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Ugly Puggly 2
I waited until we were stranded between traffic lights on Great Western Road before I spoke. People thought Ugly Puggly was being ignorant, because...
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Ugly Puggly
Agnes said, ‘Did you see The Clydebank Post ?’ ‘Nah, why would I?’ I shook my head. Sitting on the stairs, pulling on my work boots. A snarled lace,...
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answering machine
My online pals joke phones are called mobile for a reason. Mine is a ten-quid model. Any drug dealer in prison would be proud of it. Top-up and Pay-...
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the eleven-minute bore.
My jacket was in the bar. She’d little more than a blouse, with a red bra playing peek-a-boo. The wind cut through thin clothing and buffeted our...
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the ten-minute bore
Christmas-Eve was a big thing in the Blaksketts. We are at the proud tip of a long peninsula leading to nowhere. You had the Christmas lights on...
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thanks david, it would be
Posted on Wed, 04 Sep 2024
thanks david, it would be great if damien could emualte Orwell, but well...not many writers do.
Read full commentPosted in the lost manuscript.
we're all devils at times.
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024
we're all devils at times. but the idea of a meritocracy was a step too far! Good to see the narrator see through that lie.
Read full commentPosted in No escape from reality
housing is a mess. the
Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024
housing is a mess. the poorest can't affort it. The state subsidises the poor and gives money to the rich to house the poor. Crazy.
Read full commentPosted in The Bleeding Of Britain and the People (from the Imaginations of Alfred N.Muggins)
they'll be in touch, sounds
Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024
they'll be in touch, sounds like a threat.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You..Part 33
You were fine. Thandie sounds
Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2024
You were fine. Thandie sounds nice.
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 3 (ii)
survival of the fittest (and
Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024
survival of the fittest (and loudest). they watch you watching.
Read full commentPosted in Contemplating Crows
poetry does prove better, but
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
poetry does prove better, but sometimes both.
Read full commentPosted in I Started Out Writing Horror (But Poetry Proved Better)
Ah, sunshine, I remember it
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Ah, sunshine, I remember it well. Menka cat. Another to the litter of leva grabbers. I guess you've wormed in lettuce and our shortest-lived PM. All's good. Keep us informed.
Read full commentPosted in Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man
I wouldn't use 'warts and all
Posted on Mon, 02 Sep 2024
I wouldn't use 'warts and all' as that's cliched, but this is the kind of stuff I love reading.
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 1 (i)
the ghosts of the past are
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
the ghosts of the past are always present, or they should be. I'M OK and You're OK and all that stuff fed into a programme that mimics response. But pattern-recognistion software is smarter than us now. That's the worry. It's streets ahead and...
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