I love spoonerisms: ‘ducking felicious’ and ‘rucking fidiculous’ are a couple I’m rather proud of. For me, the spoonerism’s appeal harks back to the music hall days where sexual double entendre was lapped up by audiences who wanted to hear something naughty being alluded to without hearing any actual filth. A present day business presentation […]
“Oh look, this isn’t an argument.” “Yes it is.” “No it isn’t. It’s just contradiction.” Here are some undeniable* truths which I’ve learnt from watching all kinds of arguments, from drunken Saturday night encounters in the chip shop to online rap battles and family disputes at Christmas: Insults only have the power you grant them.
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“I have spent my whole life scared. Frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen. Fifty years I spent like that. Finding myself awake at three in the morning. But you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine. I came to realize that it’s fear that’s the worst of it. That’s the real enemy. So
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Those ‘5 Ways…’ tips lists are irresistible, aren’t they? I also enjoy ones with titles like: ‘6 Mistakes Your Least Successful Competitors Aren’t Making Yet’. However, for me, any one of those tips signpost the way to the real work that’s lurking beneath, waiting to be discovered: the ‘iceberg of the tip’,* if you will. Easy isn’t Always BestIn
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These three are my favourite fictional creatives of all time. Doctor Who has a time machine, Willy Wonka has a chocolate factory, and Zaphod Beeblebrox has a spaceship that can travel anywhere instantly. All have a huge intellect. Essentially I think they’re so ridiculously happy and creative because they’re adults who can think like children. They break
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