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Blair McPherson
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10 Chwef 2024 - 08:07

null As cooperative as a dung beetle but not necessarily smarter

Scientists have discovered that dung beetles are the only creatures that cooperate like  humans in moving an object to over come obsticals. (Guardian 17 January). Which presumably reinforces the view that we humans top the evolutionary development scale when it comes to intelligence. Unfortunately this fact only served to bring to mind that comedy song ,” Right Said Fred” by Bernard... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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12 Gorff 2014 - 13:08

null I'm not being racist just amusingly ironic

  What have a Cambridge varsity ball, a history teacher and a board game got in common? Why would a group of students think Gone with the wind would make a great theme for a university ball with it underlying subject of slavery and racial stereotypes? Why were only three black people accepted on the post graduate history teachers training course in stark contrast to the 506 white... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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12 Gorff 2014 - 12:57

null Ricky Gervais a legitimate target?

Ricky Gervais a legitimate target? It‘s always risky getting up to go to the bar or toilet during a stand up comics routine especially if you are on the front row. So I suppose I should have expected to be a target of the comedians well rehearsed insults, much to the amusement of the rest of the audience. I had no witty response to his increasingly cruel jibes. I thought how great it would... Gweld mwy
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Blair McPherson
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24 Tach 2021 - 13:49

null Make them laugh

Make them laugh Whoever the audience, whatever the topic it helps if you can make them laugh. Humour can defuse a tense situation and it’s hard to stay angry if you’re smiling. People like a laugh and they like people who make them laugh. But it’s risky as the PM found out. Service cuts and redundancies are no laughing matter so your joke may be seen as flippant and be taken to... Gweld mwy
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