Malachy PurcellSad stuff about ushttp://sillysocksonfriday.com/2024/03/22/making-ourselves-mad/Mar 21Mar 21
Malachy PurcellSpeak now or forever hold your peace!The debate over the referendum to grant a “Voice” to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders sparks many thoughts in my mind, most of…Aug 2, 2022Aug 2, 2022
Malachy PurcellCall me cantankerousThe statue of Edward Colston was toppled in a Black Lives Matter protest and tossed into a river in Bristol. He had been a merchant who…Mar 20, 2022Mar 20, 2022
Malachy PurcellThe mysteries of sexHopefully the title has lured your interest and you read on. This is about an older man’s resistance to change and opposition to the…Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021
Malachy PurcellRugby players drink lagerWhen we are young we pass swift judgements and cling to our beliefs stubbornly — something like nailing one’s colours to the mast.Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Malachy PurcellThe duck, the monkey and the elephantA duck and an elephant walked into a bar. The elephant had a monkey on its back.Mar 21, 2021Mar 21, 2021
Malachy PurcellWhistler’s mother and her sheepdogJames Abbott McNeill Whistler painted his mother in 1871 and titled it “Arrangement in Grey and Black, №1.” After her husband’s death, Anna…Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Malachy PurcellConversation with a hyenaHyenas are as clever as they are ugly. It is reported that they are cleverer than chimpanzees which probably means cleverer than a lot of…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
Malachy PurcellHarry the Chocolate KingKing Harry is a big dog. He looks like a king, even if he is quite old. His coat is dark chocolate brown as he is a chocolate Labrador. (It…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Malachy PurcellGet Down WomanThat is the title of a song written by John Fogerty and first performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968 (see below for lyrics). I…Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018