you think it's safe to enter the forums again the loons arrive...Tony, I seem to remember you posting something about a final warning not so long ago!

It's the top of the news section on the Front Page.

http://www.abctales.com/node/546380

This is disturbing and about as unsexy as they come. Urgh.

But I love the images - the mountaineering hands is spot on.

Also the rhythm and sound of the ending is perfect.

I'm surprised this was not cherried over 'handle', which was cherried. I like 'handle' a lot but I think this is far superior.

Nice.

Joe

Fatih Tas, the owner of Kurdish Aram Publishing House in Turkey faces
6.5 years of punishment in prison if he is not acquitted at his next
trial on the 2nd of December 2005 in an Istanbul court. He's being prosecuted for
having published a book by John Tirman, director of international
studies in MIT.

'A third of Britons blame flirty women for rape

LONDON (Reuters) - One in three Britons believes a woman who flirts is partly or totally responsible if she is raped, a "shocking" opinion poll showed on Monday.

Between a third and a quarter of respondents also put part or all of the blame on the woman if she fails to say "no" clearly to the man, wears sexy clothes, drinks too much, has many sexual partners and walks alone in a deserted area.'

I found this a moving and deeply human account of the AIDS epidemic in Africa. It's sentimental without being mawkish:

http://www.abctales.com/story/rask_balavoine/chicoso

A fine achievement.

Last month a vet in Leeds was warned by the West Yorkshire Police Force that he could be arrested for breach of the peace for flying a flag that has been carried into battle by kings and infantrymen alike for over 700 years since the days of Richard the Lionheart. The vet describes himself in the following manner:

http://www.abctales.com/story/narcissa/what-a-piece-of-work-is-a

Usually I don't start threads, being the shy sort.
There are rather a lot of good ones today that I don't want to just pass by.

The bit about the hair being like currency and breaking from a corset bone by bone with a tongue is excellent.

Not sure about the need for a line break on the final two lines.

Very much enjoyed.

Span

I likes it a lot.

http://www.abctales.com/story/jack-cade/muswell-hill-time-travellers

Not sure about the bit in brackets.

I think it gets super good from 'we chased cats'.

Span