A poem about, well, poetry. Gee, I bet that headline gets you in.

People usually enjoy it when I post my own poetry here, and I am happy to do so, so long as some of you buy the book occasionally too. Remember, any profits benefit a number of wonderful charities. You can head to: http://tinyurl.com/7tzxxgg where it is available in both book format and download. I am [...]

Paraprosdokians, Part II

As you will know, Dear Reader, from my previous ramblings on the subject, at http://wp.me/p1LY0z-jU, a Paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way – often a pun – that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or re-interpret the [...]

The Eurozone crisis, explained by Blackadder

Baldrick: “What I want to know, Sir is, before there was a Euro there were lots of different types of money that different people used. And now there’s only one type of money that all the foreign people use. And what I want to know is, how did we get from one state of affairs [...]

This Mother’s Day – send hope, not flowers.

I reproduce this story verbatim from Julie Ulbricht at mamamia.com because I believe in and profoundly agree with every word. It doesn’t really need any further comment from me, and it deserves to be very widely read and acted upon. I know what my wife – a fantastic, caring, creative and thoughtful mother, I think [...]

Undoubtedly the best headline of 2012

According to Fox News (so it must be true, right?) “The Dinosaurs Farted Their Way To Extinction”. http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/18162128/dinosaurs-farted-their-way-to-extinction-british-scientists-say Now I come to think of it, I know a few colleagues who are threatening their continued existence, but not through global warming. Their end may be swifter. Related articles Dinosaurs blown away by own farts, say [...]

Midnight lunacy and innocent tribalism

I am perpetually bemused and amused by the propensity for otherwise reasonably sane people, oneself included, to become helplessly trapped in a cycle of despair and adoration for a group of sportspeople. Currently, the football team which has been my deep love for more than thirty years – the “Pride of Hampshire”, Southampton FC, a.k.a [...]

Australian Dreaming. Or rather, Australian rude awakening.

Today, I was woken, as I often am, by the sound of the Australian magpie, sitting on my roof, carolling away. When I first came to Australia, some 25 years ago, having only been in the country a few days, I was taken camping by friends at a very pretty spot called Lake Learmonth, near [...]

Why is the Church anti-gay, if the Bible isn’t?

Many ordinary Christians are deeply conflicted by their desire to embrace homosexual brethren in the fellowship of the church, when some of their leaders are telling them that these people are sinners. Numbers of people feel very discomfited by the current debate. So what is the “Biblical” teaching on gays? Opponents of homosexuality almost always [...]

A reminder

An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, “Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears you [...]

A poem for Anzac Day … Remembrance Day … Memorial Day. All the days. And all the men and women. And those they left behind.

I wrote this poem, remembering attending so many Remembrance Day services with my mother, whose husband, the father who I never knew, died at 46, a cheerful but essentially broken man, after six years of service. I am very proud of this poem, both as a poem, in and of itself, and as an authentic [...]

The Lazy Way of Doing A Blog Roll

  I am far too lazy to tweak my layout to fit in a blog roll, so I thought I’d reproduce – without asking permission, but that’s what lazy people do – my friend Val’s, who has some wonderful sites on her list. And not just because she’s kind enough to be nice about Well [...]

Advertising F*** Up of the Year #6

I was originally going to do these once a month, until they came flooding in so thick and fast that they just demand being published. For today’s it’s All Hail the Mighty Target, (Australian branch), who, in an interesting wrinkle on recent controversies, (forgive the pun), are here found guilty of not air-brushing their models [...]

On Snooki, Chelsea, The Borgias, & Big Tits

AS SEASON TWO OF THE BORGIAS IS ABOUT TO HIT OUR SCREENS, I THOUGHT I WOULD REPUBLISH MY MOST POPULAR ARTICLE EVER. ENJOY. Last night, relentlessly sleepless after a rather large piece of rib-eye steak that wasn’t, for once, washed down with a couple of bottles of good Shiraz (hence still being wide awake, I [...]

The Secret Serviceman and the Prostitute – what’s the real scandal?

Does anyone else think the ” scandal” of numerous members of President Obama’s Secret Service detail employing prostitutes while on an away trip to Colombia is really rather silly, and painfully revealing of the double standards in Western society? After all, in many countries prostitution has now been de-criminalised at least, and often made entirely [...]

Love the internet? FBI warns it may just “turn off” for you in July.

For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this July. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a [...]

Darling, you shouldn’t have …

Well This Is What I Think has very kindly been nominated for the Liebster Blog Award – Liebster meaning “my love” or “darling” – for a blog that is actually worth the paper it isn’t written on. We are a bit blown away. When we have gathered our breath we will thank Kay properly at [...]

Advertising F*** Up of the Year #5 – and do you want fries with that?

OK, over here at Planet Wellthisiswhatithink we know how much you’re enjoying these occasional wading around in the deepest dankest end of the advertising gene pool moments – as they are consistently the most popular posts we, er, post* – so here’s another. (*Except for the story we ran about Adam and Eve not being [...]

Hilarious animation. Why isn’t it an ad? What’s that? Not everything in life should be an ad? Sheesh. Now you tell me. (Slinks off, muttering …)

This little animation is very amusing and brilliantly executed. What’s really sad is that when I looked at it I just kept thinking “I bet this is an ad for a watch company”. Then at the end I thought, “this should be an ad for a watch company”.  You know what they say, “You can [...]

Police Handcuff, Charge 6-Year-Old Girl For Tantrum

  I reproduce this article in full, without further comment, except to note my utter astonishment. By Paul Joseph Watson. Infowars.com Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Police in Milledgeville, Georgia handcuffed and charged a 6-year-old girl (seen above) with assault for throwing a tantrum in school but instead of apologizing for such unnecessary treatment, the chief [...]

“Laugh out loud snort coffee through your nose funny” – one man and his dog text messages. You have been warned.