Huddersfield Examiner - Columnists - Grumpy Young Man

Grumpy Young Man: The crisis every cheapskate motorist must face

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

I’VE reached a crisis that every ill-heeled motorist hits every year or two.

Grumpy Young Man: Owners and breeders are to blame – not dogs

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

NORMALLY he’s a playful sweetheart who loves to snuggle on the sofa.

Grumpy Young Man: In praise of awesome overlooked animals

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

EVEN those with hearts colder than the Antarctic couldn’t help but warm to the stars of BBC’s Penguins: Spy in the Huddle.

Grumpy Young Man: Keep the ukulele inside the classroom

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

IT’S an instrument that requires marginally more skill to play than a kazoo.

Grumpy Young Man: Put your mobile phone away and enjoy the moment

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:23:00 GMT

MY birthplace puts on a damned good party to celebrate the Chinese New Year. So the missus and I fought through dense crowds in Manchester’s Chinatown to watch 12 minutes of extremely loud, bright and expensive fireworks.

Grumpy Young Man: The towns that welcomed back the traffic wardens

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:21:00 GMT

WHAT is it about parking that turns normally considerate people into self-centred hellhounds?

Grumpy Young Man: Soon holidays in Kavos will include gory gladiatorial combat

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

OCCASIONALLY I like a bit of trashy TV to sneer at.

Grumpy Young Man: Committing the lamest crime of the century

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

EACH week at the Examiner we receive a report from the police detailing (pretty much) every crime reported in the borough that week.

Grumpy Young Man: Flooding could make our wildlife more interesting

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

ONE birdwatcher had something of a shock earlier this week when he spotted a seal making its way through a field – 50 miles inland.

Grumpy Young Man: Failing the psychopath test

Huddersfield Examiner — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

I’VE often fancied myself as an amateur psychiatrist. For a long time I’ve had a fascination with the dark side of the human mind.

Grumpy Young Man: Are weddings more about wealth than love?

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

TWO years ago the modern day stag-do received a bashing from my poison pen.It wasn’t the stag-do itself that annoyed me, more how it’s become a competition to put on the most expensive, far-flung party as possible.

Grumpy Young Man: The dog that likes to Bach

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

YOU’VE heard of dogs that howl along to the Coronation Street theme tune.

Grumpy Young Man: Think before you ink to avoid a tattoo disaster

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

GETTING inked is a serious business. Picking a tattoo, or indeed a tattoo artist, is something you shouldn’t rush.

Grumpy Young Man: Will cigarette packs containing graphic images be a bridge too far?

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

FROM December 1, 2012, all cigarettes sold in Australia must be housed in plain packets dominated by graphic visual warnings.

Grumpy Young Man: Rail travel in a dirtier, noisier version of the 1980s

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

IN June I wasn’t allowed to drive.

Grumpy Young Man: Get insured in case your holiday is a flaming disaster

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

IN March Mr and Ms Grumpy set off on their dream holiday.

Grumpy Young Man: A guide to surviving and ditching bad friends

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

IT was the straw that broke this camel’s back. “Fancy going out for a drink this Friday?”, I texted to a mate I’ll call ‘Steve’

Grumpy Young Man: Time to get rid of the moobs

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

THEY’RE an addition to the male body that no self-respecting bloke wants.

Grumpy Young Man: A dreamy hospital stay followed by cold turkey

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT

MY nemesis – aka my left shoulder – was finally repaired two months ago.

Grumpy Young Man: It’s society that needs to be ‘brave’ around illness

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT

MY great-grandfather made himself ill to avoid conscription to the Russian army.