The Navy Lark

From my friend Stevie G who sends me a blizzard of stuff. This is a cracker.
ROYAL NAVAL RETIREMENT
The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early
retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered a bonus of
£1000 for inch measured in a straight line between any two points [...]

Alka Seltzer Please!

From Left, Des McLean, Pat Rolink, John Htet Khin
Having drunk one or two small glasses of red wine last night and dined on the fantastic five course meal served up by Robert Sloan and his staff, it is a rather fragile blogger who presents himself here this morning. The Sonstrust Dinner in aid of youth [...]

Magners Comedy Festival

A great night last night in the intimate surroundings of the State Bar (downstairs).

Pat Rolink was funny as ever. He described how his grandfather, Anton Rolink who was Dutch, came to Airdrie as a young man and supported the local team until he died. Pat says they scattered his ashes on Broomfield’s playing surface, only [...]

Fed Up With Those Pesky Marketing Calls?

Then listen to this.

Post Oscars News

They are Re-Making the Exorcist in Boston……

Where a woman enlists the help of the Devil to get an evil priest out of her son.

Comedy Gold - Bob Newhart speaks to Abraham Lincoln

 
The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg (seated), taken about noon on November 19th 1863 just after Lincoln arrived and some three hours before he spoke. To Lincoln’s right is his bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the birthday of one of the USA’s greatest presidents Abraham Lincoln in Hodgenville Kentucky in 1809. [...]

Comedy Gold - Bob Newhart

I’m not sure of the actual date of this quite brilliant piece of stand -up comedy by Bob Newhart but I’d guess at about 40 years old. I remember hearing this as a primary school kid because one of my more hip teachers was into him. It is an imaginary telephone conversation between Sir Walter Raleigh [...]