Cherrypicked stories
Barnaby Jones
And so sleep tight...
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Written in the stars
re-post, reworked slightly
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The monster turkey
It was the biggest turkey ever, 84 lbs the shopkeeper said. Dirk’s girlfriend teased him, saying “You’re only 81 lbs yourself, he must have meant ounces.”
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Madwomen in an Attic
Here I am, me and four other women all huddled together in an attic. How, why or where I have no idea; neither have I any recollection of events leading up to this incarceration.
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Doing Europe
Dean Street, Soho and Park Lane circa 1962.
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On Being A Cruslim
Then I came up with the genius decision that I am a Cruslim. Yes, a Christian Muslim.
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Just a Ball and a Stick
I glance over at the clock. Fifteen seconds. That’s all the time we have to score. All the time we have to win.
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Twitter Is A Bunch Of Arse
Twitter is a bunch of arse A self-indulgent waste Of the time the good Lord gave us And a coffin-nail for taste It’s a way to boast and brag and crow About how you’re the best
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It Was Back In The 60s
Recalling the past. Church St., Kensington W8 -1963 .
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A+
But I may have carried X When I should have dropped the Y The answers in the textbook Said it should all add up to Pi
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7. Life just got better - Till a death do us part
It’s two in the morning and Andy is on the couch watching infomercials. Before I arrive I have my story ready, but he is not asking me what happened.
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A Time to Play
Thank goodness our parents were unknowing of the danger we exposed ourselves to. Children often do engage in risky adventures, and this was to be ours.
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Because they can’t get the wrappers off
A silly Christmas story from the woman who brought you the talking rabbit.
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Too Cold for Snow
Too young, as I was then, to know the true meaning of love...
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No Surrender
Been through a rough patch lately. At times it would have been so easy to accept fate and go with it but the genes, wouldn't let me Thank Goodness...
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The Art of Bullfighting
This is me Letting you go Float away Beyond the Misty shoreline Beyond the Fading sunset Finally
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It's An Outrage!
Do you - only too often - see news stories where people stridently claim 'It's an outrage!' about something you've never even noticed, let alone thought about before?
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The winner
The year didn't stop
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Winter's Garden
A midnight walk last evening...
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