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McCalliog And His Hens
“ This story’s all about ducks ,” said Barclay. “ That’s right, ” I said . ” That’s my specialty , duck stories. I’m famed for it. ” “ But the title’...
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Jack’s been to the national
“ And the interesting thing about Just van Rossum’s FF Confidential font ,” the speaker said, “ i s its recent use in a campaign against pira cy. I...
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Goodbye Sam, Hello Samaritans
“They’re resurrecting Dylan Thomas,” Toby said. “Hello, Samaritans,” I said. “Could you stop doing that,” Toby said. “I’m sorry. I’m just nervous, it...
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Horror Clowns are dickheads
“You can really taste the hops,” said Taras. He held up his glass. “Our new IPA.” Misha sniffed the beer with a deep snort. “Ah, such a smell . These...
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Falmouth Electrics
It was a carefully planned robbery. A fake company was set up offshore , Universal Electronics, using fake names and an account with an extremely...
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Find a nearby primary school
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014
Find a nearby primary school and gatecrash the science lessons.
Read full commentPosted in The darkness of the universe: Insufficient light or insufficient material?
Thanks David
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
Thanks David
I actually wrote this about 6 months ago (hence the reference to the Chancellor being richer than the Queen) - so there really is no excuse for the government doing nothing.
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Thanks David. I was shocked
Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022
Thanks David. I was shocked into this by the recent poll of Express readers which showed that 91% of Express readers back water privatisation, at the same time Starmer has essentially ensured that anyone who backs privatisation of water will not...
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Many thanks Di. I had
Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2022
Many thanks Di. I had problems logging in to my account just now, thought my story had come true!
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Thanks L. I would be torn
Posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2022
Thanks L. I would be torn between Gillam and the Coen brothers. I think the Coens would give more for Billy the Fish to do
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Thanks insert
Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2021
Thanks insert
I've booked that day off work with a vague plan of going somewhere, I'll have to check with Mrs Oblong, I'll hopefully know later tonight
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I scared a heron on a run
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
I scared a heron on a run along the river the other day, I hadn't seen it and ran right up to it. Instead of flapping its wings and tearing off in a panic like any other bird would do it just gracefully glided across the river, calm and gracious...
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Many thanks Ewan. I wrote
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020
Many thanks Ewan. I wrote this while waiting for Mrs Oblong to get ready for bed, it's lovely when they come fully formed lkke that
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Thanks Jenny. This was
Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2019
Thanks Jenny. This was inspired by listening to Brahm's (which I described to Mrs Oblong as the sort of music an old Prussian colonel would listen to whilst looking out of his window watching his pants dry). It almost fits with this week's...
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spellcheck thinks its funny
Posted on Fri, 06 Jul 2018
spellcheck thinks its funny
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