A little bit of history

How the oldest game was invented
 Golf is a very ancient game. It goes back well before Gary Player. In fact it goes back to the time of the apeman.  
Around 4-million years ago Australopithecus africanus had been forced out of the receding forests and on to the plains of Africa. In order to see over the [...]

The art of head punching

 

Watching a French rugby game on television recently  I saw a French reservist come on to the field punching his own head.
 In 1998, while watching France play England at the Stade de France, I saw a large French player do the same thing – running onto the field punching his own head using both fists. [...]

Getting stung is more than a wee problem

An acquaintance recently told me his dog likes nothing better than to be taken round the block to “read his wee-mail”.
It reminded me of a time when, by happenstance, my wife and I unwillingly acquired a small Maltese terrier. He followed me like a shadow wherever I went, yapping for me to take him for [...]

Densa’s Extraordinary Annual Meeting

 I called the meeting to order.
It was not a very big turn-out – especially for a club with so many potential members and, after all, this was an Extraordinary Annual Meeting to mark the 10th anniversary of Densa.
Densa is the society for those whose IQs are within that exceedingly wide band between that of a [...]