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GOM World Cup Diary #2: By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I’d Forgotten There Was a Match

By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I'd Forgotten There Was a Match I switched on last night to watch a football match. That, at least, was the plan. What…

DaveThomas June 12, 2026

Football Grumpy Old Man Humour

GOM World Cup Diary #1: Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony?

Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony? The football starts tonight. Or at least, that's what I've been told. Personally, I was under the impression that football tournaments…

DaveThomas June 11, 2026

Grumpy Old Man Humour

Grumpy Old Man and Queues

Whatever Happened to a Good Queue? There was a time when people knew how to queue. It wasn't written down anywhere. There wasn't a government leaflet about it. Nobody needed…

DaveThomas June 11, 2026

Hashtag Holidays Humour

Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day – April 16th

Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day is an annual event that encourages people to work from home in their pajamas. The day is typically celebrated on April 16th each year,…

DaveThomas April 16, 2023

Food for Thought Humour Personal

Tokyo Olympics – 2021

It was in 1964 that I was first glued to the television set watching black and white grainy pictures of swimming, athletics and boxing from the first Olympics held in…

DaveThomas August 7, 2021

Grumpy Old Man Humour

Grumpy Old Man – Social Distancing

After a good nine to ten weeks of enforced self-isolation, this past week I have been allowed outside of my house into the more general world by Mrs Grumpy apart…

DaveThomas May 31, 2020

Food for Thought Humour Personal

Food For Thought – Who Does It?

After the post last week, https://davethomasonline.com/blog/food-for-thought-the-indispensable-man/, I dug out another simple, but humourous story that illustrates the need for communication. I've looked for the author of this, but their name…

DaveThomas May 18, 2020

Food for Thought Humour Personal

Food For Thought – The Indispensable Man

I was clearing out some old boxes of papers in the garage the other day and came across this wonderful poem (and a real poem in that the words rhyme…

DaveThomas May 11, 2020

Grumpy Old Man Humour

Grumpy Old Man – Cricket World Cup 2019

I'm writing this after watching England beat New Zealand in a thrilling Super Over finale to this great tournament staged here in the UK. After soundly thrashing New Zealand in…

DaveThomas July 16, 2019

Grumpy Old Man Humour Personal

Grumpy Old Man – Travelling By Train

Since moving to the “sticks”, I travel to work a couple of mornings a weeks by the local commuter train as it is as quick as driving in and costs…

DaveThomas July 9, 2019