Humour

The Mystery Of The Heinz Salad Cream With 30% Less Fat.

I grew up with Heinz Tomato Ketchup and had it with every meal and snack, but not with cereal, from a very young age. Once a year I would go away to...
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Banging the Bongos at Blackpool!

In which Archibald frets and Josiah bangs a drum! Photo by Tom Waites, 2013

I'm Not A Princess.

I was sitting at my usual spot on my sofa, with my laptop on my lap, writing a story late one night, it was quiet and all the animals around me were...
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Hotel Mediterraneo

Sultry and still the sweet night air. Latin music. Crickets chirping. Like a favela in Rio or anywhere But for the sound of Geordies burping. For el...
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THUS SPOKE CHORKIE WALKER - Chorkie's Discourses (first part)

THUS SPOKE CHORKIE WALKER Of the Three Metamorphoses ‘I name you three metamorphoses of the miniature teddy bear: how a mass-produced toy shall...
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Lazing On a Thursday Afternoon

Caught in a lull between two storms, I’m stuck in an uneasy stay-in-the-house kind of frame of mind, reluctant to open the back door even though the...
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Santa in Therapy

Santa lets loose in the psychiatrist's office.
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Take It or Leave It (with music video)

I first posted this poem on the ABCTales website in November, during the week when our Inspiration Point was ambivalence. Please forgive me if you...
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Long John Santa and the Christmasola

Oops, Santa Claus and Treasure Island just got their wires crossed.
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