Black Cats: Unlucky for Some May 3, 2011
Posted by Beachcombing in : Actualite, Modern
Beachcombing’s mother has flown in from the Dominions to visit her grandchildren and generally cause confusion – arguments over restaurant bills, dietary controversies and black cats… On the last point Beachcombing has to admit though that his mater has a point, one worth sharing with a wider audience. It would hardly be worth worrying about [...]
Unluckiest in history June 12, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary, Modern
Beachcombing has had one of those extraordinarily bad days where everything went wrong from birdsong onwards: broken computers, screaming infants, rude emails, income tax threats, temperamental car, vomiting wife (don’t ask)… In celebration of this he thought that he would muse on the unluckiest person in history: a man or woman who ended up in the wrong place [...]
