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Ugly Puggly 12
Ugly Puggly was a surprisingly good cook. By that I meant he could do more that toast and beans. He baked his own bread and could even do vegetarian...
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Ugly Puggly 11
The shopkeeper said he was very sorry to hear about Agnes. ‘Cheers,’ I could never mind his name. I’d called him Raj, when I was drunk and he smiled...
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Ugly Puggly 10
I used to go to my local, three or four times a week. I caught the odd cry of ‘Hi, Jim,’ but that was from old timers like Jock. He didn’t wait for a...
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Ugly Puggly 9
I wandered through to the kitchen. While the kettle was boiling, I picked out a mug from the debris in the sink. Tap water was boiling hot. I ducked...
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Ugly Puggly 8
I took Agnes a sausage-roll for lunch. Seventy pence from Villa Bakery. You couldn’t beat that. She’d rolled out of her bed, and she wasn’t looking...
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you see what so many see, but
Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024
you see what so many see, but differently. 1000 miles of water and America, no longer that far. No longer dreamt.
Read full commentPosted in West of Ireland
wow. Hunting the wren. That
Posted on Fri, 14 Jun 2024
wow. Hunting the wren. That was something new I learned. Poor women of the Famine. Thanks.
Read full commentPosted in The Hunting of the Wren
I didn't know the devil had a
Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2024
I didn't know the devil had a daugther, Lucy. I knew about the hangliding. Seen him once. soaring over my roof. Wasn't sure whether to wave or not. I might have been tempted to ask for my soul back too.
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yes the world does seem
Posted on Mon, 10 Jun 2024
yes the world does seem crueler. maybe that's because I get older, I notice more.
Read full commentPosted in Alfred Muggins’ Easter Holiday by Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
Spencer is stealth mode is
Posted on Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Spencer is stealth mode is (as you know) the problem facing humanity. If AI joins the dots we're pretty much fucked, without the sexual function...
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she sounds like a corker. you
Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024
she sounds like a corker. you've given her voice. findus, aye, those were great. they were authentic Indian pancakes made by Mahatma Gandhi. 'Foriegn muck,' my mum called it. This would be the seventies. I don't think she ever tried a ribbed...
Read full commentPosted in The Spice of Life
yes, there is much beauty and
Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2024
yes, there is much beauty and much pain and suffering. They do not balance, but life is not an equation. LIfe is what we hold.
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ah, perhaps not so secret.
Posted on Sun, 26 May 2024
ah, perhaps not so secret.
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Crazy people do crazy things.
Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024
Crazy people do crazy things. It's the non-crazy people we need to worry about. Putin, Trump et al. They are simply evil incarnate. I hope Lucifer pays them a visit very soon. We have never made a weapon we have not used. That's the worry. Even...
Read full commentPosted in The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two)
I've got a book quite like
Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024
I've got a book quite like that. Not magical unless you fill in the blanks 'Incredible Adventures' is the title. Open the cover and the pages are blank.
Read full commentPosted in "Book of All Answers"
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