty and became literally Hitler

28th June 2019 0

This is what I’ve been putting off writing for the longest time now: a personal account of how things became the way they are now, at least ideologically speaking. When I grew up and all [more...]
It started with a piss – Part Three

9th March 2020 0

Introduction In Parts 1 and 2 I told the tale of how a routine scan as part of an investigation into a urinary tract infection had revealed a large (63mm) abdominal aortic aneurysm (Triple A) [more...]
Wankpuffin’s 2019 Going Postal Fireside Christmas Special Spectacular

25th December 2019 0

Thanks to all of you who wrote the songs. We couldn’t use all of them, due to lack of time and talent (see grovelling apology in the credits). They will be used in the next [more...]
All change at Shijiazhuang

23rd April 2020 0

In spring 2013, I travelled by train across China from Guangzhou to Qingdao in the north via Wuhan. This leg starts at Shijiazhuang, where I discovered the hard way why most Chinese plan their journeys [more...]