Author Archives: Simon

About Simon

Simon Houghton creator of The Bloke Show started life as a baby, going on to become a boy and then a man, at which time he became an actor. As time passed he went on to be a director, later still he became a sales guy, then a business owner. Most recently he regressed and became a writer. Then a driver, then an actor again. Decisiveness is not one of his strong suits.

The ending to the saga that began with The house, the tree and an ending poetic The bastard’s disappeared. It banged away in my eaves for two days, then nothing. The same day as I wrote about him he buggered … Continue reading →

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Simon | Leave a comment

The trouble with Facebook is you Pt 2

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Simon

This post is a continuation of The trouble with Facebook Pt 1 There’s nothing wrong with Facebook, I’ve got nothing against FB or Mark Zuckerberg personally or anything, I don’t even know the bloke. But I do have something against the … Continue reading →

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Hello boys and girls its the song of the day

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Simon

Just because it seems fitting. The Modfathers newest with the young Adele. We’re chasing pavements

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The trouble with Facebook is you Pt 1

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Simon

There’s nothing wrong with Facebook, I’ve got nothing against FB or Mark Zuckerberg personally or anything, I don’t even know the bloke. But I do have something against the 500,000,000 or so users of FB (or a good proportion of … Continue reading →

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St Patrick’s Day 2011

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Simon

Sung to the tune of – McNamara’s Band – Hey Diddle-Diddle Dee. Diddly-Diddly Hey. Hey Diddle-Diddle Dee Dontcha know? Dontcha know? Diddly-Diddly I wouldnt be leavin’ from here. Hey Diddle-Diddle Fa-la-la. Aint that the craic? Diddly Do-dah Hey Diddle- Dee … Continue reading →

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