EP's Friday Light Relief

             Hard luck story... "At the weekend my Great-Aunt told me a great family story. Her dad, my Great-Great Grandfather, spent almost 3 years at the front in WW1.   He sent almost all his money home, so it could be saved and he could start a new life after the war. When he got home he found his family...   .. spent the money and given all his things away. The reason given was that they though he would die.   Safe to say that he wasn't happy and boycotted a few Christmases."View the story hereTransfer Deadline Tracking Liverpool fans tracked a plane this week to see if it was carrying a new football transfer: "We are trying to confirm with the Captain if VVD is on the plane. The flight is due to land at John Lennon airport from Bournemouth #LFC" The player, "VVD", is Virgil van Dirk. View the tweet here.    Game of Thrones fan goes to extreme lengths to avoid finding out spoilers. The IT man put a sign around his neck which said: "I have not seen the finale of G.O.T! So help me god if you ruin it for me I will make your computer run slower than a 1997 compaq with a 56k modem!" A commentator said: "I like that he couldn't find any string, tape, or a binder clip, but he seems to have plenty of iphone cables to spare... " Food critic sparks fury by calling people from Plymouth ‘tattooed fatties’ Food critic Giles Coren has sparked outrage by calling people from Plymouth ‘tattooed fatties with pikey tents’. Coren was complaining that his usual holiday haunt, the formerly private Mothecombe Beach, had attracted new visitors after opening to the public. The 48-year-old was visiting with Sue Perkins to review a new restaurant in the area. After giving The Schoolhouse Cafe a rave review, Coren ripped into the ‘general public’ enjoying a day out – whom he branded ‘tattooed fatties’. Read more here           The above was in response to the right-wing commentator, Ann Coulter, who managed in one sentence, to rubbish climate change and argue that homosexuals can cause bad weather: "I don't believe Hurricane Harvey is God's punishment for Houston electing a lesbian mayor. But that is more credible than "climate change." People are baffled at the sentiment.  View the original tweet.“Like the Living Dead in a second-rate horror film, the premiership of Theresa May staggers on oblivious.”George Osborne's Evening Standard