I agree with ScoZen and Luigi we need some more entries for this challenge. So in the interest of quantity over quality here's my second one. Inspired by Blur's Song 2. (And yes, hampsteads really is cockney rhyming slang for teeth).
Glad to see Club Hypnagogo is up and running, although I did prefer the old name of Hypnagogo Nite Scene. (I have noticed this with nightclubs - they stay the same but are always changing their names. I don't know whether it's to fool the tax...
I think we need an explanation - what is "Dr Kacheva’s ‘advanced lap surgery’" ? Did she dance around in a thong and nipple tassels and four inch heels and then sit on your lap while stitching up your nose ? You wouldn't get that on the NHS.
I had some friends who called their cat 'Trex' so that when they couldn't find her they could go out in the garden and shout 'Where's that Cooking Fat ?'. (A silly but true story which you've just reminded me of).
Or dead poll. Considering
Posted on Sun, 09 Nov 2025
Or dead poll. Considering where he was ..
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Generally I'm not a big fan
Posted on Sun, 18 Oct 2026
Generally I'm not a big fan of William Morris and his champagne socialist Arts and Crafts maties, but I'm with him all the way with this.
(He actually wrote his letter to The Athenæum not The Times, but that didn't rhyme...
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Spooky
Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2026
Ooh this is getting spooky, just in time for Halloween.
The dialogue is brilliant. When Eithne and Mrs Leahy are talking I hear their voices in my head with the accents of the nuns who taught at my convent.
Really enjoying this...
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This stuff wasn't
Posted on Fri, 09 Oct 2026
This stuff wasn't disappearing - it was literally falling off shelves in front of the staff. With nobody anywhere near it.
I wasn't on shift that day but when I came in to work the next day, everyone was talking about it. The whole of...
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Love this Sean, more of
Posted on Tue, 06 Oct 2026
Love this Sean, more of Eithne's story please.
Could I suggest a couple of corrections :
'you’re being a widow' s/be 'your being a widow'
'mad ompany ' s/be 'mad company '
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Thank you Jennny ! Good to
Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2026
Thank you Jennny ! Good to see you posting on here. I think one of your lovely mysterious poems would be perfect for Frankenplot.
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Boogie Nites
Posted on Fri, 02 Oct 2026
Glad to see Club Hypnagogo is up and running, although I did prefer the old name of Hypnagogo Nite Scene. (I have noticed this with nightclubs - they stay the same but are always changing their names. I don't know whether it's to fool the tax...
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The Dancing Doctor
Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2026
I think we need an explanation - what is "Dr Kacheva’s ‘advanced lap surgery’" ? Did she dance around in a thong and nipple tassels and four inch heels and then sit on your lap while stitching up your nose ? You wouldn't get that on the NHS.
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I just finished my weekly
Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2026
I just finished my weekly shift at the charity shop at lunchtime today, so this is very relevant !
Yes we do find all sorts of sad and funny things in pockets and bags. I recently found an order of service for a wedding from 1986 in a...
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Trex the cat
Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2026
I had some friends who called their cat 'Trex' so that when they couldn't find her they could go out in the garden and shout 'Where's that Cooking Fat ?'. (A silly but true story which you've just reminded me of).
OK, so the possible...
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