You can always rely on Rod. He and Douglas Murray are the only reasons I still subscribe to the Spectator after the worm Gove crawled into the editorship to try and send it the same way as the Terriblegraph…
Norman
7 months ago
Gareth Roberts is very good, too, and occasionally Stephen Daisley comes up with a good ‘un. He despises Progressivism and his deconstruction of Progressives is usually worth reading.
Paul Power
7 months ago
Surnames that are also ordinary nouns should be banned. They invite cruel puns. I know whereof I speak. ‘Your parents should have called you Maximum or Abolute’ etc etc
Of course we sufferers are just as bad, say he musing on ‘Brain the size of a’ Sultana
John B
7 months ago
Sultana and the Fruit & Nut cakes.
Ottokring
7 months ago
You’d probably get Paddy as a nickname these days, Paul.
Reminds of the line in the Father Ted episode with Clare Grogan ( sigh ).
“Clit Power ! Now what does that mean. I wonder ? I once knew a Father Clint Power…”
Norman
7 months ago
True story: a family in the North-East called House named the kids Wendy and Barratt.
rhoda klapp
7 months ago
Minnie Driver has a sister called Laurie, I believe.
Andrew C
7 months ago
Not forgetting Karl Marx’s athlete sister, Onya.
Sam Duncan
7 months ago
There’s a well-known racing-driver namesake of Paul’s whose parents saw fit to call him Will. He won the Indy 500 in 2018, so, you know… who’s laughing?
Clare Grogan ( sigh ).
Oh yes.
dearieme
7 months ago
“whose parents saw fit to call him Will.” At least they didn’t call him Richard.
Bloke in North Dorset
7 months ago
I served with a Steve Case, his wife was having none of it when we tried to get him to call his son Justin.
Southerner
7 months ago
My mum went to school with a Mary Hutton.
Recusant
7 months ago
I knew a girl called Emma Williams who married a Cliff Roydes.
There divorced now…..
Nessimmersion
7 months ago
Secondary school in the 70’s-
One of the teachers name was
“Norman Conquest”
Schoolboy rumour was that his dog was called Hastings but probably too good to be true.
jgh
7 months ago
He next missive will be written with his neighbours Mr & Mrs Comespolicys’ unemployable son Ian.
asiaseen
7 months ago
The headmaster of a school I once taught at declared, if he had a son, he would not be called Roland.
That’s brilliant!
You can always rely on Rod. He and Douglas Murray are the only reasons I still subscribe to the Spectator after the worm Gove crawled into the editorship to try and send it the same way as the Terriblegraph…
Gareth Roberts is very good, too, and occasionally Stephen Daisley comes up with a good ‘un. He despises Progressivism and his deconstruction of Progressives is usually worth reading.
Surnames that are also ordinary nouns should be banned. They invite cruel puns. I know whereof I speak. ‘Your parents should have called you Maximum or Abolute’ etc etc
Of course we sufferers are just as bad, say he musing on ‘Brain the size of a’ Sultana
Sultana and the Fruit & Nut cakes.
You’d probably get Paddy as a nickname these days, Paul.
Reminds of the line in the Father Ted episode with Clare Grogan ( sigh ).
“Clit Power ! Now what does that mean. I wonder ? I once knew a Father Clint Power…”
True story: a family in the North-East called House named the kids Wendy and Barratt.
Minnie Driver has a sister called Laurie, I believe.
Not forgetting Karl Marx’s athlete sister, Onya.
There’s a well-known racing-driver namesake of Paul’s whose parents saw fit to call him Will. He won the Indy 500 in 2018, so, you know… who’s laughing?
Clare Grogan ( sigh ).
Oh yes.
“whose parents saw fit to call him Will.” At least they didn’t call him Richard.
I served with a Steve Case, his wife was having none of it when we tried to get him to call his son Justin.
My mum went to school with a Mary Hutton.
I knew a girl called Emma Williams who married a Cliff Roydes.
There divorced now…..
Secondary school in the 70’s-
One of the teachers name was
“Norman Conquest”
Schoolboy rumour was that his dog was called Hastings but probably too good to be true.
He next missive will be written with his neighbours Mr & Mrs Comespolicys’ unemployable son Ian.
The headmaster of a school I once taught at declared, if he had a son, he would not be called Roland.
That was Mr Butterworth.