The Oldie

On the road to nowhere with my mother

With every week that passes, the unanswerables pile up until the heap threatens to dwarf Everest.

If a segment of the British (let’s be frank – English) electorate regrets Boris Johnson’s passing, for example, why isn’t Albion Straitjackets Plc the fastest-rising blue chip on the Stock Exchange?

Some mysteries are too familiar to bear too much repetition. So rather than belabour you with such conundrums as ‘What was Alf Ramsey thinking when he substituted Bobby Charlton against the Hun in the 1970 World Cup?’, I will

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