We are constantly being brainwashed by the media. It seems that a huge chunk of the population of the so-called 'developed world' agree with the governments that support Netanyahoo but they do so simply out of...
Wonderful as always. Happily read in the last of the sunshine with my cat (an avid reader) and a blackbird for company. It's our Tick of the Day...Do share on social media.
A couple of times in our garden, after a summer evening rainshower, I've seen small frogs that have swallowed fireflies. I only know this because I've seen the dull flashing from inside their throats.
Well chosen words in your poem, which explain exactly how so many politicians, and the media allow this awful carnage to persist, without actually doing anything very useful to cause it to end, or at least to moderate it. It is as if we have all...
not quite the ending I was expecting (that's a good thing, BTW) despite the clues.
Not sure about Just Stop Oil's methods myself. Equally, I want to know how long it took them to get to Stonehenge on their pushbikes, because of course...
I used to get hot flushes when I tried to talk to any beautiful girls I'd been at school with. I used the 15 pints and I was ready to roar, rather than the Erazofuge. As I got older I tried cutting down to a reasonable 12 pints. But I had to up...
Jean. Thank you for sharing your story. It is harrowing to read but you write beautifully and clearly. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
I struggled to think of an appropriate image but in the end I settled upon a...
By Turlough
Israel
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2025
I agree with you entirely Ed.
We are constantly being brainwashed by the media. It seems that a huge chunk of the population of the so-called 'developed world' agree with the governments that support Netanyahoo but they do so simply out of...
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By onemorething
Wonderful as always. Happily
Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025
Wonderful as always. Happily read in the last of the sunshine with my cat (an avid reader) and a blackbird for company. It's our Tick of the Day...Do share on social media.
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By Turlough
Fireflies and frogs
Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024
A couple of times in our garden, after a summer evening rainshower, I've seen small frogs that have swallowed fireflies. I only know this because I've seen the dull flashing from inside their throats.
This is a lovely poem Jenny. I really...
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By David Kirtley
Well chosen words in your
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Well chosen words in your poem, which explain exactly how so many politicians, and the media allow this awful carnage to persist, without actually doing anything very useful to cause it to end, or at least to moderate it. It is as if we have all...
Read full commentPosted in Memo to a new Labour MP Regarding Israel’s Latest Atrocity
By celticman
ah, superpowers. I'd love one
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
ah, superpowers. I'd love one, but the price is too high.
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By Ewan
Well done
Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024
not quite the ending I was expecting (that's a good thing, BTW) despite the clues.
Not sure about Just Stop Oil's methods myself. Equally, I want to know how long it took them to get to Stonehenge on their pushbikes, because of course...
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By Turlough
Bernard Manning
Posted on Tue, 09 Jul 2024
The former existence of Bernard Manning pours doubt on the possibility that there has ever been a supreme being that's made us in their image.
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By celticman
I used to get hot flushes
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024
I used to get hot flushes when I tried to talk to any beautiful girls I'd been at school with. I used the 15 pints and I was ready to roar, rather than the Erazofuge. As I got older I tried cutting down to a reasonable 12 pints. But I had to up...
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By Turlough
Kind words, Di. Thank you.
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023
Kind words, Di. Thank you.
If it helps you keep the giggling under control I'll read something about my involvement with the bubonic plague on 12 August.
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By drew_gummerson
Jean. Thank you for sharing
Posted on Thu, 22 Jun 2023
Jean. Thank you for sharing your story. It is harrowing to read but you write beautifully and clearly. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
I struggled to think of an appropriate image but in the end I settled upon a...
Read full commentPosted in Is or Isn't Lena
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