My gran is a fairly old, fragile lady, who doesn't like to venture out of her flat much. However, nothing comes between her and Jack Daniels. Although she struggles to open jars and can't remember what she had for lunch, she has devised a fool-proof strategy for opening a bottle of whisky. She...read more

We were driving around Puerto Rico, trying to find a supposedly "secret" beach. We asked some policemen for directions. They told us to follow them down a dirt road, at which point, they stopped us, patted us down and "fined" us heavily for trespassing on a wild-life reserve.

One man's tragedy is another woman's dinner: Whilst waiting for the menu at a restaurant our neigbours received some terrible news. Either that or one of them seemed terrifically ill. Anyway there was a hullabaloo and ashen faced they both dashed from the restaurant. I had to make a quick...read more

Learned with learning difficulties: Something unfortunate happened to a friend: he mistakenly checked-in his hand-luggage which contained his passport. How was he going to make it through passport-control at the other end? He had stumbled head first into the proverbial pickle. Being a...read more

I went to the accupunturist the other day because I was having trouble sleeping.  This old professor guy sat me down and told me every time I didn't sleep I was literally wasting my own time and money.  He said he'd demonstrate and asked me to lend him £1 and when I reluctantly...read more

I was staying in hotel in India with some friends.  The hotel had a sign saying, "Be in your rooms after 11 - danger".  We thought it was a bit random so stayed up, drinking beers - then at 11:05 we saw 3 massive alsatians charging down the path to our table.  We just made it to...read more