I’m not an economist. Anyone that’s ever seen my bank balance will know that. I have always been a bigger fan of spending money rather than saving and investing it, and nor have I ever been that wise in what to spend it on either. Hence why my flat is filled with graphic novels and […]
TAGGED WITH: graphic novels, Jimmy Carr, moles, mutant moles, mutants, political, Politics, Starbucks, tax, tiernan douieb, unemployment CATEGORISED BY:amazon Beer bingo Blog budget Budget 2014 Comedy Conservatives Custer's Last Stand Gary Barlow George Osborne Google News He Encouraged Us March 16th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebIt’s not often I want to kick myself for failing to do something anymore. I’ve do a job I like and in which I mostly dictate what I do with it. I learned ages ago not to regret not doing things I don’t like doing anyway and so have spent many happy years now not […]
TAGGED WITH: Iain Duncan Smith, news, Newsnight, panel, political, Politics, radio, right wing, Telegraph, Thatcher, tiernan douieb, Tony Benn, TUC, Ukraine CATEGORISED BY:Blog Comedy economic fox hunting fridge Gay Marriage George Osborne News Sinking, Not Swimming February 10th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebI’ve been thinking a lot about the lost city of Atlantis these last few days. If the island wasn’t just a fictional creation and did exist, now somewhere miles underwater, now inhabited by a variety of sea life rather than denizens that it once used to hold, I wonder what it’s last few weeks would […]
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TAGGED WITH: Politics, PR, Scotland, tiernan douieb, tour, twitter, Wales CATEGORISED BY:Blog carrier pigeons Comedy Facebook News Ying & Yang, Ant & Dec January 18th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebIt’s only as an adult that I realise again and again how naive films and television have made me throughout my life. Stories always showed someone who was good and fought the good cause against someone who is definitely, undeniably evil. Even in cases like Star Wars where Darth Vader (SPOILER ALERT, though seriously, how […]
TAGGED WITH: journalism, journalists, left wing, morals, myths, newspapers, Politics, right wing, spoilers, Star Wars, tiernan douieb, twitter, Ying and Yang CATEGORISED BY:Ant and Dec Audience Blog Comedy Darth Vader News Correct To The Worst Of My Ability January 17th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebI’m taking part in a radio show tonight. It’s one of those ones where they discuss topical issues, people call in who have often read a news headline and like shouting it over and over again until someone responds, and they have a guest comedian hoping they might say something funny here and there. Tonight, […]
TAGGED WITH: obesity, opinions, Politics, radio, research, Robin Ince, shit car, tiernan douieb, viewpoints CATEGORISED BY:Blog Comedy Facts fracking News Total Bankers December 5th, 2011 by Tiernan DouiebHSBC has been fined £10.5 million today for conning old people out of investment money. I won’t go into detail as its there in the news story and to be honest the actual detail isn’t what bothers me. What annoys this here Douieb is here is a case of a large multinational bank with billions […]
TAGGED WITH: HSBC, NHFA, Nick Clegg, Politics, tiernan douieb, UK CATEGORISED BY:AAA rating banking sector Blog Coalition Comedy Conservatives Eurozone Crisis explotations George Osborne Government News Ranty Rant Rant November 12th, 2011 by Tiernan DouiebI’m a whole bundle of vexed this morning. Not sure what a bundle of vexed would be like but I suspect it to be like the creature in Brett Easton Ellis’ Lunar Park. If haven’t read that, imagine Gnasher trying to eat himself. That’s probably about right. Why such rage oh Tiernan? Well blogees, let […]
TAGGED WITH: Hague, NHS, Osborne, political, Politics, tiernan douieb CATEGORISED BY:Army Audience Blog Cameron Comedy compere crisis Cuts Eurozone News Size Of The Fight In The Dog October 5th, 2011 by Tiernan DouiebI thought I’d wait and type today’s blog after watching David Cameron do his speech at the end of the Conservatives Conference. It’s the last of the three main parties meetings and probably, or at least I thought so, the most important to pay attention to for the key clues as to how much worse […]
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