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Guinness is good for you

May 27, 2020June 6, 2011 by John McCullagh

Some say that Guinness isn’t as strong as it once was.

I disagree.

In fact, I think it should come with a health warning,

especially for those who aren’t used to it.

Read moreGuinness is good for you

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Pest Control

May 27, 2020May 9, 2011 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

I am plagued by the worst neighbours in the world, who constantly host all-night orgies with thump-thump-thump ‘beats’ going until dawn …  

Read morePest Control

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Use a barometer to measure

May 27, 2020April 19, 2011 by John McCullagh
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I hope you appreciate this as much as I did! It concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen:  “Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.”

Read moreUse a barometer to measure

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What do you know?

May 27, 2020March 10, 2011 by John McCullagh
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The following questions and answers were extracted from a recent GCE examination …


Q. Name the four seasons ?

Read moreWhat do you know?

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Eve ‘n Agnes

May 28, 2020December 23, 2010 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes

Our neighbours across the way are the most insufferable snobs who have irked just about everybody in the neighbourhood. 


Read moreEve ‘n Agnes

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Sing a Christmas Song

May 28, 2020December 22, 2010 by John McCullagh
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I hope this amuses you all!



I suggest : Gloria in excelsis: Santa: Jingle Bell Rock: We wish you Merry Christmas … etc.

Read moreSing a Christmas Song

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Witness Protection

May 29, 2020October 24, 2010 by John McCullagh
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There was a murder reported in the Mountpottinger district of Belfast last week. An old widow woman was robbed and battered to death …

Read moreWitness Protection

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Bush back at school

May 29, 2020April 20, 2010 by John McCullagh
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There was a collective sigh of relief when he left office, but now ex-President George W Bush has decided to return to school to learn to read.


Read moreBush back at school

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Dangerous journeys

May 29, 2020March 3, 2010 by John McCullagh
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US officials are investigating how a child was apparently allowed to direct planes at New York’s JFK airport – one of the country’s busiest.


Read moreDangerous journeys

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