Columns - Bobs Banter

“Yesterday, the police chased me with a baton. Today, the government sent me a friendship request.” The young student stared

August 11, 2026

“Has anyone seen my spectacles?” I shouted. My wife looked up from her book, started strangely at me, then asked

August 10, 2026

“Makeup!” The leader sits before the mirror while an assistant powders his face. “Chest out, sir,” whispered another. The leader

August 8, 2026

How we love sitting at the Head Table! I decided to walk over and interview one. “Hi!” I said. “Sit!”

August 7, 2026

As I watch my youngest grandchild slowly using her left hand more than her right, I wonder whether she is

August 7, 2026

“Speak to the youth!” said one old man to another. So, they found a radio, adjusted the microphone, cleared their

August 6, 2026

“Papa, how do you know this news is true?” My friend looked at his twelve-year-old son, then at the WhatsApp

August 5, 2026

A fifteen-year-old girl uses abusive language while speaking about the Prime Minister. Immediately, the machinery of power allegedly swings into

August 4, 2026

As this government insists on building walls between people, here are two walls worth mentioning. The first belongs to an

August 1, 2026

One of the smallest organs in the body is the tongue, and yet there has been so much that has

August 1, 2026

A poem that fascinated me in my school days was Alfred Lord Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade. “Forward,

July 31, 2026

“Did you always thrash your children?” I asked an elderly father. “Of course not!” he replied indignantly. “I only used

July 30, 2026

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