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I was reading a story in the news this week about Blenheim Palace installing an 18 Carat gold, fully functioning toilet which visitors will be able to use this summer.  The picture of it is below and I’m sure you are all thinking the same thing as me. Exactly, why on earth have they put a low capacity, single roll, toilet roll holder in a Read more...

“Daaaaaddddd,  we’ve run out of toilet roll”.   This piece of information is regularly belted out by my children, usually on a Sunday morning at around 6.30am.  If I don’t responded within half a second, the cry for help will be repeated at regular intervals, at increasing decibels until I arrive on horseback with a shiny new Luxury 3 Read more...

For the first time in 5 years I had the whole Christmas break off this year, 10 days of watching films whilst eating and drinking plenty.  I loved it. The only problem with eating and drinking plenty is that the waist line tends to give the game away, everything seems a bit tighter, including the finances, so like half of the population I’ Read more...

In our office, Caroline never uses the C-word, she doesn't like the C-word and she has very little time for anyone that uses the C-word in her presence. Ed always uses the C-word, in fact I had to ban him from using it in the office earlier this year.  It was causing friction between him and Caroline.    I fall somewhere between the 2 of Read more...

I’ve been selling toilet rolls for over 20 years.  That isn’t a chat up line I’ve used, neither is it an admission I make at the local addiction clinic.  It is a simple fact.

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These aren't the words you want to hear when you are waiting at the boarding gate with your wife and 2 excited young children. Read more...

Up until recently I didn’t know what Black Friday really was. I assumed it was something that Amazon had introduced to turn their profits from Billions to Zillions and was another brilliant piece of marketing that made us feel that if we didn’t jump online on Black Friday and snap up a bargain, then we were missing out to the smarter, more Read more...

Like most of you, I’ve spent more holidays in this country than I have abroad. Like most of you, most of these holidays have been wet and windy with chilly temperatures.

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VAR. 3 letters that meant little to most of us a few months ago, but since the World Cup everyone know that it stands for Video Assistant Referee.

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Last Thursday I spent the morning at my Children’s sports day. They have certainly changed since you and I were at School.

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