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Ugly Puggly 21
Ugly Puggly was slicing his way through roof tiles with a long knife, with a sickle hook halfway down the blade. ‘Hi, watch whit yer daeing,’ Grey-...
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Ugly Puggly 20
Ugly Puggly’s garden may have been a death trap with all that broken glass running down the slope, and the turning frame of a windmill, but the...
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Ugly Puggly 19
The newsagent asked how my wife was doing, which put me on a downer. I guessed I was being racist, thinking Asian folk shouldn’t be trained to read...
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Ugly Puggly 18
Ugly Puggly was doing something with broad beans and peas, boiling them to death. ‘Whit have you got in the oven?’ I smacked my lips together, after...
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Ugly Puggly 17
We balanced plates of linguine dappled with parmesan on our laps in the living room. Ugly Puggly sat in his armchair across from us and sipped green...
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the party of parties,
Posted on Wed, 27 Dec 2023
the party of parties, unfortunately still in goverment. The harm they have done is not immeasurable, but nobody counts when they are out of government as Boris and his transatlantic friend the moron's moron found out. There's nothnig good that...
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ah, prayer is a funny thing.
Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023
ah, prayer is a funny thing. We wait all our live for a reply.
Read full commentPosted in By the Candelight of Saints
blessings to you too Jenny
Posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2023
blessings to you too Jenny (more of a bah humbug kinda guy).
Read full commentPosted in Charms Of The Season
corpses, in bed, or out, are
Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023
corpses, in bed, or out, are always a worry. Perhaps less so for your average undertaker. Not that they're ever average.
Read full commentPosted in Harbour Lights (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 46)
chocolate fingers are always
Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023
chocolate fingers are always a worry. Robotic fingers and real feelings moreso.
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we don't ever believe, until
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
we don't ever believe, until it's too late.
Read full commentPosted in If We Don't Talk About It, It Won't Haunt Me
Great idea. Keeping that big
Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Great idea. Keeping that big idea kettled. I'd love to try it. But I can't think of anything big enough.
Read full commentPosted in Brodie's Big Idea
bah, humbug. But since it's
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
bah, humbug. But since it's Christmas I'll let a happy ending go.
Read full commentPosted in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
we like to step outside our
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
we like to step outside our comfort zones, Jenny, but not too far!
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we ne'er step into the same
Posted on Thu, 07 Dec 2023
we ne'er step into the same stream twice, especially not if it's polluted.
Read full commentPosted in I went back to Birmingham
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