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Old Prejudice.
I tripped over Old Prejudice when I came over the bridge at the canal. ‘Whit yeh daeing there?’ I cried. ‘Yeh gie me a fright.’ He looked up at me. ‘...
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Eejit knickers
Walking past the charity-shop window, I saw my past for sale hanging up by the ear. Special Offer—£1. It was too good a bargain to miss. I breenged...
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Shadows
‘You should consult a witch, Robin.’ Mhari’s laugh was more like a gurgle that dried up when men weren’t about. ‘You’re cursed. The evil eye or...
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Ye Olde Christmas Story
I never knew what to get Jesus for His birthday. He was good at batting away stupid questions like that. He’d been on a bit of a downer. I didn’t...
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flowers you made
I buried those knickers knuckle deep in the earth to cover the shame of my soul. Some things are bigger than how you remember them. Evictions used to...
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tragic, like you I don't have
Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018
tragic, like you I don't have an answer. Poverty, not morals is the key. We use the latter as a scapegoat, a standared practice by, for example, Jenhovah Witnesses to get a foot in the door, is to say how much worse the world is getting. They've...
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death has a way or reminding
Posted on Fri, 27 Jan 2023
death has a way or reminding us not to eat sweaty cheese.
Read full commentPosted in end of the pier
it's a dog's life, but
Posted on Fri, 09 Dec 2022
it's a dog's life, but sometimes it isn't. The transmigration of the soul takes many forms (so we're told). Why not a dog? Or a cat? Or a Tory? Too far, sorry.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Wish of Christmas
War and Peace, you'll need to
Posted on Fri, 02 Dec 2022
War and Peace, you'll need to saw my arm off. I hitchhiked through France, well, the Frrench bits, with a guy that had his arm in a sling. It was dead, but he couldn't bear to lose it. I understood that. I'd have been the same, Hoping for an arm(...
Read full commentPosted in Troy and Me (A Christmas Tale) Part 2
I'm not sure there's enough
Posted on Tue, 24 May 2022
I'm not sure there's enough to live off in the forest. but what do I know. keep it running.
Read full commentPosted in The Castle (4)
you never do know what
Posted on Sun, 15 May 2022
you never do know what enlightenment will be. Settle for the fish tea.
Read full commentPosted in "Willow's Tail" 28
life is a shock perhaps
Posted on Fri, 06 May 2022
life is a shock perhaps unplanned, but you've got the fight to stay that way here.
Read full commentPosted in wheels to rotors
Good question, most Prime
Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022
Good question, most Prime Minister are duirng the honeymoon period regarded as competent. I don't include Boris in that, of course. David Cameron gave us austerity, by us I mean poor people. He gave rich people even more riches. And then he gave...
Read full commentPosted in Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)
I think this is unlikely as a
Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022
I think this is unlikely as a Trump presidecy, Oops, that happened.
Read full commentPosted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.
perhaps this year perhaps
Posted on Fri, 07 Jan 2022
perhaps this year perhaps next. in the end it's the end.
Read full commentPosted in Resolution
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