celticman
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Pass the Penny Story Challenge 10.
Jenny wanted to wrap herself in the bearskin rug on the cabin floor and take refuge in the forest. She didn’t want to kill anybody, but her daughter...
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McCann case 3
In a world of nothing, the social-work office was the centre. Being a social-work client stripped away humanity. Left a covering layer of dignity,...
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McCann2
Fresh air in The Jolly Jack was for those locals in long coats with their backs to the door. Barry Ryan sneaked a quick look at he pushed through the...
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The McCann Case.
He remembered the first time he’d met Ryan. Full of talk about ‘systemic change’ and ‘empowerment’. All that shite about class warfare and the masses...
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'Penny’s Pass the Parcel’ Part 2
Sheriff Milton eased his cruiser to a stop, the tyres crunching on the gravel of Amos Snodgrass's driveway. The yellow crime tape fluttered in the...
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This is exactly the right
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
This is exactly the right size and shape. I wonder what new doors it will open and by whom?
Read full commentPosted in Penny’s Pass the Parcel - Part 7
I pride myself on being able
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2026
I pride myself on being able to mss the most obvious clues. But unfunnily enough, I do know a Snodgrass. I'll go first and leave the solving to better sleuths.
Read full commentPosted in "Penny's Pass the Story"
ah, superpowers. I'd love one
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
ah, superpowers. I'd love one, but the price is too high.
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - A trip to the cinema
I used to get hot flushes
Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2024
I used to get hot flushes when I tried to talk to any beautiful girls I'd been at school with. I used the 15 pints and I was ready to roar, rather than the Erazofuge. As I got older I tried cutting down to a reasonable 12 pints. But I had to up...
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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...
Read full commentPosted in When Death Comes Too Soon
I certainly don't know what
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2026
I certainly don't know what to say. Which is a worry. Best just shoot somebody?
Read full commentPosted in "Pass the Story" Chapter 9
Lovely, he's not done.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026
Lovely, he's not done. Neither am I or think I'm not, but maybe.
Read full commentPosted in Since April
not all cats get to heaven? I
Posted on Fri, 03 Apr 2026
not all cats get to heaven? I guess that's fair. If I make the cut I hope not to meet Jordan Peterson or Donald J. Trump.
Read full commentPosted in Things that he took to the Afterlife
great stuff. I almost know
Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2026
great stuff. I almost know who done it. But what I'm not quite sure.
Read full commentPosted in Penny's Pass The Story - Part 8.
'Buddy can you spare a dime'
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
'Buddy can you spare a dime' was that call to recognise what was and is the rabid relations of class warfare. We lost. I'm a fan of Germinal too. Zola at his best.
Read full commentPosted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
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