Joke #1

My dad: If I grow my beard longer, I could be Father Christmas.

Me: No - you could be the Anti-Father Christmas

Who's he kidding??????

good, bad, indifferent

Good things about today: successful Christmas shopping
Halloumi cheese for dinner
Tom Chambers won Strictly Come Dancing

Bad things about today: expensive Christmas shopping
Humungous(?) bill arrived in post

Strugnell's Haiku
(i)
The cherry blossom
In my neighbour's garden - Oh!
It looks really nice.
(ii)
The leaves have fallen
And the snow has fallen and
Soon my hair also...
(iii)
November evening:
The moon is up, rooks settle,
The pubs are open.
-- Wendy Cope