One-Sided

For a change, this post should not be read as a complaint or anything like it.  Here’s what prompted it:

In a candid interview, former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has revealed that she used to go on dates to get free meals because she was paid so little as a trainee nurse. Mrs Dorries left school at 16 and began training as a nurse at 18, but was shocked at the pittance she was paid.
‘It was not eating money,’ she said, revealing how she and friends would accept dates to get a free meal.

…and I’m not at all shocked by the revelation that women use sex (or even the vague promise thereof) to get money or whatever from men.

‘Twas ever thus, and we men have always acknowledged it without any kind of bitterness or rancor.  Women have always had the upper hand in this regard, and it’s just the way of the world.

Indeed, I’m quite jealous of the fact that women can set up an OnlyFans account and, regardless of appearance*, sell online videos of themselves having a little sex fun, whether solo action or with a partner.  (*No matter what they look like or how old they are, there will always be men who have a fantasy about that particular look, and are willing to pay for the privilege of seeing their fantasies brought to life, so to speak.)

Ditto all the InstaGram and TikTok “influencers”, of whom the biggest earners seem to consist mostly of hot younger women.

Is all this “unfair” to men?  Yeah… whatever.  I mean, no woman (and certainly no man) is going to pay a monthly sum to watch me clean a gun or sample different gins (probably the only two activities I’m capable of doing with any competence at this time of my life).  I wish that were not true, but there it is.

Anyway, here’s a pic of Nadine Dorries, taken some time ago:

…shown for educational purposes to my Murkin Readers, who probably have no clue who she is.

News Roundup

Sponsored by:

And on we go, with most news items in the same spirit as the ad.  It’s not all bad news though, for a change…



...should be at the head of the Needle Line.


...in other news, Monopoly Bank also robbed of play money.


...”Enjoy our Kristallnacht Special Bucket!!”  FFS.


...can’t wait to see how they’ll be welcomed when they land in Abu Dhabi or Riyadh.

And in the CLIMATE!CLIMATE!EVERYBODYPANIC!! Dept:


...errrr wasn’t it “Only five years!“, ten years ago?  

And the corollary:


...I love the smell of back-pedaling in the morning.


...RESIST!!  WOLVERINES!!

And in our Science Proves! section:


...keyword:  Iran.


...do we really need to know about this, FFS?


...awkward, maybe, but valid nevertheless once you see the pics.


...no shit.  But at least it’s a recession-proof living.

In the Education Dept:


...she’ll make up the lost income from her OnlyFans account, though and it’s not like any kids were involved.


...fucking hell, just go ahead and surrender already.

In the evermore-irrelevant INSIGNIFICA:

And in our Paige Three section, Paige supports another Instagram tottie, and she’s not bad, albeit somewhat under-endowed:

But The Real Paige still gets it going, sorry:

Another Stupid Survey

You can go ahead and read the silly thing, which as always is crammed full of utter nonsense… but this is more honest:

Kim’s 10 Best Reasons For Having Sex

  1. money
  2. fulfilling a longtime fantasy
  3. the kids are at Nana’s house
  4. you have a sneaking suspicion that you might be making a mistake
  5. you’re out of town on business
  6. you mistakenly popped a Viagra instead of your vitamin tablet
  7. the game’s been called off because of rain
  8. you’re both drunk and she’s keen
  9. the hotel’s Housekeeping will have to clean up the mess
  10. family reunions don’t happen every day, you know.

…and by the way, it’s even better if you can combine any of the above into one really good reason.

Feel free to add your suggestions in Comments…

Classic Beauty: Norma Talmadge

Back to the silent movies we go, with actress (and later producer) Norma Talmadge:

You know, my problem with all the stars of this era is that the pics were so stylized that very little of the actresses’ character shone through (which is why so many of them look so alike).  Here, for example, is a much later pic of Norma, taken when she was (I think) in her late fifties, and the difference is astonishing:

Gorgeous.

The Business Of Nostalgia – Part 2

Last week we looked at Brabus Classic doing their Germanic number on restoring old Mercedes cars.  This week, we turn our gaze upon a guy (who looks suspiciously like a Teutonic version of Don Draper from Mad Men), and his company called Early 911S, which specializes in restoring Porches of the air-cooled Boxer-engine era to their ummm earlier magnificence.  Help yourself to an hour or so of watching the pros go about their business.

As I said last week, I can’t fit into any sports car, let alone the dinkies of that era, but I have to say that one of those cherry 356 numbers would look extremely good in my post-Powerball garage…

Yeah, they do the 356 (which I think is beautiful) as well as the 911 (which isn’t).

And then, of course, there’s RUF.