Monthly Archives: October 2023

If it quacks like a chicken…

As I said to my grandson, if it waddles like a chicken and quacks like a chicken, it’s probably a duck. Comments: Ian Short: What I actually said was “…it’s probably a small-billed waterfowl of the Anatinae family”. Doug Jacquier … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother.

Fifty-three years ago today, 6 October started off as just another Tuesday. The last thing I felt like doing on a week-day evening after a hard day’s teaching in a north London school was going out and meeting a random … Continue reading

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